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When speaking to friends about one’s seder, there are highlights that are universal. The insanely bitter maror, or the incredible hiding spot for the afikoman. Maybe some of the penetrating ...

The words signifying the order of the Seder are well known. We begin with Kadesh/Sanctifying the Seder night over wine, continuing with another eleven or thirteen (depending on whether some segments ...

A couple months after we made Aliyah, I was invited to join a weekly Talmud study group, a chabura. The one and a half to two hours every Friday morning spent learning with that close-knit group is a ...

At first glance, Chad Gadya is a kind of light hearted song whose sole purpose is to provide an entertaining ending to the seder. Yet, in order to truly understand its meaning an analysis of the ...

The Passover, which celebrates God’s redemption of the Jews from Egyptian slavery, is generally free of anti-Egyptian or anti-Gentile sentiment. In fact, we carefully remove a few drops of wine from ...

There is even a lullaby-like tune for singing the 15 steps of the Seder themselves. Some families sing them before beginning the Seder, as a musical table of contents for the book they are about the ...

At first glance, Chad Gadya is a kind of light hearted song whose sole purpose is to provide an entertaining ending to the seder. Yet, in order to truly understand its meaning an analysis of the ...