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ara Greene and her husband
are hosting a Passover seder
for the first time at their home
in Cambridge in two weeks.
She is writing her
dissertation; he is a
medical resident; they
are the parents of a
7-month-old infant;
and the holiday begins
on a weeknight. When
she saw the link on
a friend's Facebook
page, she did not
hesitate: She ordered a
"Seder in a Box."
"We're having all these people over,
and I haven't done it before," she said.
"The seder plate has a lot of things on
it. You just have to kind of remember to
get all the different aspects of it."
Hoping to make Passover more
accessible to the younger set,
JewishBoston.com is offering its first
do-it-yourself seder kit. Free to Boston-
area residents ages 18 to 40 who sign
up by April 8, "Seder in a Box" includes
just about everything but the food
and the guests: a seder plate, a basic
Haggadah, a leader's guide, recipes, a
shopping list, instructions for setting
the table and a matzah cover. Plus some
green plastic frogs, representing one of
the 10 plagues.
"We wanted to take the guesswork
out of it for people who have never
done it before," said David Levy, the
editor of an online hub for the area's
Jewish community, JewishBoston.com .
At first, Levy said the Web site's advi-
sory board of people in their 20s and
30s debated whether to host a big seder
for their peers in the Boston area. They
wound up deciding it would be better
to help people learn to do it themselves.
"There's not the pressure of what
someone else thinks a Passover seder
should be," Levy said.
Barry Shrage, president of Combined
Jewish Philanthropies, which estab-
lished JewishBoston.com last year, said
the "Seder in a Box" is one way the
organization is trying to reach out to
the next generation of Jewish families.
"If you look at what's happening
out there, 50 percent of Jewish house-
holds are now interfaith households:'
Shrage said. "There's a spark of inter-
est in Jewish life among people who
would have never even thought about
it before. We want to be right there and
help make it available for people who
want to try to engage in Jewish life."
"For people who
haven't had a seder
before, who are just out
of college or moved
here and don't go home
anymore, seders can
be a little daunting on
every single lever said
Patty Jacobson, direc-
tor of JewishBoston.
corn. "What sort of
Haggadah would I use?
... How do you set the table? What goes
on a seder plate? What kind of wine
should you get?"
The Wandering Is Over Haggadah
included in the kit was written by Levy
in simple, conversational English with
a sprinkling of Hebrew. It is also short,
but easily added to or modified.
"We recognize that seders can go on
for hours and hours:' he said. "That's
an option, but if you want to do a half-
hour seder that is meaningful, you
can.
The idea is not entirely original.
Hillel groups and other Jewish orga-
nizations have tried similar programs,
and a California man registered "Seder
in a Box" as a trademark last year; his
plan was to sell packages that included
a how-to DVD, prayer books and tradi-
tional foods. JewishBoston.com "adapt-
ed the concept for the Boston market:'
Jacobson said.
Rabbi Michele Lenke of Temple Beth
Shalom in Needham, Mass., said she
had someone in her office the other day
who had never hosted a seder and was
fretting about how to do it properly,
even wishing aloud that they could run
a video that would walk them through
each step.
"People have so many memories of
different seders, and I think they so
desperately want to do it right',' she
said.
She called "Seder in a Box" a great
idea. "It's providing an entrée," she said.
"It's opening a door."
This story was reported in the Boston Globe
by Sussan Wangsness.