![]() If Pharaoh doesn’t get his bricks, I’m out of a job. And my back, oy! I can’t take this pace.\n\nHEBREW 2: We can make a thousand bricks a day-but two thousand? No team can work that hard! We’ll fall over!\n\nHEBREW 3: Get back to work, the boss is coming!\n\nBOSS: Efficiency, people! We have got to make 900 more bricks by sundown! Come on, let’s work faster!\n\nHEBREW 1: We are working as fast as we can, boss.\n\nBOSS: Listen, smart aleck, I’ve got a lot of pressure on my shoulders. ![]() If that doesn’t break them, then maybe we’ll turn to harsher measures.\n\nNarrator: The Hebrew workers struggled to keep up with Pharaoh’s demands.\n\nHEBREW 1: My hands are killing me. If that doesn’t work, we’ll eliminate the fifteen-minute breaks. We’ll get them to make more bricks each day. I am worried that they will use their strength in numbers to rise up against me!\n\nADVISOR: Yes, you are right, we must do something to break their spirits.\n\nPHAROAH: First, let us begin with something small. You know how these workers are always complaining about the size of the rocks for the new Pyramids. They are very strong workers.\n\nPHAROAH: Do you think that might be a danger? Perhaps they will challenge my rule – make demands. Are there really that many Hebrews?\n\nADVISOR: Oh yes, your highness. I have the numbers here.\n\nPHAROAH: Let’s see.Nubians, Midians, yes, very good. I want to know all the people who I rule over!\n\nADVISOR: Yes, you’re Royal Highness. But after many years, after Joseph and his brothers had died, a new Pharaoh rose to power.\n\nPHAROAH: Advisor, bring me the latest census report. Bring the entire family, we’ll make a great life here.\n\nNarrator: The Hebrews all moved to Egypt and had many children and lived a successful life. The Pharaoh will be able to feed the people for three years at least, even if we get no rain.\n\nBENJAMIN: What does the Pharaoh think of us Hebrews?\n\nJOSEPH: He loves me. I’ve stored away tons of food in giant warehouses. Playstation 3 in every house, High Definition Television, Lincoln Navigators in the driveway, This is the most powerful nation on the planet!\n\nBENJAMIN: Did you have rain this year? Are the gardens and crops doing well?\n\nJOSEPH: We don’t have to worry about that. That is why we had to come down to Egypt!\n\nJOSEPH: Well, don’t worry.life in Egypt is fantastic. I've written it for large crowds - so there are 13 parts, but if you have a smaller gathering you can easily double up.\n\nLET MY PEOPLE GO!\n A short play for the seder \n\nCAST: NARRATOR, JOSEPH, BENJAMIN, PHAROAH, ADVISOR, HEBREW 1, HEBREW 2, HEBREW 3, BOSS, BAT PHAROAH, MOSES, GOD, AARON (13 parts)\n\nNARRATOR: Our story begins in the land of Egypt where Joseph, once a prisoner, is now the Pharaoh’s chief advisor.\n\nJOSEPH: So how are things back in Israel?\n\nBENJAMIN: Oy! Terrible. This short play/skit is in the style of \"sedra scenes\" - a contemporary take which makes the story current but stays true to the Exodus narrative. ![]() "body": "Here is a kid and adult friendly alternative to for the Maggid section (the Passover story section) of the Haggadah. "covertext": "Here is a kid and adult friendly alternative to for the Maggid section (the Passover story section) of the Haggadah. "title": "Passover Play - a ten minute script for all ages", "handle": "passover-play-ten-minute-script-all-ages",
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