Whatever your style for Passover, there is a Behrman House haggadah that will suit your seder.
This highlighted list below can help you find just the right haggadah for you and your seder guests!
by Rebecca Redner
Perfect for:
- Families with children of all abilities and disabilities
- Families with children of all ages
Description:
- More than 70 vibrant photographs of children of all abilities and disabilities participating in seder
- Presents over 150 picture communication symbols developed by Mayer-Johnson™
- 30 minute seder
Special Features:
- Easy to hold
- Respectful to all participants
- Mayer-Johnson™ is the leading creator of symbol-adapted special education materials to assist individuals in overcoming their speech, language, and learning challenges
-Downloadable Educator's Guide
Frogs in the Bed: My Passover Seder Activity Book
By Ann Koffsky
Perfect for:
- Families with young children
Description:
- Humorously illustrated version of the popular seder song "One Morning (The Frog Song)" followed by activities that connect children to touchpoints in the seder
- Build excitement before the Passover seder and follow along during the seder, no matter which haggadah you use
Special Features:
- Encourages children's active participation and helps them understand the seder
- Includes Passover crafts and activities
- Sheet music to "One Morning (The Frog Song)" included.
Simply Seder
by Dena Neusner, illustrated by Julie Wohl
Perfect for:
- Families with children of all ages
- Intergenerational seders
- Those new to hosting Passover
Description:
- 48 color pages
- 30-60 minute seder
Special Features:
- Quick and easy to follow
- Planning guide included
- Links to additional resources and recipes online
- Seder transliterated Hebrew encourages participation
- Hebrew provided for all blessings
Family Haggadah
A Seder for All Generations
by Elie Gindi
Perfect for:
- Families with young children
- Congregational family seders
Description:
- 40 color pages
- 30-45 minute seder
Special Features:
- Large format, open layout
- Quick and easy to follow
- Plagues illustrated in a light-hearted, child-friendly way
- Includes The Frog Song and Bang, Bang, Bang
- Transliteration of all blessings and songs encourages participation
- Some Hebrew provided
Season of Renewal
A Family Haggadah
by Rabbi Dr. John Levy
and Naomi Tippett
Perfect for:
- Families with elementary school children
- Model seders
- Congregational family seders
Description:
- 64 color pages
- Flexible time commitment --Vary the length of your seder from 30 minutes to 2 hours
Special Features:
- Illustrated with beautiful collages and flowers created by schoolchildren
- Annotations explain the rituals to foster understanding
- Optional discussion questions
- Hebrew provided throughout
- Blessings transliterated
- Ten pages of songs, with Hebrew, English, and transliteration
- Companion website lets you hear the songs
The New American Haggadah
by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and Ira Eisenstein
Perfect for:
- Teenagers, young adults, adults
- Youth group, college group seders
- Interfaith seders
- Those who prefer a gender-neutral haggadah that includes some modern rituals
Description:
- 112 black and white pages
- 90 minute seder
Special Features:
- Revised and updated version of re-constructionist classic The New Haggadah
- Broad themes of slavery and freedom in modern as well as biblical times
- Unique American view of the Passover liberation theme
- Vignettes of Jews during the Civil War, the Civil Rights movement, and Operation Exodus
- 20 pages of songs, including Who Knows One
- Hebrew throughout
- Some blessings and songs transliterated
Gates of Freedom Haggadah
by Chaim Stern
Perfect for:
- Adults
- Those who prefer a traditional seder
Description:
- 128 black and white pages
- 90+ minute seder
Special Features:
- Traditional seder
- Over 130 commentaries, quotes, and anecdotes--with their sources--to foster discussion
- Clearly marked sections help you shorten the service
- Music for 16 blessings and songs allow musical accompaniment
- Hebrew throughout, often matched line-by-line with English translation
- Songs and selected blessings transliterated
Celebrating Passover
Perfect for:
- Brief second night seder
- A guide to preparing for Passover
- An introduction to the Passover seder for those who have never held them before
Description:
- Six-page laminated, color folder
- 15-30 minute seder
Special Features:
- A complete seder in fifteen clearly presented steps
- List of supplies
- Directions for composing your seder plate
- All blessings in Hebrew, English, and transliteration
- Online links to hear blessings and songs sung in Hebrew
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The Gateways Haggadah: A Seder for the Whole Family
