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Celebrating Passover when Your Child Has Food Allergies

March 2009

Celebrating Passover with Food Allergies

The "KFA Celebrates Passover" booklet has been designed to be a companion for any Haggadah that your family uses for the Passover Seder. In addition, the booklet is meant to help all those who celebrate Passover to fulfill the traditions within the Seder. We here at KFA encourage you to do the best you can during this holiday and hope that we can help in that goal. We understand that Pikuach Nefesh, which is avoiding the endangerment of one’s life, is more important than fulfilling the traditions on Passover. Some aspects of parenting a food allergic child leave you with no control over the situation; examples would be contact allergies and/or if your child required a formula-only diet. We hope this brochure helps you to still be able to have a fun and spiritually fulfilling Passover.

KFA Celebrates Passover Booklet (Download Free PDF

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Table of Contents:

Preparation for the Seder

Food preparation with suggested alternatives to make the Seder safe for your child.
Non-food preparation with suggested no food alternatives to make the Seder safe and meaningful for children on limited to no food diets.
Seder activity preparation with suggested activities to do before the Seder as well as items that will be used for activities during the Seder.

The Seder

This section is divided into the parts of the Seder with suggested activities to make the Seder meaningful and enjoyable for your child with food allergies and the whole family.

Safe Eats for Passover (Allergy-free Passover Recipes)

Turkish Charoset
Banana Matzah Brei (view as HTML)
Meatball Soup (view as HTML)
Peach Potato Puffs (view as HTML)
Easy Chocolate Cherries (view as HTML)
Icies
Matzah Toffee Crunch (view as HTML)

Resources

Shopping for Passover Items
Shopping for Kosher for Passover Food
Websites with Songs for the Seder
Websites with Activities for Passover
Allergy Free Cookbooks for Passover

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Related Articles:

Kosher Labeling and Milk or Dairy Allergy

What Does Kosher for Passover Mean for Food Allergies?

First published April 2008. Updated March 2009.

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