In some traditional Passover Seders, children love the fact that a portion of the matzoh, called the Afikoman, is hidden by the head of the household somewhere in the house for the children to find. Usually the hiding place is chosen very cleverly, but the children always find it anyway.
This Passover, when everything has gone virtual, and my brother and sister-in-law held their Seders over Zoom, there was a need to improvise. Each Passover there are two Seders, and tonight was the second Seder, when my brother and sister-in-law often plan something whimsical (last year the Seder was run as a game of Dungeons and Dragons).
The idea for this’s year Zoom Seder was to have people contribute a song. You start with the melody of a well known song, then substitute original lyrics on a Passover theme. Everyone sings along, and sometimes the goal is to get people to laugh as they gradually realize what they are singing.
I contributed several, but I was particularly pleased by one. It is sung to the tune of “Found a Peanut” (you know: “Found a peanut, found a peanut, found a peanut last night…”). Below are the first three verses:
Afikoman, afikoman, afikoman last night
Last night I found the afikoman
Afikoman last nightIn the bathroom, in the bathroom, in the bathroom last night
Found the matzoh in the bathroom
In the bathroom last nightAte it anyway, ate it anyway, ate it anyway last night
Last night I ate it anyway
Ate it anyway last night