How To - Judaism Instruction Pages
Learn how to search for chametz, make challah, send Purim baskets, play dreidel and more via these instructive pages.
How To Search for Chametz (Bidikat Chametz)
The night before the Passover Seder, we search our homes to find edible chametz which we will destroy.
The night before the Passover Seder, we search our homes to find edible chametz which we will destroy.
How To Prepare the Seder Plate
The Passover Seder is not a Passover Seder without a Seder Plate in the center of the table.
The Passover Seder is not a Passover Seder without a Seder Plate in the center of the table.
How To Make Matzah
In their hurry to leave Egypt, the Israelites did not have time to wait for their bread to rise so they made matzah. What better way to teach your children about the Passover story than to make matzah with them like the Jewish slaves made matzah thousands of years ago.
In their hurry to leave Egypt, the Israelites did not have time to wait for their bread to rise so they made matzah. What better way to teach your children about the Passover story than to make matzah with them like the Jewish slaves made matzah thousands of years ago.
How To Make Passover Rolls
These rolls have become the staple of my kids' Passover diet. They eat them with eggs, cottage cheese, yellow cheese, cream cheese, jelly, mayonnaise, sandwich meat, hamburgers and hotdogs.
These rolls have become the staple of my kids' Passover diet. They eat them with eggs, cottage cheese, yellow cheese, cream cheese, jelly, mayonnaise, sandwich meat, hamburgers and hotdogs.
How to Make Purim Hamantashen
Hamantashen is a triangular, filled pastry which is traditionally served on Purim. Making hamantashen with your children is a fun way to celebrate Purim and to create special Jewish holiday memories.
Hamantashen is a triangular, filled pastry which is traditionally served on Purim. Making hamantashen with your children is a fun way to celebrate Purim and to create special Jewish holiday memories.
How To Make Purim Food Baskets (Mishloach Manot)
Mishloach Manot (Hebrew) or Slach Manos (Yiddish) means "sending portions" and refers to the food baskets given on Purim.
Mishloach Manot (Hebrew) or Slach Manos (Yiddish) means "sending portions" and refers to the food baskets given on Purim.
How To Make Challah
Challah, an egg bread which is often braided, is served at Shabbat and holiday meals. Making challah with your children is a fun and bonding Jewish experience. Baking challah fills your home with a festive aroma. Serving homemade challah gives your holiday meal an extra dose of spirit.
Challah, an egg bread which is often braided, is served at Shabbat and holiday meals. Making challah with your children is a fun and bonding Jewish experience. Baking challah fills your home with a festive aroma. Serving homemade challah gives your holiday meal an extra dose of spirit.
How To Kasher A Kitchen
Step-by-step instructions on how to transform a kitchen into a kosher kitchen.
Step-by-step instructions on how to transform a kitchen into a kosher kitchen.
How To Play Dreidel
After lighting the Chanukah menorah, play this traditional Chanukah game with your family. Playing dreidel is a fun way to celebrate the holiday, create family memories, and strengthen your children’s Jewish identities.
After lighting the Chanukah menorah, play this traditional Chanukah game with your family. Playing dreidel is a fun way to celebrate the holiday, create family memories, and strengthen your children’s Jewish identities.
How To Light the Hanukkah Menorah
Kindling Hanukkah lights is the most important Hanukkah custom. Jews light Hanukkah candles to remember the the miracle of the Maccabees' victory and the miracle of the oil that burnt for eight days in the holy Temple. It is a mitzvah (commandment from God) that Jews "publicize the miracle" by lighting Hanukkah lights each night during the eight days of Hanukkah.
Kindling Hanukkah lights is the most important Hanukkah custom. Jews light Hanukkah candles to remember the the miracle of the Maccabees' victory and the miracle of the oil that burnt for eight days in the holy Temple. It is a mitzvah (commandment from God) that Jews "publicize the miracle" by lighting Hanukkah lights each night during the eight days of Hanukkah.