The Roles of Hashem and Man: A Child’s Point of View

My son was driving with my 3 and a half year old grandson in the car. They passed some tall buildings as they were riding along.

The conversation went something like this:

Grandson: Abba, did Hashem make the buildings?
Son: No, Hashem made Man and Man made the buildings.

A few days later, they were building with blocks, and my grandson says: Abba, I’ll be Hashem and you can be Man.

Children at the Seder: Telling the Story, Plain and Simple

R. Avrohom Schorr offers the following reminder in a Pesach letter:

Remember the mitzvah of v’hi’gad’ta l’vin’kha. Do not forget the little children when discussing commentaries on the Haggadah. Do not ignore the mitzvah of l’ma’an te’sa’per, narrating the plain story to attract the hearts of the children to belief in Hashem. According to the Sefer Ohev Yisrael, there is no time more auspicious than the Seder to inculcate emunah in Hashem to children.