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CONTENTS PAGE Contents: × Recipes (pages 4-7) × Family Finds (page 8) × The 7th object on the Seder plate: The Orange (pages 9-11) × A lil’ Chinuch (pages 12-15) × Fun and Games (pages 16-19) × The 10 Plagues (pages 20-22)
Thank you to every one who contributed and the Federal Judaism Va’ad Front Cover: By Tamar Gordon, OZ Melbourne Back Cover: By Tal Levin, Ra’am Perth
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Pesach is usually a time when the family and community come together. We prepare and enjoy a Seder >illed with delicious Kosher Le’Pesach (KLP) foods, and lean back on our chairs as we remember when we were once enslaved under the Egyptians and then wanderers in the desert. However, this year in 2020 (5780) our Pesach experience looks a little different. With the state of the world right now we are unfortunately unable to physically come together as a family and a community. As we re>lect on the freedoms that were once stripped from us, many may pause on the freedom that we are currently denied in this context - the freedom to wander and be physically close with the ‘tribe’. However, while we may be in ‘exile’ in our own homes, the collective spirit of this holiday can still persist. The following Pesach addition of the He’Arah (Habonim Dror Zine) aims to bring us all together in this time of isolation. By including a range of family recipes, fun quizzes and texts we hope that this can allow our community to feel that bit closer, enabling us to re>lect collectively no matter the boundaries.
The Federal Judaism Va'ad would like to wish our wonderful community a Chag Sameach, good health and happiness
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FAMILY•RECIPES
CHOCOLATE CAKE Family recipe from Jonah S.L, Zamir Melbourne
× 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder × 1/4 cup boiling water × 200g butter, chopped ( or vegan substitute) × 180g dark chocolate, chopped × 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, sifted × 4 eggs, separated ( or vegan substitute) × 1 cup caster sugar × 2 cups almond meal (ground almonds) × Cocoa powder, for dusting × Double cream, to serve × Strawberries, to serve
CHAROSET BALLS Family recipe from Sarah- Rose Richmond, Shavit Sydney
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8-10 dried, pitted prunes 6-9 pitted dates 1/4 cup golden raisins 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 4 tablespoons raw honey 2-3 tablespoons grape juice
Make sure the prunes and dates are pitted Simply toss everything into a food processor and blend it together (if the mixture is too thick, add grape juice) Roll the bolls in balls the size of an olive Next roll it in chopped almonds or hazelnuts or seeds if nut free To store, keep in fridge
Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fanforced. Grease a 6cm-deep, 22cm round (base) spring-form cake pan. Line base and side with baking paper. Place coffee powder and boiling water in a heatproof jug. Stir to dissolve. Place butter, chocolate, cocoa powder and coffee mixture in a medium saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 to 3 minutes or until melted and combined. Remove from heat. Transfer to a bowl to cool slightly. Using an electric mixer, beat egg yolks and sugar for 5 minutes or until thick. Set aside. Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peaks Add chocolate mixture and almond meal to egg yolk mixture. Stir to combine. Using a large metal spoon, gently fold half the egg whites into chocolate mixture. Repeat with remaining egg whites. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in centre comes out with moist crumbs clinging. Cool cake completely in pan. Dust with cocoa. Serve with cream and strawberries.
