Pesach: Riddles

Riddle:
I’m not the first bite, yet I come near the end,
I’m hidden with care, not just tossed by the wind.
Without me, your meal is not truly complete,
Though I’m just a piece, I’m no minor treat.
I’ve traveled through hands, I’ve sparked little fights,
And sometimes I vanish from curious sights.

What am I?

Answer: The Afikoman

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Riddle:
I came without warning, a fearsome sign,
I entered each house, yet left no line.
No doors could stop me, no locks, no plea,
Except where blood marked wood for me.
I struck down the strong, from throne to bed,
Yet I spared the lamb—and fled the red.

What am I?

Answer: The Death of the Firstborn (מכת בכורות)

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Riddle:
I have no mouth, yet I told them to go.
I made a slave into someone they know.
I burned, yet I lived; I stood, yet I spoke,
A quiet place where Divinity woke.
I’m not in Egypt, but I changed its fate—
Approach with care, remove the weight.

What am I?

Answer: The Burning Bush

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Riddle:
I was shaped in haste, yet shaped by command,
Flat as the truth, by a strong, unseen hand.
Born of escape, not meant for delight,
I vanish by morning, like secrets at night.
I speak without voice, I rise without air,
A symbol of freedom—and burden we bear.

What am I?

Answer: Matzah

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Riddle:
I never left Egypt, yet I led them out.
My hand held no staff, my voice made no shout.
I’m found in a field, yet born in a well,
Hidden from kings, yet my future they tell.
My silence once saved a nation in fear,
And my bones, not my breath, were carried out near.

Who am I?

Answer: Yosef HaTzaddik

• “Found in a field” – from when he searched for his brothers.
• “Born in a well” – hinting at being thrown into the pit.
• “My silence once saved a nation” – his rise in Egypt.
• “My bones… were carried out” – as Moshe fulfilled the promise to bring Yosef’s bones to Eretz Yisrael during the Exodus.

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