Passover Challenge 5: Elijah, the afikomen, and next year
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2025 10:08 am
Remember in the previous challenge, I mentioned that Elijah has a cup of wine. So who is Elijah, you may ask? Elijah is a prophet who visits every Jewish home during the Seder. We open the door for him and pour him a glass of wine. Many families have fun traditions about Elijah. At my parents home, my mom would always show us how the wine in the glass went down a bit, especially if the table shook. One year the door blew closed and freaked out a young guest.
After we finish the holiday meal potion of the Seder, the children look for a piece of matzah that has been hidden. This piece of matzah is called the afikomen. Once a child or group of children find it, they sell it back to the parents for money or gifts. The parents must buy it back because they cannot properly finish the Seder without it. In my house growing up, my Dad would only give us a quarter. However, some families give boxes of candy, larger amounts of money, or other gifts. Once the afikomen has been bought back, each person at the table has a tiny piece of it and that is the last food they eat that evening. We've already had our tasty desserts and are quite full so that is fine.
At the end of the Seder, we say "BaShana Haba'a B'yerushalayim" or "Next Year in Jerusalem" which refers to when the messiah comes. If you've seen the movie Fiddler on the Roof, you may remember that they were waiting for the messiah. When they leave their village for other countries, someone says "we will wait somewhere else". Jews have been waiting for the messiah for a long time. Like everything, different people interpret this different ways, but those words are written at the end of the book. Not all families get to the end of the book, but we do and we say it.
For this challenge, you may chose one of the options:
Rules:
1. Create a new card, layout, or journal page using one of the options above, state which option you chose,
2. You may combine with one other challenge that allows combining plus any monthly, team, or cumulative challenges (the normal rules). You may not combine with another Passover challenge.
3. One entry per person
4. Due April 30th at midnight.
5. One entry randomly chosen will win a $5 ACOT gift card from me.
After we finish the holiday meal potion of the Seder, the children look for a piece of matzah that has been hidden. This piece of matzah is called the afikomen. Once a child or group of children find it, they sell it back to the parents for money or gifts. The parents must buy it back because they cannot properly finish the Seder without it. In my house growing up, my Dad would only give us a quarter. However, some families give boxes of candy, larger amounts of money, or other gifts. Once the afikomen has been bought back, each person at the table has a tiny piece of it and that is the last food they eat that evening. We've already had our tasty desserts and are quite full so that is fine.
At the end of the Seder, we say "BaShana Haba'a B'yerushalayim" or "Next Year in Jerusalem" which refers to when the messiah comes. If you've seen the movie Fiddler on the Roof, you may remember that they were waiting for the messiah. When they leave their village for other countries, someone says "we will wait somewhere else". Jews have been waiting for the messiah for a long time. Like everything, different people interpret this different ways, but those words are written at the end of the book. Not all families get to the end of the book, but we do and we say it.
For this challenge, you may chose one of the options:
- Elijah - Since Elijah is a prophet you must create a layout about a prophet, spirit or someone/something invisible. Use your imagination.
- Afikomen - since the afikomen is the so-called dessert you can create a layout about desert or a layout about a Passover Seder and hiding/finding the afikomen or a card with an image of dessert as the central focus
- Next Year in Jerusalem - create a layout of card with the title or sentiment: "Next Year ....."
Rules:
1. Create a new card, layout, or journal page using one of the options above, state which option you chose,
2. You may combine with one other challenge that allows combining plus any monthly, team, or cumulative challenges (the normal rules). You may not combine with another Passover challenge.
3. One entry per person
4. Due April 30th at midnight.
5. One entry randomly chosen will win a $5 ACOT gift card from me.
I have an idea! 