Seder

Family discord over Oct. 7 portends an unsettling 2024 celebration of freedom this Passover.

This year Passover comes to us at a complicated time, but precisely in these hard times, the holiday takes on a deeper meaning

Our challenge for this Passover is not to lose sight of either, making space for both our heartbreak and our hope, praying that it won’t be long before we “sing a new song upon our salvation."

Passover is the essence of the Jewish story, the Jews’ emergence as an independent people and return to the Promised Land. It is also the Festival of Wine!

The final Haggadah was a masterpiece of experience that remains a touchstone of Jewish faith, identity, and practice across the world today.

As an affectionate parody, For This We Left Egypt? is full of jokes. Not every attempt at Haggadah humor works, but there are a few zingers worth repeating in this belated book review.

I am suggesting several thoughts and themes to complement the Haggadah text and add focus to our present situation. You are encouraged to keep this page in your Haggadah on Seder night.

Three foundations of faith found in the Ten Plagues; three purposes toward which Judaism aspires and which we seek to impart.

The new rituals come alongside the perennial bevy of supplements to the traditional haggadah text that seek to make the holiday’s themes relevant to the present day.

I felt inspired this year to take some of these foods and bring them into the chag to be enjoyed in the days following the Seder as well.