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A Sweet Passover
A Sweet Passover | Lesl้a Newman
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In this charming and humorous story, Miriam discovers—with the help of her family and a little matzah bread—the true meaning and importance of Passover. Miriam loves spending time with her family during Passover, and all week long she is happy to eat lots of matzah. But when she wakes up on the last day of the holiday, she is sick of matzah and refuses to eat it ever again. Then Grandpa makes his special matzah brei for the whole family, and Miriam learns there’s more to Passover than just the matzah. Award-winning illustrator David Slonim brings to life this story by celebrated author Lesl้a Newman. The book includes a recipe for matzah brei, a brief summary of the Passover holiday, and a glossary of terms. Praise for A Sweet Passover “Deliciously traditional.” –Kirkus Reviews Awards Sydney Taylor Book Award - Notable book, Younger Readers Category, 2013
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Kshakal
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Eggs Perfect ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿผ 4y
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alisiakae
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It‘s not Passover without matzo brei for breakfast! #passover #booksandbreakfast

MaleficentBookDragon Beautiful photo. 5y
Emilymdxn That meal looks delicious! Chag sameach! 5y
Leftcoastzen Mmmmmmmm! 5y
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AmyG Wishing you a good Passover. Ithink I am the only Jewish person who loathes matzoh brei. ๐Ÿ˜ณ 5y
alisiakae @MaleficentBookDragon @Emilymdxn @Leftcoastzen ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ @AmyG ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ I married into a Jewish family, and the first time I made matzo brei it turned out so bland and gross. I‘ve learned, but it‘s definitely not my favorite breakfast dish. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ But it is a tradition! 5y
Cinfhen This photo is stunning!!!!! And in our house my hubby makes the BEST matzo Brie....he adds fried onions, mushrooms,peppers and cheese @AmyG 5y
alisiakae @Cinfhen That sounds so good! I‘ll have to try that tomorrow! 5y
Cinfhen BTW: your fruit bowl looks heavenly ๐Ÿ˜‡ 5y
Cinfhen We NEVER get fresh blue berries or raspberries in Israel. They don‘t grow in this climate/ terrain and they don‘t import them๐Ÿ˜ฉ 5y
Cinfhen Or blackberries ๐Ÿ˜ 5y
alisiakae @Cinfhen That‘s too bad! But I‘m sure you have lots of other yummy fruits like figs and ๐ŸŠ to eat! I wish I could send you some fresh berries! 5y
Cinfhen Thanks!! My friend‘s hubby tried to bring in a huge 5pd carton of blueberries from Costco and was caught at customs. He was fined $500 and they confiscated his blueberries ๐Ÿ˜†so best NOT to send me ANY berries ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ and yes, figs & dates are delicious as are pomegranates ๐Ÿ’• 5y
Blaire My favorite!!! 5y
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alisiakae
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Chag Sameach! A happy Passover and Easter to those who celebrate!

We had a very short Seder tonight, as I wasn‘t quite up for it yesterday. Hubby cooked a delicious meal of lamb chops, roasted Brussels sprouts, and matzo ball soup. Maya is currently looking for the afikomen with a friend, and I‘m so grateful to be able to celebrate the holiday tonight. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Zelma Agreed with @BookHoarder32 5y
Leftcoastzen Looks yummy! 5y
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Jee_HookedOnBookz I'm so curious about the soup! Is it sweet? And may I know what's afikomen? 5y
alisiakae @Jee_HookedOnBookz The soup is savory! We usually make it from scratch, but this year bought the box version made by Manischewitz brand. The broth is chicken stock, and the matzo balls are made with matzo meal (unleavened wheat), egg, and seasoning. We add ๐Ÿฅ• too. The afikomen is a piece of matzo that is broken in half and set aside during the Seder, to be eaten after the meal. It‘s custom for families to hide it for the kids to find. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š 5y
alisiakae @BookHoarder32 @Zelma @Leftcoastzen Thanks!! It was yummy! ๐Ÿฅฃ ๐Ÿ˜‹ 5y
Jee_HookedOnBookz @4thhouseontheleft thank you for explaining it to me! โค๏ธ The soup sounds delicious! So did the kids manage to find the afikomen? โ˜บ๏ธ 5y
alisiakae @Jee_HookedOnBookz They did! We hid it in a flower vase. 5y
Cinfhen Chag semach!!!!! Your dinner looks YUM!!!! In Israel we only hold one Seder so last night we went out to an amazing Italian restaurant that was entirely kosher for Passover but you would never know!!! The pasta, pizza, garlic โ€œbreadโ€ all looked and tasted delicious ๐Ÿ˜‹ 5y
alisiakae @Cinfhen Chag Sameach! That sounds delish! We usually only do one Seder, but since Aaron‘s mom is coming during Passover (to help while I‘m recovering) we may do a 2nd one with her. We do NOT keep kosher for Passover the whole week though! ๐Ÿ˜„ 5y
Cinfhen Truthfully, It‘s a HUGE hassle but in Israel it‘s sooo easy. Hope you‘re feeling better every day. I‘m going to email you ๐Ÿ˜˜ 5y
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Happy Pesach all! I made the tallest unleavened cake ever. ๐Ÿ˜ป

