Cheirut — Freedom
Bo (Moses, Lead the Way) • B’shalach (Sea of Reeds) • Passover
Act out crossing the Sea of Reeds; connect to the seder.
Children wonder and discover; you facilitate more than you lecture.
- What does it mean to be free?
- How did the Israelites feel on their journey to freedom?
Cheirut means ‘freedom.’ The Exodus — leaving Egypt and crossing the sea — is our central freedom story, retold every Passover at the seder.
- Cheirut — freedom
- Pesach — Passover
- Mitzrayim — Egypt
- “Why tell this story every year?”
- So we never forget the value of freedom and help others be free too.
- Children connect the Exodus and Passover to freedom.
- Children reflect on fairness and freedom in their lives.
Keep ‘slavery’ age-appropriate; focus on fairness, freedom, and helping others.
Folktale. Nachshon and the Sea (Midrash) — the brave first step toward freedom.
Changemaker. Natan Sharansky — was put in prison for nine years because he wanted to live as a Jew and to leave, and he never stopped asking, and one day they let him walk out.
What would you do to help someone feel free and fairly treated?
“We explored freedom and the Exodus. Try at home: at your seder, ask your child to share what freedom means to them.”