The Top 5 Videos Of The 4 Questions

Why is this list different from all other lists?

Anyone who's been to a Seder, the Passover feast, knows the grand tradition of having the youngest guest sing The Four Questions, or Ma Nishtana. This, of course leads to another, newer tradition: posting embarrassing videos of your children on the Internet.

There are so so so so so many videos that proud parents have posted, we thought we'd do the world a favor and narrow it down to the

The Top 5 Videos Of The 4 Questions

5. Baby's Funky Remix 4 Questions
This 23 month old baby is not only smart, but super funky! We can see his version of the classic Ma Nishtana becoming a hit at all the hottest dance clubs. He's pretty good at playing the wooden spoons, too. His parents are awesome.


4. The Silvermans' Chaotic 4 Questions
We have mixed feelings about this one. We love the fact that the kids can just sing sort of what they think sounds right because everything is so chaotic (check out the kid on the left around :14) that nobody will notice . We love Grandpa trying to rally everybody "This is the best part!" (:20) But the ladies not stopping their chit-chat, and giving a horseradish face when the camera man tries to get them to pay attention ("Enough."), we want to cry.



3. Sydney's Divalicious 4 Questions (Plus Dayeinu!)
Not only does Sydney have a rocking alternative tune for her 4 Questions, she has some badass dance moves to go with it (:14). She even has a backup singer, and like any diva, when she loses steam on one song, she just jams right along with another.


2. Joel's Drunk Karaoke 4 Questions
We cant decide what we love most about Joel's performance. Is it the pajamas? His adorable accent? Is it around :31 when he gets pretty tangled up in the song and starts repeating himself more than he should? We think the best part may be the microphone, which makes Joel appear to be doing some sort of drunk pajamas karaoke Seder.


1. Spencer's Super Annoyed 4 Questions
Spencer is singing his heart out, but he sure doesn't look happy about it. If we didn't know what Ma Nishtana was about, we'd think that Spencer was singing about all the presents he didn't get last Hanukkah. Not even forgetting the words (1:43) will stop is hostility. By the time we get to 2:23, Spencer looks downright pissed!

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Poke' Ball = Matzah Ball? Passover Gets The Pokemon Treatment

AFIKOMEN: Hey Kid, how did you find me so fast?
KID: Well, duh... I Pikachu!

This Pokemon Passover video is a masterpiece. The Singer's voice is so earnest! The Matzah Balls are so cheery! The song is so empowering!

Most of all, it taps into how we feel about our beloved matzah balls: we gotta' catch 'em all.



Now, if they could only make a Sonic The Hedgehog gefilte fish tribute!

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Goys Gone Wild! Easter Edition!

What's that, Mr. President? I'm Terrifying?

Now we here at I Heart Jews have a lot of respect for our Goyish friends. But now that Passover's over, spring has sprung and our Matzoh-overdose induced delirium has passed, we are still left with a question. Why is the Easter bunny so scary?

We Jews have a lot of unusual traditions (Sukkot, anyone?) but placing your child on the lap of a terrifying beast is something we're having trouble wrapping our brains around. Goys be trippin'. Here are 5 reasons why.


EXHIBIT A: Reaching Out



EXHIBIT B: Escape Attempt


EXHIBIT C: Rage


EXHIBIT D: Misery


EXHIBIT E: Frozen In Fear


photos via (ChristmasWishProgram), (flikr), (GinaGTops) and (518Moms)

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Top 8 Hilarious Passover Internet Bits

Sad that Passover's over? Dry your salt-water tears, or just dip some parsley in them! We've collected all the comedy we found in our inbox, and narrowed it down to our favorites. From matzah raps to unleavened video games, we've seen them all. Here's 8 internet reasons to celebrate the exedous all year long!


8. STEVEN COLBERT FREES HIS JEWS
The dramatic music kills us every time. Awesome.

(The rest of the best after the jump!)


7. MATZAH!
The Jewish internet novelty song hit-machine Eric Schwartz does it again, this time with the help of Jib Jab and a whole lotta' matzah.




6. 20 THINGS TO DO WITH MATZOH
Cute, silly and a great song. Makes us want to pretend we're a shark.




5. DIGG PASSOVER
Nerdtastic.




4. FACEBOOK HAGGADA
This spread around and took over facebook like a plague of locusts. Get it? We're super glad it did, because it is genius. Click here to check out the whole Megillah... er... Haggadah.



3. PASSOVER NIOR
We are absolutely in love with is one. It is beautifully filmed, totally original, and features the awesomest kid actor ever. We want him in the punchline of every web video ever.



2. JAPANESE PASSOVER TIP
Funny and actually useful! Not a combo we see very often.



1. BITTER HERB
He's just like what half our relatives would be like if they did stand-up. And were made of horseradish.



Think we missed one? Sometimes the best links are like an afikomen: delicious, but hard to find. Post your favorites here!

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From OMG to OY VEY! Gossip Girl's most Jewtastic Episode Yet!

That's right kids, Gossip Girl, the scandalous soaptastic teen treat has gone all Pesach on us.

We've had some hints of a some semitic flavor creeping into what could be the most waspy show on television, starting with the addition of the incomparable (and inconceivable!) Wallace Shawn to the cast, but this week was completely out of control!

Imagine, if you will, these people...


with "Hatikvah" playing in the background. Ridiculous.

In reference to her trading up of boyfriends (from a Bass to a Vanderbilt) we had the honor of hearing the social climbing Blair (Leighton Meester) proclaim, "I'm one of the Chosen Ones. I was wandering the Bassian desert, and I've reached the Vanderbilt Promised Land." Oy Vey.

How about this- after finding out that Serena accidentally married some dude in Spain, the following phrase is uttered by our snarky narrator, "Baruch Atah Ay Dios Mio!"

Then she wraps up the episode by replacing her signature "xoxo" with "Shalom"!

We're counting down the days 'till their Shavuot special.

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