AmyG ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป And Happy Passover! (edited) 5y
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Passover is coming up, so I decided to give this Leslea Newman picture book a try. Definitely worth it! A good read for Jewish kids looking to celebrate and non-Jewish kids looking to learn. It also has a tasty sounding matzah brei recipe at the end. Definitely would recommend.

#passover #kidlit #picturebooks #childrensbooks

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alisiakae
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Happy Easter and a Happy (continuing) Passover to those who celebrate! And a belated Happy Ostara!

Here‘s a glimpse of our Seder from last night; we always celebrate Passover on the closest Saturday. ๐Ÿฐ ๐Ÿฅš ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿซ

Today we‘re heading in to a French restaurant for brunch. Even if we don‘t celebrate Easter, I do enjoy eating at one of the many amazing Easter brunches on offer at local restaurants. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

bobregina Beautiful ๐Ÿ˜ธ 6y
Cinfhen Gorgeous photo 6y
Velvetfur What a gorgeous photo, it's all so pretty ๐Ÿ˜Š Happy [insert releavant festival]! 6y
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cherinium I experienced my first Seder last night, as a dear friend's family welcomed me with open arms and was gracious enough to explain as we were going along. Your table looks beautiful! I, myself, do celebrate Easter, and will be headed out to church soon, but I am tremendously grateful to have had the Seder experience last night. Happy Passover to you! 6y
CoffeeK8 Beautiful! Happy Passover! 6y
tpixie Happy Passover! 6y
alisiakae @Velvetfur I love all the holidays that traditionally tie to the changing of the seasons. ๐Ÿ˜Š 6y
alisiakae @cherinium Happy Easter! I‘m glad you enjoyed your first Seder!! Our Seder is always interfaith, in fact, the number of Jewish people present is usually in the minority (I am not Jewish, but my spouse and daughter are). ๐Ÿ˜ƒ We use a very modern, progressive Haggadah that works well for interfaith seders, and doesn‘t assume that everyone has been to a Seder before, so there is a lot of explanatory text included. 6y
Redy2trvl Happy Passover! Your Seder table is lovely. 6y
emilyhaldi Beautiful โค๏ธ 6y
AlaMich That is a lovely Seder table! I am Jewish but my wife is not. We usually attend a first night Seder hosted by my aunt and uncle at a hotel, since there are usually 20-25 people. It‘s been mostly the same people for 18 years, and Friday night there were babies, for the first time!! It was a lot of fun! Future afikomen hunters ๐Ÿ˜Š 6y
398.2 Beautiful table! 6y
alisiakae @bobregina @Cinfhen @CoffeeK8 @tpixie @Redy2trvl @emilyhaldi Thank you! @AlaMich Since my daughter is 10, and we often invite her friends, we usually have lots of afikomen hunters! I treasure those times while they last! 6y
Cinfhen Ha!!! Sounds like a discovery Channel show #AfikomenHunters @AlaMich @4thhouseontheleft ๐Ÿ˜› 6y
AlaMich @Cinfhen ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ And the prize would be...a silver dollar!! That‘s what my uncle always gave the winner (although I think he used to give one to all the kids ๐Ÿ˜Š) 6y
Cinfhen Kids today are wayyyy more savy ~ they probably want Bitcoin @AlaMich ๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿค‘ 6y
AlaMich @Cinfhen LOL!! 6y
LeahBergen How beautiful! 6y
Mdargusch So beautiful! 6y
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Blaire
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A recent library find, this book goes beyond the basic Passover books and features a little girl helping out at Seder and loving matzah at the beginning of the week...she does well until the last day when she is sick and tired of matzah and she refuses to eat grandpa‘s matzo brei. Covers the Seder, as well as the larger Passover themes, and reasons behind keeping pesach. #passoverbooks #matzo #matzobrei

Chag Sameach!

tpixie Sounds like a great read! 6y
AmyG Happy Passover! 6y
CoffeeK8 Sounds like a great book for my kids to read, thanks for sharing and Happy Passover!! 6y
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