“A Rugrats Passover” is the 26th episode of the third season of the “Rugrats“, and its 62nd episode overall. The plot follows series regulars Grandpa Boris and the babies as they become trapped in the attic on Passover; to pass the time, Boris tells the Jewish story of the Exodus. During the episode the babies themselves reenact the story, with young Tommy portraying Moses, while his cousin Angelica represents the pharaoh of Egypt.

“A Rugrats Passover” received overwhelmingly positive reviews and became one of the series’ all-time most popular episodes.  John J. O’Connor of The New York Times wrote of the episode “If not a first, it certainly is a rarity.” Ted Cox of the Daily Herald called the episode “among the best holiday TV specials ever produced.”

Other reviews applauded the episode for its treatment of Judaism. Authors Michael Atkinson and Laurel Shifrin, in their book Flickipedia: Perfect Films for Every Occasion, Holiday, Mood, Ordeal, and Whim praised the episode for celebrating “secular Jewishness in the wisest and most entertaining fashion[...] Grandpa Boris regales the kids with an epic, albeit abridged, Exodus story.” Halley Blair of Forward Magazine called the episode “a comical primer for getting children ready for upcoming seders,” and Danny Goldberg, in How The Left Lost Teen Spirit, noted that the episode’s Jewish themes were “clearly expressed in the context of a mass appeal entertainment.”Among many positive reviews of the episode in Jewish community publications, Gila Wertheimer of the Chicago Jewish Star said that the episode “will entertain children of all ages – and their parents.”

via wejew.com (The top-rated episode of Nickelodeon’s top-rated series is now on video and shown here in full-length! It’s Angelica as Pharoah, Tommy as Moses and the babies as the Hebrews in a “Rugrats Passover”. For everyone from ages 2-99. Kids, teens and adults.)

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