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Noah Dieterle, 10 and his sister Lucy Dieterle, 8, watch a video on Passover.
Photo by Ian SwabyAlana Duffy, 13, Nolan Duffy, 11 and their mother Emily Duffy joined Rabbi Michael Shefrin for the lighting of the candles.
Photo by Ian SwabyJonas Schechter, 13, sings in a group performance.
Photo by Ian SwabyAlana Duffy, 13 and her brother Nolan Duffy, 11, watch as Rabbi Michael Shefrin lights the candles. Also present was their mother Emily Duffy.
Photo by Ian SwabyDylan Albright, 6, plays with one of the 10 "plagues" kids were tasked with finding in the room.
Photo by Ian SwabyMatzo ball soup and the Seder plate are set out on a table.
Photo by Ian SwabyMila Gordon, 4, joins participants in removing ten drops of grape juice from her cup to represent the ten plagues.
Photo by Ian SwabyJake Pullam joins participants in removing ten drops of wine from his cup to represent the ten plagues.
Photo by Ian SwabyLevi Schwartz, 9 and his brother Jacob Schwartz, 7
Photo by Ian SwabyMargie Barrie gathers some food.
Photo by Ian SwabyRyan Yonker, 13, Rabbi Michael Shefrin, Yonker's cousin Mila Gordon, 4, and Snait Ben-Herut gather together.
Photo by Ian SwabyRabbi Michael Shefrin's daughter Maya Shefrin, 2, holds the grape juice as it is blessed.
Photo by Ian SwabyLocusts were one of the 10 plagues hidden for kids to find.
Photo by Ian SwabyRyan Jawitz talks with his daughter Norah Jawitz, 9, who has just received a prize of dollar bills for finding Afikoman.
Photo by Ian SwabyLevi Schwartz, 9, holds the wine as it is blessed.
Photo by Ian SwabyShayna Shefrin holds Maya Shefrin, 2, as she blows out the candle on her birthday treat, a macaroon, presented by her husband Rabbi Michael Shefrin.
Photo by Ian SwabySuzanne Stacy and Carol Scholl
Photo by Ian SwabyWhen songs and the Four Questions take place during the Passover Seder, the youngest members traditionally recite them, noted Rabbi Michael Shefrin.
The Annual Family Seder, held April 13 at Temple Emanu-El, was a chance for young members and their parents to enjoy a full Seder meal together.
The Jewish tradition of the Seder meal takes place on the holiday of Passover in order to recount the story of Exodus.
"It's one of those amazing traditions that you actually don't have to do inside a synagogue or temple," Shefrin said. "You're supposed to do it at home. Many of our families don't do a Seder, so we want to make sure they have access to one."
He said the dinner is a "price-manageable, beautiful dinner and a full Seder with all the trimmings for the young, and the young at heart."
The temple hosted its main Passover Seder event at The Ora on April 12, and held its annual Seder meal exclusively for its religious school students on April 6.
"We just want to make sure that we're meeting them where they are, so we try to do as much as possible whenever we can," Shefrin said.
