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Our Seder Now Has Ended - Kero
Our seder now has endedwith its history-laden rites:we have journeyed from Mitzrayimon this storied night of nights.We bore witness, we rememberedour covenant with You.So we p ...Songscontributed by Anne Gilman -
Why Karpas?!?
Q) Why do we even eat and dip Karpas in the first place?A) There are 2 answers:1) to remind us of the tears from the Jews as slaves in Egypt. 2) The Gamarah says: on the Seder we overall, just do weird and unusual things. Now ...Karpascontributed by Talia Kupferman -
How Long Should The Ideal Sede
How long should the ideal Seder last. Everyone is hungry; the kids are squirmy, guests are growing impatient. You're on step 5 of 15 and dinner isn't even in sight.It might interes ...Introductioncontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Di Fir Kashes (The Four Questi
פֿאַרוואָס איז די נאַכט פֿון פּסח אנדערש פֿון אַלע נעכט פֿון אַ גאַנץ יאָר?Farvos iz di nakht fun peysekh andersh fun a ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Asya Vaisman -
The Unbreakable Soul of Passov
by Sam GlaserThis Rosh Chodesh Nissan I had the pleasure of culminating my eight-day tour of Florida with a Shabbaton in Cooper City, just north of Miami. Just before launching int ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Sam Glaser -
Two Cups - Elijah's and M
Everybody knows that we place a cup of wine for the prophet Eliah at the center of the Seder table. At a dramatic moment in the Seder, the door is opened to welcome this usually un ...Hallelcontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Parsley, Sages, Saltwater and
We dip a green vegetable, often parsley, into saltwater and recite the blessing for green foods that grow in the ground.Why? The traditional reason, according to the Sages of the a ...Karpascontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Avadim Hayinu (We were slaves
We were slaves in Egypt,So long ago.An evil king oppressed us,That cruel Pharaoh!God sent MosesTo redeem us,To take us out of slavery.That's how God kept the promiseTo set us free. ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Dayenu (English - song))
If God had only set us free,Redeemed us all from slavery,That would have been enough for me!Dayenu...If God had given us Shabbat,That really would have meant a lot,But did God stop there?No, God did not!Dayenu...God's Torah we wer ...-- Closingcontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Four Children? Nope! They'
There is something else hidden tonight in addition to the Afikoman.We generally think of the Four Children as distinct individuals, or personalities, or types.Each asks (or d ...-- Four Childrencontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Who Knows One?
Who Knows One? 1. Who knows one? I know one!One is Hashem, one is Hashem, one is Hashem!In the Heaven and the Earthאחד אלוהינו שבשמיים ובארץ.א2. Who knows two? I know two!Two are ...Covercontributed by Jenny -
NIF: How is this night differe
HOW IS THIS NIGHT DIFFERS FROM ALL OTHER NIGHTS Eighteen hundred years ago, the Mishnah, one of Judaism’s oldest law codes or teaching manuals, sketched the outlines of the early ...-- Four Questionscontributed by New Israel Fund -
My Journey Through the Haggada
The second cup has now been filled and the children come into their own. There can be very few Jews who are so estranged from things Jewish that they have never heard of the "Ma ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Yekutiel Atkins -
My Journey Through the Haggada
The purpose of the Karpas is, according to some authorities, to arouse the curiosity of the children, prompting them to ask questions, giving us the opportunity of explaining, b ...Karpascontributed by Yekutiel Atkins -
In Every Generation
The Maror is a symbol of the bitter lives of our ancestors who were slaves in Egypt. They had to toil as builders and as field workers. Our rabbis teach that each generation experiences the Exodus anew: B’chol dor vador, c ...Marorcontributed by Wesley Harris
