Seder Plate Factory 2011

On April 10, 2011 the Chabad Manhattan Beach Hebrew School had a Seder Plate Factory. The goal was for the children to learn about the different foods found on the seder plate in a educational, fun and hand-on way. Each student received their very own seder plate.

There were a number of tables with different activities. The booths included grating horseradish (with goggles to protect their eyes, of course), peeling and slicing eggs and potatoes and dipping into salt water, roasting their own shankbones, and making deliciously sweet charoset.

Each student got to taste a bit of their creation, and then put some on their seder plate. Parents were amazed at the beautiful seder plates and box of crunchy matza their children went home with.

Model Matza Bakery 2011

An exciting and delicious Model Matza Bakery Program was held at the Chabad Neshama Center on April 3, 2011. Hebrew School children and parents, as well as other children and parents from the community were invited to learn about the unique process of baking matzah. The children got the chance to grind wheat into flour, separate the grains from the chaff, and roll and bake their very own matzahs. The bakers learned the different reasons we eat matzah on Passover, and got to enjoy an interactive Exodus show, which took them back to the times of the exile and exodus in Egypt.

Rabbi Avrohom Winner, co-director of Neshama-Chabad of Manhattan Beach and chief baker said, "The Model Matza Bakery is a creative and fun way for children to learn the meaning and history behind the Passover holiday and its main food-matzah."

Each child went home with their very own tasty and crunchy matzah.