Tips for Hiding the Afikomen on Passover (逾越节)

Hiding the afikomen — a broken piece of pancake — is often a beloved part of the Passover Dinner among families, giving children a game of searching. Here is best advice for hiding the afikomen.

【小题1】 Who hides the afikomen and the physical boundaries that limit the hiding spots are key basic regulations that your family should consider together. Each family may do it a bit differently but once the basic regulations are in place, everyone has a better time with it.

Make it a little more interesting. Finding the afikomen often comes with a reward or a small gift. Sometimes it is a toy, money or a game — in some families it is a big gift, some just a kiss. 【小题2】

Find a hiding spot. While there’s technically only one afikomen at the dinner, families might also choose to change tradition to give larger groups of kids a better chance of success. Some families may find a way to hide a few. 【小题3】 It allows either all the kids to find one, or at least more than just one kid.

Trick their eyes. Leaving the afikomen out in the open might seem a little too easy, but it can present a surprising challenge. 【小题4】 But the general thinking is that people are so used to seeing what they expect they will never see here.

Increase the difficulty. The serious hiders skip easy-to-see spots for more intensive, nearly impossible places, for example, in a drawer, under all the kids’ art projects or in the bathroom under four out of seven towels. So kids have to work hard for it. 【小题5】