CELEBRATING

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UNIT 2 CELEBRATING JUDAISM PESACH
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• Lesson 1.
• AIMS
• To know and understand the significance of the
  Exodus (History)
• To know and understand the celebrations of
  Pesach (Symbols)

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What is Pesach?

• Pesach is a Hebrew name for Passover
• Passover is an important Jewish festival.
• Pesach combines memories of suffering and of the
  joy of freedom.
• The Israelites spent about 400 years in Egyptian
  slavery.
• They escaped slavery (known as Exodus).
• It also expresses the certainty of Gods love for
  His people in times of trouble, both then and now.

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We know now who the Jews are and where they came
from, but they did not always live in Israel, at
one time they were held captive as slaves in
Egypt. Today the Jews have a festival which
remembers their time in Egypt and in particular
their escape from Egypt
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Task 1 Read the Information sheet on The story
of Pesach
Write down a sentence for the following key
words -

• Israelites
• Slaves
• Plague
• Free
• Pesach
• Pharoah

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Task 2
Copy and complete the following grid -
10 plagues words to describe how you
feel.
Blood Frogs Lice
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Task 2
Continue reading from Escape from Egypt.
Being a slave is not something most people would
want to remember. Why do Jews remember it so
carefully? (clues history, freedom, Gods love).

HOMEWORK Write a dairy event. Imagine you are a
Israelite. Write how you must have felt as
slaves.
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• SUMMARY OF LESSON
• The most important Jewish festival of all is
  Pesach (AKA Passover)
• This festival remembers
• The final Plague
• The slaves being freed from Egypt (Exodus).
• No event in Jewish history shows the power of God
  more clearly.

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LESSON 2
Aim To know how Jews prepare and celebrate
Pesach.
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Starter Activity Unscramble the following key
words -
tpEgy
Pchesa
hoarahP
ssMoe
raeIsl
CLUE The first letter starts from the capital
letter.
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RECAP Family is a central focus for continuing
the religion. Pesach is very much a family
festival, celebrated in the home with children
and the mother playing a key role.
TASK 2
In pairs, note down definitions for the key
words Nisan, Seder, Synagogue, Haggadah and meal.
Read information sheet entitled Pesach
preparation and celebration
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THE SEDER PLATE
Read information sheet The Seder plate Task
3 Copy and complete the following table -
Name of food
What it reminds Jews of
What it looks like
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THE SEDER PLATE
Task 4 Complete the blank proforma of the Pesach
plate.
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HOME WORK

During the Pesach these words are read In
every generation everyone should regard himself
as if he had personally come out of Egypt What
do you think this means and why is it important
for Jews to do?
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SUMMARY OF LESSON

• The main part of the Passover celebration is the
  meal.
• This is called the Seder.
• Special food on the Seder plate represents the
  story of how the Jews escaped from Pharaoh.
• The story is told as the meal is eaten.

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Lesson 3.
AIM To gain further understanding of how Jews
celebrate and use symbols to remember their
historic event.
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Starter Activity 10 plagues
1ST Plague
The waters of the Nile become blood.
2nd Plague
Frogs cover the land.
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3rd Plague
Lice swarm over every man and beast in Egypt.
4th Plague
The wild beast appear and start to attack men and
harmless animals.
5th Plague
The Egyptian cattle start to die.
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6th Plague
Painful boils spreads throughout Egypt on man and
beast.
7th Plague
Giant balls of ice, known as hail, crash down to
earth from the sky.
8th Plague
Locusts destroy Egypt's crops, leaving them very
little to eat.
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9th Plague
Darkness falls upon Egypt for 6 days.
10th Plague
The first born child of every Egyptian was
killed.
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TASK 2
Read the information sheet Elijahs cup
Copy and complete the below proforma into your
exercise book.


MATZAH What is this?
WINE What does this represent?
ELIJAHS CUP What does this represent?
SALTED WATER What does this taste like?
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TASK 3 Written exercise
Imagine you are a Jewish child. Explain to a
friend what happens during Pesach and the reasons
why?
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SUMMARY OF LESSON

• Pesach reminds Jews of how their ancestors
  suffered.
• It looks forward to a time of Peace
• Pesach combines memories of suffering and joy of
  freedom.