Fourth Grade Judaica and Last round of Havdallah Leaders for the year!

Hi Parents,
Our sages teach that it is a Mitzvah for us to talk about the Exodus,
involve ourselves in the foods and symbols of the holiday, and 'relive'
the experience. We read and analyzed sections of the Hagaddah, (sharing
some of our discussions with you through questions that you answered in our
notebooks) including the following:
~~Why did Pharoah merit so many chances when his behavior was so blatantly
evil?
~~Why did others who erred not get a chance to respond, but got immediate
consequences, such as Adam and Eve, Jonah, and Moses?
~~How can we make sense of the song 'Dayenu' when a surface reading leaves
us baffled all the way through to the end (i.e., 'If you had brought us to
Mt. Sinai but not given us the Torah, it would have been sufficient!?!"
~~How would that have been suffient??)
~~What is the symbolism of the "four sons?"
~~Why do we drink wine - and not water- to remember the slaves and relive
the Exodus?

We practiced the Passover Kiddush for Saturday night (incorporating
Havdallah), talked about the Omer and reviewed the blessing and historical
background from the three time periods (walking through the desert,
bringing gifts and sacrifices on the Shalosh Regalim = pilgrimage holidays,
and the chapter of Rabbi Akiva and the Romans). We begin to count the Omer
after the second Seder and continue for 49 days, with L'ag B'Omer in the
middle of it all.

Lastly, we learned and practiced the "Prayer for the Welfare of the State
of Israel," which will be part of the Tefillah service at Camp Tawonga's
Gold Country trip.

Separately, I will be sending an attachment of the last round of Havdallah
leaders. Inasmuch as there are only 5 Mondays left to the school year, we
will have 6 leaders per week so that every student can have a turn.

Early wishes for a Happy, healthy, kosher Passover.
B'Veracha,
Kaylee