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                        The Story of ________________             (Based on Passover Mad Libs by Lori Freedman)

                                                                      Religious holiday [A]                     *****ASK FOR WORDS IN A RANDOM ORDER *****

About  ________   years ago, the Jewish people, called Hebrews, lived in the land of

               number

__________________.        At first everything was fine and the Hebrews could _____________

                place [B]                                                                                                                                                                list of fun activities

____________________________________________________________________________

                                                (more fun activities)

and pray to their God as they pleased.  But soon a new Pharaoh came into power and he was

very ______________.    He forced the Hebrews to   __________________________________

            extreme emotion                                                                                                                                 list of activities that are not fun

______________________________________________.    As if that wasn’t bad enough,  he also

said that every baby boy born to a Hebrew mother was to be hurled into the   _________________.

                                                                                                                                                                                               name of river

One day around this time a Hebrew baby boy was born.  His name was ______________________.

                                                                                                                                                                                                famous man [C]

His mother did not want him to die, so she put him in a _____________________________ and set

                                                                                                                                                                type of container

him to float in the ______________________.   His sister,  ______________________ hid behind a

                                                                name of river                                                                        famous woman [D]

_________________ to see who would find him.   Soon a princess named  ___________________

plant used for landscaping                                                                                                                                                                famous woman [E]

found him and decided to keep him.    ____________________  went up to ___________________

                                                                                                famous woman from [D]                                          famous woman from [E]

and said “I know just the right person to take care of this baby,” and she went to get her mother,

__________________.   And so it came to be that _____________________ raised ____________

     famous woman [F]                                                                                         famous woman from [F]                           famous man from [C]                                                                                                

___________ in the palace of the Pharaoh.   When _______________ grew up, he saw that his

                                                                                                                                famous man from [C]

people suffered and this made him very  _______________.   When he was standing by a well

                                                                                                extreme emotion

one day tending to some __________________, he was visited by God. “Go to Pharaoh,” said God,

                                                                  animal (plural)

and tell him  “_______________________________________________________________.”

                                                                                expression [G]

So  __________________ went to Pharaoh and said _____________________________________

                famous man from [C]                                                                                           expression from [G]

and Pharaoh responded “_____________________________________________________”

                                                                                negative expression

___________________ warned Pharaoh that terrible things would happen if he did not set the

    famous man from [C]

Hebrews free.   _________ times, bad things called plagues, happened and each time Pharaoh

                                                number

promised to set the Hebrews free but then he changed his  _________________.   The last plague,

                                                                                                                                part of body or something put on body

the killing of all the first born _____________________ sons was so bad that Pharaoh said

                                                                                place from [B]

“Go and leave ____________________”

                                                place from [B]

Word spread via _____________________ that the Hebrews should pack quickly for their journey. 

                                            type of communication

They took  ___________________________ and ______________________________________

                        something you take on a journey                                     another thing you take on a journey

but they did not have time to make ______________________________.  Rather than wait for the

                                                                                                type of food [H]

__________________________ to be ready, they threw together some _____________________

                food from [H]                                                                                                                                                          food

and _________________________ and brought that with them.

                                an edible liquid

When the Hebrews reached the _______________________ they realized that Pharaoh’s army was

                                                                                                body of water

following them.   But a great miracle happened.  The water _____________________ and the

                                                                                                                                                something that water does


Hebrews were able to cross to freedom while Pharaoh’s army _________________________. 

                                                                                                                                                                something you might do in water

The Hebrews were no longer slaves and they were able to _________________ their god freely.

                                                                                                                                                something done in shul

Every year from then on Jewish people celebrate _________________________ by cleaning their

                                                                                                                                holiday from [A]

homes and getting rid of _____________________.  They gather together at a ________________

                                                                                food                                                                                                        type of event [I]

to tell the story of _________________________ and remember that though they were once slaves,

                                                                holiday from [A]

they are now free.    Each year, the children ask four questions: ____________________________

                                                                                                                                    a question

_______________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                                another question

_______________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                                another question

_______________________________________________________________________________

                                                                                                another question

And as they read through a special book called ________________________________________

                                                                                                                                                                name of book

the questions are answered.

At the _________________________ they eat special foods such as ________________________

                        event from [I]                                                                                                                         type of ball

soup and _______________________ and drink _____________ cups of _______________.

                                                food [J]                                                                   number                                  edible liquid

They sing special songs such as __________________________  and _____________________

                                                                                                song title                                                                another song title

A special piece of ____________________________, called the Afikomen, is hidden, and as a

                                                                food from [J]

result of the searching, the children get ______________________________.
haggadah Section: Rachtzah

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