This meal, our Passover meal, is called a seder, which means “order” in Hebrew. We go through 14 specific steps as we retell the story of our ancestors’ liberation from slavery in Egypt.  This is the story of the creation of jeudaism and it's covenant.  Many more liberal jews have built upon the telling of the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt and will use it as a jumping of point to talk about those around the world in slavery and...

The Four QuestionsWhy is it onlyon Passover nightwe never know howto do anything right?We don't eat our mealsin the regular ways,the ways that we doon all other days.'Cause on all other nightswe may eatall kinds of wonderfulgood bready treats,like big purple pizzathat tastes like a pickle,crumbly crackersand pink pumpernickel,sassafras sandwichand tiger on rye,fifty felafels in pita,fresh-fried,with peanut-butterand tangerine saucespread onto each sideup-and-down, then across,and toasted whole-wheat breadwith liver and ducks,and crumpets and dumplings,and bagels and lox,and doughnuts with one holeand doughnuts...