The Family Haggadah »

Now family members of all ages can participate in the Seder celebration with this traditional yet contemporary guide to the Passover ritual dinner. Illustrated step-by-step guidelines create a meaningful experience for children and adults alike. With stories and songs, recipes and ritual platters, The Family Haggadah will turn your Seder into a true celebration, filled with joy.

Children's Literature

This Haggadah is terrific! I wish I'd had it when my children were young; it explains everything more clearly than any other that I've seen. And it gives children specific things to do in preparing for Passover-from cleaning their rooms (don't forget the cookie crumbs-they're Hametz!) to polishing silver, making a cover for the matzah and afikomen, polishing or decorating Elijah's cup and then decorating a new "tradition"-Miriam's cup. It contains water instead of wine. If the kids want to act out the story while the Seder is going on, there's a wonderful summary of the journey that can be read aloud as they pantomime it, or summarized further as they act it out. All of the symbols are carefully explained. There's room for everyone-if you're a vegetarian, for example, how about substituting a roasted beet for the traditional shankbone? The music is here for the traditional songs, and the translations are fine. The illustrations are magnificent, as we have learned to expect from Neil Waldman.