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I am a Jew because the faith of Israel demands no abdication of my mind I am a Jew because the faith of Israel asks every possible sacrifice of my soul I am a Jew because in every place where there are tears and suffering, the Jew weeps I am a Jew because in every age when the cry of despair is heard, the Jew hopes I am a Jew because the message of Israel is the most ancient and the...

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An interesting analogy from Rabbi T: Participant: Theoretically, three legs should provide enough stability for us to sit. So why do we usually sit on chairs with four legs? The three patriarchs represent the three pillars that the Jewish nation was formed on. Abraham represented hospitality and kindness, generously hosting and housing even strangers. Isaac is more introspective and devoted. Jacob is a mix of the two. The four matriarchs though, are rooted in reality. They translated their husbands' theories into...

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Tonight we remember our six million sisters and brothers who perished at the hands of the Nazis and hundreds of thousands of other anti-Semites who assisted those Nazis throughout Europe. We remember also the Jewish martyrs throughout the generations oppressed, beaten, raped, and murdered by European Christians. And we remember with pride the battle of the Warsaw Ghetto and the tens of thousands of Jews who resisted, fought back, joined partisan units or engaged in acts of armed violence against the...

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A Rabbi who came to America in the 1920's relates the following story:  "When I first came into the city, I saw a big store. I walked inside and noticed people taking shopping carts and going aisle to aisle, piling as much food as they wanted into their carts. No one said anything to them, and no one stopped them. People filled up their wagons to their hearts' content. This seemed very strange to me. Indeed, this must be the land...

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In Every Generation, every individual must feel as if he or she personally came out of Egypt. It's not our ancestors alone whom G-d redeemed, he redeemed all of us with them.  What does it mean for each one of us to regard ourselves as have personally gone out of Egypt? The Hebrew word for Egypt is Mits'rayim (מצרים), which has the root Tzar (צר), which means narrow and constrained. So, to say we must leave Egypt is also to say...

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Who knows one? At some seders, people go around the table reading a question and the answers in one breath. Thirteen is hard! Who knows one? I know one. One is our God in Heaven and Earth Who knows two? I know two. Two are the tablets of the covenant One is our God in Heaven and Earth Who knows two? I know two. Three are the patriarchs Two are the tablets of the covenant One is our God in Heaven...

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Holiday candles (not those terrible ones still left over from Hanukkah) Carafe of wine (Fine maybe not a carafe but a few bottles at the least) Seder Plate Cup for Elijah Cup for Miriam Travel sickness/barf bag for Elijah and Miriam (You would need one too if you were drinking a glass of wine at every Jewish house in the world) Three Matzot Afikomen Bag Salt water for dipping Chairs (These are pretty important the ground isn't too comfortable) A Haggadah...