Customer Reviews

Chanuka & Passover at Bubbe's

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(0)
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2 star:		(1)
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My son (age 7) has been watching these movies for years (we used to get them from the library). He still loves them and watches them over and and over again. These movies have all the traditions, songs, and meaning of the holidays presented with humor and great puppets/muppets. They are a great way for anyone to learn about Passover and Chanuka.

Our kids have loved this for years. We originally had the two on VHS videos, that got worn out over the years. I was thrilled to see it available on DVD and 2 together. These are fun stories that help explain the meaning of the holidays. Now our younger children can enjoy the same stories of these Biblical Feasts that their older siblings did.

I used this DVD twice to teach the Seder Meal to my Sunday school classes. Both classes, with ages between 4-10 enjoyed the presentation and demonstrated an understanding of the Seder Meal's meanings and symbols. I highly recommend this DVD.

I loved these movies from when I was younger. And now I have the DVD to teach my son about two of the jewish holidays and why we celebrate. My son is too young to understand right now, but he still likes the puppets. and it is friendly to even the youngest of viewers (in the passover movie they have the sheep donate their blood rather than the "alternative" :)

This is one of my four year old daughter's favorite DVD's. She walks around singing the "Bubbe's boarding house" theme song all the time.

It's hard being the only kid who doesn't celebrate Christmas. I ordered this movie just to have something to watch and it turned out that my 2 1/2 year old really enjoyed it. He does not sit still for anything and this movie kept his attention for more than 20, quite an accomplishment. This will be a classic we will watch at our house for years to come.

After we watched this I came back to Amazon to see what kind of reviews it got. I was surprised that it received 5 stars out of 5. Now I realize there is not a lot out there in terms of Jewish Holiday movies/videos. So I really really wanted to like this. But I honestly didn't, and my 6 year old daughter was rather unimpressed as well. The puppets were ok, but the story was "meh", and the songs were repetitive and boring. My daughter was making fun of the video as we watched it together.
Look, for $3.99, I would recommend you check it out and make your own opinion. Apparently I am in the minority here because 5 other reviewers rated it 5 stars. If my daughter liked it I would probably have given it at least 4 stars, but if this video couldn't even entertain a 6 year old, 2 stars is the max I would give it.