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Why does Hannah dread going to the family Passover Seder?
Hannah dreads going to her family’s Passover Seder—she’s tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she is transported to a Polish village in the year 1942.
What is Hannah’s attitude about going to the seder at the beginning of the book?
What is Hannah’s attitude about going to the Seder at the beginning of the book? She is looking forward to it. She does not want to go and is dreading it.
Why does Hannah not want to attend her family’s Passover night?
The novel opens with Passover Seder, and this is an important Jewish holiday. Hannah does not want to go, because she and her brother will be the only kids there. She does not understand the importance of the holiday, and its significance to her family. Hannah thinks all holidays are alike.
What is the seder in The Devil’s Arithmetic?
During the seder, the Passover story is retold. Jews are commanded to tell the story in order to remember their past. God saved the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt over two and a half thousand years ago and after forty years in the desert, God brought them to the land of Israel.
What does this simile reveal about how Hannah views her grandfather’s speeches about the past?
What does this simile reveal about how Hannah views her grandfather’s speeches about the past? She views his stories as long and boring. She views his stories as exciting and suspenseful.
What does the Badchan remind Hannah of?
He calls her wise and an old girl in a young-girl disguise. What quick observation does the badchan make of Hannah? She laughed at the idea of a jewish jester, of which the badchan reminded her.
What happened to Hannah when she opened the apartment door?
What happened to Hannah when she opened the apartment door? She was transported to another place in time. She fainted. She saw the prophet, Elijah.