As Passover approaches, many parents face Seders with very young children who fidget. Fairly standard to work around the dilemma is the hiding of the Afikomen (an unleavened bread called matzah). Mostly a ritual designed to keep children engaged, each family seems to do it differently. Ours consisted of the grandfather hiding part of the matzah, the children finding it, and ransoming it for a dollar or two. At least, that’s how it got started. Each year the hiding changed and became increasingly...(read more)![]()
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