Reply To: Sad that Pesach is over

I think that how we (parents) react to the preparations, DOES have a strong impact on how our children feel towards Pesach. It can be a case of maw ha-eydus… etc. or ma ha-avoda hazos lachem… depending on how we express our own feelings.

I always preferred for my kids to feel as I did growing up – that Pesach is utterly special and magical, and truly a case of ma nishtana. My parents always allowed us to stay up for the entire sedarim, and my father O”H would bump the table slightly during Sh’foch Chamoscha, so it appeared that Eliyahu Hanavi had drunk from his kos. The impression that left on me as a child, still carries through to today, when I am absolutely certain Eliyahu is in our home for that brief moment.