🍷 Passover riddles for kids with answers

Bring these riddles to the Seder and keep the kids guessing all night - especially before the afikoman hunt.

1. I'm flat and crunchy bread, and people eat me all week long on Passover. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   I had no time to rise.

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   Matzah

2. I'm the special dinner on the first night of Passover, with a plate full of symbols. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   My name means "order."

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   The Seder

3. The youngest child at the table asks four of me. What are we?

   💡 Hint

   "Why is this night different...?"

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   The Four Questions (Ma Nishtana)

4. I'm a hidden piece of matzah, and the kids search for me. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   The Seder can't end without me.

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   The afikoman

5. I'm a bitter herb that reminds us of the hard times in Egypt. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   Horseradish is often used for me.

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   Maror

6. I'm a sweet mix of apples, nuts and juice, and I look like the mortar used for bricks. What am I?

   💡 Hint

   I sit on the Seder plate.

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   Charoset

7. How many cups of wine or grape juice do we drink at the Seder?

   💡 Hint

   It's the same number as the questions.

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   Four

8. How many plagues are told in the Passover story?

   💡 Hint

   We drip a drop for each one.

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   Ten

9. This special cup is filled for a prophet, and we open the door for him. Whose cup is it?

   💡 Hint

   His name in Hebrew is Eliyahu.

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   Elijah's cup

10. I'm the book we read from at the Seder. What am I?

    💡 Hint

    My name means "the telling."

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    The Haggadah

11. I'm a green vegetable, and at the Seder you dip me in salt water. What am I?

    💡 Hint

    I remind us of spring.

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    Karpas (parsley or celery)