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ARI’S BROWNIES Family recipe from Ari W, Shavit Perth
MUM’S HAZELNUT CAKE Family recipe from Pepper E, Zamir Melbourne
TOFFEE-CHOC MATZA
Family recipe from Rosa P, Zamir Melbourne
× 4 sheets of matzah × ½ cup of butter (or vegan substitute) × 1 cup packed dark brown sugar × 2 cups cut up sweet dark chocolate (can be found vegan) × course sea salt Preheat oven to 250 degrees Line a baking sheet with baking paper and place matzah evenly Melt the butter in a saucepan over mediumlow heat. Add brown sugar and immediately reduce to low temperature. Cook, stirring and adjusting heat necessary, until the sugar is resolved and begins to bubble. Drizzle the toffee over the matzah and spread with spatula Cook the toffee matzah for 10-20 mins Remove from oven and sprinkle with small chocolate bits and immediately create a tent with aluminum foil to trap the heat The chocolate will melt and after 20 minutes, remove the foil and spread the chocolate and sprinkle with sea salt Put the matzah in the fridge to chill for at least 2 hours Break up matzah into bits to serve (Matzah can be kept in an airtight container in fridge for 5 days) 5
TANNA’S MISO EGGPLANT Recipe from Tanna K, Shavit Sydney
× Eggplant × Vegetable Oil (any neutral flavoured cooking oil will work) × Miso Paste OPTIONAL TO ADD TO MISO PASTE × Mirin × Sake × Sesame Seeds (to be sprinkled on the eggplant just before serving)
1. Prepare the eggplant. First, slice the eggplant in half, lengthwise. Then score the inside flesh of each half with a knife in a criss-cross pattern. 2. Sweat eggplant using salt for up to 30 minutes 3. Cook the eggplant. Get a pan going over over high heat and add your oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Place your eggplant halves in the pan with the skin facing down. Cook for a few minutes until the skin begins to brown. 4. Flip it! Next, flip the eggplant over and cook with a lid on the pan on for 3-4 minutes – until the eggplant is cooked through, and the inside flesh has browned. 5. Make the miso glaze. Whisk your miso paste, sake, mirin and sugar together in a small bowl until you achieve a smooth consistency. 6. Apply the sauce. Take your eggplant halves out of the pan – and place them on top of a baking sheet with the skin facing down. Brush each piece generously on top with the miso glaze. 7. Broil the nasu dengaku. Place in the oven and broil for 4 minutes. The glaze on top should be bubbling. 8. Serve. Top with sesame seeds and serve it immediately. That’s it! So easy. The eggplant will be tender and cooked to perfection. And the flavour is out of this world!
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BATTLE OF THE MATZO BALLS
MATZO BALLS Recipe from the Shicvah and Tzevet of Ze’ev Melbourne
TRACIE’S KENADELACH RECIPE - “THE BEST” Family Recipe from Timnah O, Shavit Melbourne
Makes approx 15- 20 kneidlach depending on how big you roll them × × × × ×
3 eggs lightly beaten (or vegan substitute) 3 half egg shells of water 1/2 cup veg oil Salt pepper and cinnamon 125g Coarse matzah meal
Mix all ingredients until like the consistency of cream Put mixture in the fridge covered for at least an hour, can leave overnight. Bring a large pot of salted water or stock (veg or chicken) to the boil. Roll mixture into balls and cook for an hour or until cooked through Allow to cool in water if not serving immediately (Suitable for freezing - put frozen kneidlach into soup to defrost as heating up the soup) You can double or triple the mixture to make more, so yummy.
KNEIDALACH
Family Recipe from Nathan L, Zamir Melbourne
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FAMILY•FINDS Thank you to the families who sent special artefacts that are meaningful for them over Pesach
“This is the Matzah plate that my family has used every year since I can remember for Passover.” Jordi Blackman, Ra’am Melbourne
“This Afikoman cover was made by my oldest brother a few years ago when we lived in Israel. Our family uses it every Seder.” Noam S, Zamir Melbourne “This is our special Seder plate from Israel that we use every year!” Taya B, Ze’ev Melbourne
“This is my family’s Seder plate. This one is cool because it tells you all the things you need for a traditional Seder plate and gives us a pictorial depiction of the 10 plagues placed on all the Egyptians. I like this Seder plate because it’s really interesting to look at and reminds me of the reasons we celebrate Pesach from a traditional Jewish perspective, while still reminding me that there is room to expand my understanding of Pesach and add new meaningful things to my Seder plate.” Zoe Katz, Ra’am Perth
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The Orange As Cultural Jews, we aim to engage with the traditions in a meaningful way that reflects our values, and we believe that the orange on the Seder plate is a beautiful way to manifest said values.
