If the Pesaḥ seder invites participants to relive the experience of being freed from Egypt, the seder plate (ke‘arah) offers a visual representation of the essential symbols
Some follow the tradition to conduct a seder for Rosh HaShanah. Here is an explanation of the symbols involved in the practice.
This Passover, and beyond, may we have the blessing of adding a few more verses of Dayenu for the miracles in our lives, and our era, too.
Dayenu reminds us to appreciate the steps toward redemption, and we must continue taking small but meaningful steps too.
El Séder de Pesaj es, para muchos judíos, la fiesta ritual más importante del año.
Le seder de Pessah est pour de nombreux juifs, le repas rituel le plus important de l’année.
Look at reparations and the difficulty and bravery of asking, through the lens of slavery in Egypt, slavery in America, and the Holocaust.
Wrapping and dipping maror in charoset at Seder can be part of a family tradition. Explore this one to add more to your own Seder this year.
What does “b’khol dor vador—in every generation” mean in light of the events of October 7? How does this connect us to Passover?
How can a show like “Succession” illuminate the Seder? Compare the Four Children of our haggadah with the four Roy children.
Learn about the Wicked Child of the Four Children by going back to our roots and looking at the meaning of the Hebrew word itself.
Hosting a living room Seder can allow us to experience a Seder closer to the way that the rabbis thought of it.
Dipping Karpas into salt water at the Passover Seder has a mysterious history that invites us to create new dipping and meaning opportunities!
On Passover, we are all Jews-by-Choice when we choose to remember what it is that brings us together for the holiday.
Through the seder, we learn the importance of hospitality and inviting all who are hungry and in need, to come celebrate Pesach.
We use the Seder as a lived experience by reenacting the exodus, not just recounting it. Therefore, we can all connect to Passover.
How and why can you create a plant-based seder plate? We embrace change during Passover, especially in rethinking the seder plate.
Engaging kids of all ages in the Passover seder can feel daunting. Here are my top five tips for engaging everyone at the seder.
Though the Conservative Movement has allowed eating kitniyot on Passover, many still do not. How can we incorporate kitniyot this year?
Exploring Judaism’s 2024 (5784) Passover Reader, Not A Haggadah, includes essays to inspire a meaningful Passover.
This is the bread of affliction: Matzah adorns our Seder plates and nourishes our souls, as well—this food is fulfilling.
Let’s do more than remember our refugee origin story and include how climate change and disruption are leading to new refugees.
This is why I think my family’s tradition of inviting a non-Jew each year to the Passover seder is important.
When is the earliest time that we can begin observing Jewish festivals, on first or second day of Yom Tov, in particular, the Passover seder?
It can be daunting to prepare for your first seder. We’ve put together a collection of great posts that will help you get started.
The most important thing to teach the next generation is how to make a seder, including what comes before the festival candles are even lit.
Here are 10 tips on how to make Pesah meaningful and kosher (enough) even when the plague of COVID continues to threaten our celebrations.
We approach the Haggadah at a time of profound racial reckoning in our country. How might the four children help us relate to racial justice?
Mah Nishtanah: How is This Moment Different by Rabbi Rachel Ain is a reflection on her recent trip to Ukraine in 2022.
The Sunflower on Our Seder Table by Rabbi Ilana Garber on behalf of the people in Ukraine in 2022.
All Who Are Hungry: A Prayer for Action, A Prayer for Ukraine by Rabbi Mark Greenspan on behalf of the people in Ukraine in 2022.
The key to hosting a successful seder for everyone is to articulate a bold purpose in gathering and map the journey.
Dedication for the First Cup of Wine at the Passover Seder by Rabbi Martin S. Cohen on behalf of the people in Ukraine in 2022.
Hosting a Zoom seder is not just putting a webcam on your seder plate. These tips will ensure your guests won’t succumb to Zoom fatigue.
The Seder is a potpourri of powerful rituals, wise rabbinic aphorisms, and opportunities to elevate the mundanities of eating into holiness.
Combining lessons from the Mishnah and Human Resources, we realize that asking questions is the path to greater understanding.
After all of the preparation, all that’s left to do is celebrate the holiday. How do you do that with your young children?
If this is your first-time hosting a Passover Seder, here are seven tips to make it a memorable and meaningful experience!
How is one with food allergies supposed to feel free when they can’t partake in the matzo balls, charoset, cake, or anything else?
We have the opportunity to help teens create long-lasting positive connections to the very traditions they are appropriately questioning.
Reflecting on the universal nature of the Exodus, as “eternally contemporary; it’s the story of too many peoples.”
The Passover seder is the cumulative result of untold generations of Jews telling the same story, the Exodus from Egypt.