Passover: The Family Guide to Spiritual Celebration

by Ron Wolfson, Joel Lurie Grishaver

This revised and expanded edition of the classic spiritual sourcebook offers updated information, more ideas, and new resources for every aspect of the Festival of Freedom.

An inspiring and practical how-to guide, Passover clearly explains all the vital information that you need to fully honor--and to fully enjoy--this sacred celebration, including:

History and meaning
How to prepare, from shopping to kashering to selecting a Haggadah

Rituals, prayers, and blessings (step by step)
Songs and prayers in English and Hebrew (with clear transliterations)
Innovative and imaginative new traditions to enliven your celebration
Firsthand explanations and ideas from a variety of perspectives
New information and ideas about how to involve everyone--from toddlers to teens to grandparents--in a meaningful Seder experience
Enriched by real-life voices sharing practical, useful suggestions and advice, this creative resource helps us to reacquaint ourselves with time-tested traditions and discover old and new ways to celebrate the birth and continuous renewal of the Jewish people.

Genres: Jewish, Judaism

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Dr. Ron Wolfson

Reviews

[Robyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Took me long enough between the time I started & finished, over 4 years later! When I started, it was a year before the pandemic & 2 years before my move to Corsicana, when I joined a Messianic congregation at a Passover Seder in 2022 (one of the first regular-attending congregations where I preferred in-person to live-streaming!). I wouldn’t have understood a lot of the concepts before studying them (& celebrating them!) with other people in my congregation. There are a lot of neat ideas in here. I took the song (to the tune of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”) & put the lyrics on a poster board for others to learn during our Seder. Another idea was hanging up red ribbon over the door posts (from a “Torah Sisters” magazine publication), to look like the blood on the doorposts during the original Passover.

There is a lot of information in this book, & it covers a lot of the preparation, Haggadah steps, recipe ideas, decoration ideas, & ways to involve kids of all ages!

[Louis Lapides · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to read if you know nothing about Passover or if you know everything about Passover. The book is chock full of ideas to make your sederim lively, engaging and respectful.