I owe so much to Rabbi Susannah Heschel. All day every day, Jews are Ginding new ways to adapt to the traditional aspects of our religion, in an attempt to rid the age-old patriarchy found in some features of Judaism, and bring in new ways of incorporating those marginalised from our community. The best Seder, in my opinion, blends ancient tradition and modernity. We should encourage participants and family to think about the Jewish peoples’ redemption from slavery, but also about the kinds of oppression both Jews and others still experience. When Rabbi Susannah Heschel was asked to speak on a panel at Oberlin college during Pesach in the early 1980’s, she came across the feminist tradition of placing crumbs of chametz on ones Seder plate as a sign of solidarity with Jewish women contradicting a Rabbetzin’s pronouncement that, “there’s as much room for a lesbian in Judaism as there is for a crust of bread on the Seder plate.” Rabbi Heschel took this idea and brought it to her family’s Seder. She placed an orange on the table and asked her family to take a segment and eat it as a gesture of solidarity with Jewish lesbians and gay men, and others who are marginalised within the Jewish community. Although a great gesture, adding bread to a Seder plate would render everything chametz- consequentially ending Pesach for a religious family. In this new way, the compromise shown in placement of an orange on the Seder plate rather than bread, reGlects a microcosm of my Judaism; as someone who celebrates my own interpretation of Judaism, whilst still maintaining respect for every other individual’s interpretation within the community. Instead of suggesting that the LGBTQI+ community was something forbidden, violating Judaism (like chametz during Pesach), an orange represents the fruitfulness for all Jews when the queer community are contributing and active members of OUR Jewish community. In addition, the seeds of the orange can be spit out, gesturing the refusal of homophobia within Judaism. I urge everyone reading this to place a seventh item to your Seder plate, an orange.
By Remy Lissek, Eyal Melbourne
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“The orange is a metaphor to represent the idea that tradition changes and the world changes, we therefore constantly need to modernise tradition.” By Tomer B, Shavit Sydney
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“At my Seder, we put an orange on the Seder plate. The orange is a new addition to the Seder plate, and it represents feminism and gender equality. It’s important to think about the bad things of the world today, like woman and men getting treated differently, as well as the bad things of the past, like the slavery of Jews!” Tal Levy, Ra’am Perth
“LIKE AN ORANGE BELONGS ON A SEDER PLATE” Increasingly among progressive alternative Seders, there has been a growing addition of the orange to the Seder plate. It has long been rumoured that this practice stems from a Jewish feminist scholar, Susannah Heschel, including one on her Seder plate in the early 80’s as a act of rebellion in response to a man telling Heschel “a woman belongs on the bimah [prayer podium] like an orange belongs on the seder plate.”) However, despite this being a powerful statement about women's rightful place in Jewish life, this is not the case. The orange in fact originates from Oberlin College in the early 1980's when Heschel came across a Haggadah written by some students to bring a feminist voice into the holiday. In it, a story is told about a young girl who asks a Rebbe what room there is in Judaism for a lesbian. The Rebbe rises in anger and shouts, "There's as much room for a lesbian in Judaism as there is for a crust of bread on the Seder plate." Though Heschel was inspired by the idea behind the story, she couldn't follow it literally. Besides the fact that it would make everything-the dish, the table, the meal, the houseunkosher for Passover, it carried a message that lesbians were a violation of Judaism itself, that these women were infecting the community with something impure. Thus the orange on the Seder place was born symbolic of the fruitfulness for all Jews when lesbians and gay men are contributing and active members of Jewish life. The symbolism grew to include people who feel marginalized from the Jewish community: the widow, the orphan, women's issues in general, but solidarity with the gay and lesbian Jewish community was at the core. It wasn't a navel orange; it had to have seeds to symbolize rebirth, renewal. Spitting out the seeds reminds us to spit out the hatred of homosexuals in our community, and others who feel prejudice's sting. The orange is segmented, not fragmented. Our community has discrete segments, but they form a whole. The symbolism of the orange may have expanded, but its origins are clearly from a desire to liberate an entire segment of our community from their painful mitzrayim-narrow place. It therefore is ironic that the history of the orange, symbolic of recognising the voices of marginalised has largely been erased. Heschel in response to this rumour summarises this idea perfectly “Somehow... the typical patriarchal maneuver [has] occurred… A woman’s words are attributed to a man, and the affirmation of lesbians and gay men is erased. Isn’t that precisely what’s happened over the centuries to women’s ideas?”