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"I would like to thank you for the Haggadah you created, A Different Night, because it is so much more creative and family-based than the other Haggadot on the market. I liked the quotes, tips and pictures, which were very unique, not to mention the stories and explanations. No matter how many people are at the Seder, from three to three hundred, so long as the leader has this Haggadah, the Seder will be perfect."

Adina Zidon, age 11
A Young Fan

Games for the Seder

The Seder is a great opportunity to activate the kids with different games.
A Different Night has many different games between it's pages, and we brought a few for you here
The Great Chametz Hunt
10 Plague Games
Frog Cartoon

The Great Chametz Hunt

A medieval custom perfectly suited to a children's game involves hiding ten pieces of bread throughout the house before the candlelight search for chametz begins. Originally this was done to guarantee that even after the scrupulous cleaning, the ritual search on the last night before Seder would still uncover some chametz. Today it provides an occasion for a game in which ten pieces of bread secured in closed plastic bags are carefully concealed.

On each bag a word, a clue or a question may be attached (the words add up to a secret message or a Pesach song; the clues hint at the next hiding place; the ten questions constitute a quiz about basic Pesach facts).

Remember that besides finding the pre-hidden bags of chametz, one must genuinely check the typical "hang-outs" of forgotten chametz (like the car's glove compartment).

Games of the Ten Plagues

Pantomime
Prepare cards with the name or picture of one of the ten plagues. Let ten participants at the Seder choose a card out of a hat and present a pantomime of the plague while the others try to guess the name of the plague. (Try using its Hebrew name). You may let the children do the pantomime and the adults guess.
"The Yukkiest Plague"
Divide the children into three groups. Each group will be given as a theme, either blood, frogs, or wild animals (the first, second, and fourth plague). They have five to ten minutes to prepare a short play. The adults may judge and award an Oscar (or better yet, a "Moses") for the most vivid, original, and devastating presentation.