What is the "afficomen," and how much are you kiddies going to ask for its return--how do you plan to filch it

Question

What is the "afficomen," and how much are you kiddies going to ask for its return--how do you plan to filch it

Answer 1

the afikoman is the bigger half of matzah that is broken by yachatz. the kidz hide it so that the adults have to bargain with them to get it back by tzafon. in my family we could ask for about any toy, electronic...

Answer 2

the afikomen is the middle matzoh, which is eaten last (hence the name 'afikomen'... which means 'dessert'...)



and, while you don't NEED to eat that actual matzoh in order to fulfill the commandment, the whole reason that the custom arose to allow that matzoh to be stolen, was to keep the kids awake and interested... to give them a reason to finish the seder... if you tell them "i don't need to bargain with you.... ", then you lose their interest. eventually they DO attend seder for the reason of the seder itself, not the ransom for the afikomen, but, it's still fun.



my ex never used to bargain for the afikomen, he would always just take another piece out, automatically. nice memory for the seder, isn't it???



i actually stole the afikomen last year... i was at a niece's house for the holiday, and as we were all going out to wash our hands, i saw my moment, and reverted to childhood, and got it!! i hid it on top of the fridge... and then moved it into a cupboard... and moved it, again, to the freezer... you have to be careful, though, when stealing it, that you put it in a place which has been kashered for pesach.... it's NOT cool to have it with chometz things!!! (sort of defeats the purpose, y'know??)



the last time my kids had the chance to steal and bargain for it, i believe that they got a chol ha moed trip to great adventures, with their friends... i also seem to remember some tapes and a pizza night, (after pesach, of course)...

Answer 3

the affikomen is the 2nd (middle matzo) and u can hide it anywhere. if a child bargains with you for it to high u can say that to fulfill the commandment you don't even need the original piece you can just use a new piece of matzo. so he wont be able to charge to much

Answer 4

ok. So there are three pieces of matzo covered, and you take the middle one (the afikoman) and hide it. I'm a "kid" and i don't ask for much. My dad usually gives us around 5 bucks. He sometimes hides t under the tablecloth, or in the guitar case or piano bench, or behind the toilet seat....

Answer 5

The "afficomen" is the middle matzah that you break in half and you hide it. You make the kids look for it and the winner gets money or a gift or whatever

Answer 6

the afficomen is part of the middle piece of matzah and give the kid who finds it like a dollar and all the other kids like 25 cents for looking for it







PS hide it in the VCR they never find it!!!

Answer 7

It is a piece of matzo that is broken and hidden. We usually give $5.00 to the one who finds it.