. The erasure of marginalised voices has often meant that throughout history, women in the struggle to gain recognition have remained anonymous as was the case was the case for Mary Shelley when publishing “Frankenstein”. On this Virginia Woolf surmises “I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” Ironically, this too is misquoted and many of you may be more familiar with "For most of history, Anonymous was a woman." It’s unjust that those who contribute such incredible ideas to society received no credit based on archaic, systematic oppression. Similarly to the struggles of the Jews as the oppressed in Egypt, in modern society we must free the marginalised voices from unfair prejudice placed upon them. We must fight to give recognition to the disenfranchised voices, be constantly cognizant of the way we use our own voice to overpower smaller voices and to take moment to recognise our own automatic prejudice before dismissing the ideas of another. So that one day these voices belong in our society unlike an orange on the Seder plate.
Written by Sienna Amoils on Shnat 2019, Shavit Sydney
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A L I L’ C H I N U C H Chinuch in Hebrew means education and we believe that Jews should never stop learning an questioning the world around them.
Sustainability, Environmentalism and Compassion Every year at the Seder we sing Dayenu - “It would have been enough”. Traditionally, this song is about being grateful to God for all of the gifts he gave the Jewish people, such as taking them out of slavery, giving them the Torah and Shabbat. Had God only given one of the gifts, it would have still been enough. However, we can look at this tune through a modern, humanist, Habo lens. In today’s world so many people seek to constantly increase their wealth and hoard more possessions, with little thought of the negative environmental consequences. Today’s fast fashion industry involves thousands of items of clothing being produced every minute through means of cheap, unethical, overseas labour. These masses of cheap clothing break within a few wears, and rather than sewing up the tears, we throw away the fabric to replace it with more cheaply, unethically produced clothes. Nearly 60% of all clothing produced ends up in incinerators or landGills within a year of being made. It takes about 2,720 litres of water to produce just one cotton shirt. Australians throw out 6,000 kilograms of clothing textiles every 10 minutes. Before you opt to buy a new shirt from WestGield – head to your local thrift store, the Depop app, or raid your parents’ cupboard. This concept of overproduction is similarly apparent in the meat, poultry, Gishing, dairy and egg industries, where these products are all incredibly mass produced. This results in ridiculous amounts of wastes alongside the unnecessary butchery of animals. Judaism’s greatest leader, teacher, and prophet – Moses – was chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egypt because as a shepherd he showed great compassion to a lamb (Exodus Rabbah 2:2). We look to Moses as a major Jewish role model, and we must admire his philosophy of consideration toward animals and the concept that every living creature deserves to be treated with respect. Today, around seventy billion (70,000,000,000) animals are raised annually worldwide for slaughter. These are mainly on factory farms under very cruel conditions. Providing food and water for these animals and getting rid of their wastes additionally cause many environmental problems. Animal-based agriculture contributes signiGicantly to climate change, deforestation, soil erosion, loss of biological diversity, and other environmental threats. We encourage every person to consider what food they are putting into bodies, where it has come from and the process it went through before it arrived on their plate. An easily achievable way to directly aid the world and embody the Jewish value “Tikkun Olam”, is to try a Glexitarian, vegetarian or vegan diet. We also encourage everyone to consider what materialistic items they choose spend their money on, which companies they are supporting, and who is beneGitting/at a loss from their purchase. Support ethical clothing companies who use sustainable methods of production, and raise awareness surrounding companies who elicit cheap, slave labour. This Passover, we urge you to think about the message of “Dayenu” - “It would have been enough” – and consider what you will do to minimize your impact on our environment.
Written by Tanna Klevansky on Shnat 2019, Shavit Sydney 12
CULTURAL INTERSECTIONALITY
Outsiders have historically seen Jews as a cohesive ethno-cultural group, continuing the ceremonies and practises of their forefathers. Rather, Jews residing in and emanating from different areas on Earth hold culturally and religiously unique traditions originating from their differentiating histories that separate them from other populations of Jews worldwide. The Ashkenazim, or Jews of European descent, originally migrated to the continent of Europe following the rise of the Roman Empire, and spread across the nation, initially in the Rhine region of France and Germany on the outskirts of the Empire. Following the rise of the Holy Roman Empire in ~800AD, an intergovernmental coalition which included hundreds of German, Italian, Dutch, Czech and Polish princedoms, the vast majority of Jews living in continental Europe moved to Poland, one of the most tolerant and accepting countries during the Dark and Middle Ages. ~1450AD, following the creation of the nation of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, a Golden Age for European Jews began, where many jobs and governmental positions of high importance were held by the previously marginalised group. However, in the mid 1600s, the power of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth faltered, seeing a division between German, Russian, Hungarian and Russian ownership. This started an era of hardship for European Jews, including pogroms and public burnings of Jewish families and Jewish owned property throughout the aforementioned countries, particularly Russia. This ultimately culminated in the Holocaust that occurred alongside World War 2 which saw 6 million Jews massacred en masse by the Nazi party of the 3rd German Reich. Nowadays, the Ashkenazi population is the most numerous Jewish subcultural group in the world, numbering 6 million in the US, 2.6 million in Israel, 400000 in Russia, 300000 in Argentina, 260000 in the UK, 240000 in Canada, 120000 in Australia, 80000 in South Africa and 5000 im New Zealand. The Sephardim, or Jews of Iberian descent (Spain and Portugal) also began their migration to South West Europe following the Roman Conquest of the land of Israel. Mainly centred around the town of Sepharad, Spain, the Jews of Iberia enjoyed relative peace and acceptance compared to the other Jews of Europe. Controlled initially by the Pagan Roman Empire, which then converted to Christianity, then the Christian kingdoms of Occitania of France, then the Muslim emirates of Al-Andalusia and Granada, followed by the Christian Spanish kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, the Jews of Iberia held politically essential roles, including acting as the financial advisors of several Spanish and North African Maghrebi kings and dukes. However, in 1492, the king of the newly formed Spanish nation passed a royal law known as the Alhambra Decree formally declaring an expulsion of all Jews, a move quickly followed up by King Manuel I of Portugal in 1496. This edict stated the demanded erasure of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish culture, giving Sephardis 3 options: 1: to convert to Catholicism and therefore to be allowed to remain within the kingdom, 2: to remain Jewish and to be expelled by the stipulated deadline, or 3: to be executed. This resulted in a huge population shift of Jews previously living in Iberia, who moved en masse to South America and the Ottoman Empire, which controlled a major segment of the Middle East. Currently, Sephardi Jews number 1.4 million in Israel, 400000 in France, 300000 in the US, 50000 in Argentina and 40000 in Brazil. The Mizrachim, or Jews of the Middle East, likewise moved elsewhere following Roman conquest of Israel, but rather than their Ashkenazi and Sephardi counterparts, the Mizrachim chose to move to regions such as Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Morocco and Central Asia. Due to the hugely varied history of each of those aforementioned regions, it is hard to collectively summarise the experiences of Jews specific to those nations. However, several universal themes can be seen within the histories of Mizrachi Jews - they nearly always held a position of second class citizenship within their respective societies, often forced or pressured into concealing their traditional songs and customs, with many being force converted into Islam throughout the millenia. Some Mizrachim however held positions of power and influence as kingdoms and rulers of regions changed, including especially Syrian, Iraqi and Iranian Jews, who held local governmental position's such as mayorships, jobs as merchants, textile workers and goldworkers in the cities of Damascus, Baghdad and Tehran respectively. Following the creation of the modern state of Israel in 1948, many pogroms and burnings of Jewish communites occured across those 3 nations, forcing a mass population drain of nearly 50000 Jews from across the Middle East into Israel. Many other Jews of the Middle East, including Moroccan, Tunisian and Algerian Jews, were not forced violently from their homes, rather migrating to Israel in the 1940s and 1950s, searching for economic liberation and empowerment. In modern times, 3.2 Mizrachim live in Israel, with a further 250000 in the US, 15000 in Kazakhstan, 12000 in Uzbekistan, 11000 in Azerbaijan and 8500 in Iran. Apart from the three larger branches of Jews discussed above, there are several other small populations originating from other places on the planet. These include the Beta Israel tribe of Ethiopia, who number 4000 in Ethiopia and 130000 in Israel - the Georgian Jews of Georgia of which there are 3000 in Georgia and 200000 in Israel - the Bene Israel Jews of Mumbai, India, who number 6000 in India and nearly 80000 in Israel - the Romaniote Jews of Greece, who number 1500 in Greece and 45000 in Israel - the Italkim of Italy, who number 50000 in Italy and 10000 in Israel and the Kaifeng Jews of Chinese origin, who number a tiny population of 1000 in China and only 16 in Israel! Now, during Pesach more than nearly other time of the year, it is important to both acknowledge the diverse history and culture of the Jewish people, but likewise also acknowledge our shared heritage and practises.
Written by Jake Hochstadt on Shnat 2019, Shavit Melbourne   13
Whenever you talk about the values of Pesach, one of the most common subjects that comes up is the value of being able to spend time with your family at a Seder altogether. This year due to coronavirus, most families are only able to communicate through Skype or Facetime so what are some other values you can discuss that are embedded in the Pesach Seder? One of the most anticipated parts of the Seder is when the youngest child of the family asks the 4 questions. Why are these 4 questions so important? These questions are teaching kids from a young age the value of being curious and inquisitive and that asking questions is a good thing. The same question can be asked when it comes to the story of Pesach and our need to repeat it every year. The story brings to light how the Jew were slaves and then rescued, after the punishment of the 10 plagues, however the point in the story we should focus on is Moshe trying to reason with Pharaoh and show his side of the story, before God summoned the fatal plagues. Moshe shows us compromise and introduces the idea that you should always try and reason with others and try make peace first rather than war.
Written by Rosa Pastor, Zamir Melbourne QUESTIONS TO ASK AT THE SEDER 1. Do you think that your great - great grandchildren will be sitting at the Seder table like you are? Why or why not? 2. What does the Pesach story teach us about the power of the individual vs the power of the collective? (Moshe would not have achieved what he did without his brother Aaron, his sister Miriam, his wife Zipporah, etc) 3. What is the most empowering part of the Pesach story for you and why? 4. What is the most important symbol on the Seder plate for remembrance and why? 5. Pick a piece on the Seder plate and speak about what it represents in your own life? 6. Do you believe in a God who punishes people and why? 7. Is God compassionate if She/He slayed the Egyptians’ first born innocent sons? Why? 8. What part of the story upsets you the most and why? 9. What’s something new you learnt from the story this year? 10. Of the four sons (or daughters), which one represents you the most and why? Which one do you strive to be more like?
Written by Timnah O, Shavit Melbourne
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PODCAST BY KEHILAT KOLEINU MELBOURNE Welcome to Kehilat Kolenu’s Pesach Podcast. We look forward to bringing you ideas, discussions, and ways to connect you to the Chag in a slightly different way in 2020. Each year, we come together with our family to tell the story of the Jewish people’s exodus from Egypt. It is a jovial occasion, including delicious food, a family catch up, and slightly too much wine. Whilst the story of the Jewish liberation may be many years ago, freedom may still be distant for many people. "The Seder is not just a celebration of Jewish emancipation. When we tell our story of freedom from slavery, and the exodus from Egypt, we are reminding ourselves not just of the past, but the present too.” Laura Janner-Klausner, Senior Rabbi to Reform Judaism In this episode, Hannah speaks with Hamed Allayahari, owner of Cafe Sunshine aka Salamtea and Hamed’s Catering. Hamed shares his story of his journey from Tehran to Melbourne via Christmas Island. Hamed fled from his home country Iran, due to persecution he faced as an atheist in a strict theocratic regime. Hamed describes his travels from Tehran to Indonesia to Christmas Island to Adelaide, finally arriving in Melbourne. Hamed’s story is just one of many of those who have and continue to struggle for freedom in the contemporary age.
To listen to the podcast: https:// soundcloud.com/kolenu/episode-1-stories-of-
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FUN•AND•GAMES Quiz from Miz (Miriam Rubinstein), Ra’am Perth
Your friend Tony has 3 brothers. The names of these brothers are The Wicked Son, The Wise Son and The Simple Son. What is the name of Tony's mum’s fourth son? Find the answer on page 17.
Which Pesach Character are you?
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Which Pesach Character are you?
The answer to the Miz’s Quiz: TONY 17
GUESS WHO GAME: Select one person to be the person who is staring at the ‘mystery person’, they only let the teacher know who it is. Type it to the teacher in the chat box. Choose one person to be the ‘guesser’. The aim is for the ‘guesser’ to work out who is the ‘mystery person’. Have everyone in the group turn on their cameras. The ‘guesser’ has to ask ‘yes’ and ‘no’ questions to the person who is staring at the ‘mystery person’. Ask questions like ‘Is the person under 20?’, ‘Does the person wear glasses?’, ‘Is the person wearing a pink top?’, ‘Does the person start with a letter A?’, ‘Does the person have a ponytail?’ etc. Whenever the answer is ‘no’, the students who that answer describes turns off their camera. If the answer is ‘yes’, the students who that answer does not describe turns off their camera. When the ‘guesser’ is confident of whom the ‘mystery person’ is they can take a guess based on whose cameras are still switched on.
VIRTUAL PASSOVER ICEBREAKERS • Each person brings an object that symbolizes something (freedom, family, how they feel right now). • Each person finds a google image about what Pesach means to them. • Each person has a go to hum their favourite Pesach song and everyone else has to guess what song it is. • Pesach Trivia. (in zoom groups, the team has to answer 10 questions about Pesach). • You have 2 minutes to go and dress up as your favourite Jewish historical figure. • Put a song on, and everyone has to dance as freely as possible (let's see your craziest moves). A prize for the best dancer. • A Pesach themed Tik Tok. • Each person has to look on their phone and find an image from the last month that shows a moment of freedom. Show the pic and explain why you chose that image. • Colouring in Competition. Everyone has 10 minutes to colour in a Pesach themed picture. • Choose a song like 'We are family' and get each family to change the words in a verse to sing on the night. The host comes up with the chorus. • Dress up like you're leaving Egypt, or as Pharoah etc. Act out the story of the Exodus, use puppets for the plagues. • Give cards with Ma Nishtana in different languages for people to guess the language (German and Russian are always the funniest). You could have each guest Google Translate a different language, and have people guess. • Read sections of the Seder with a different accent ie Russian, South African etc
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The Modern Plagues - Content from Habo Dror South Africa 2020
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To view HDSA’s Haggadah - https://drive.google.com/uc? id=1cGdN8vI1FD3NbbnAzzb933GhuGzCFj0d&export=download
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The 10 plagues By Sarah Zilberman, OZ Melbourne 
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