Egypt, no sleet or snow for sure, not even rain or the usually hail.Nourished only from an ancient wide stream,On which women secretly shared the boy of redemption.Our Seder recalls the signs and marvels, the plagues, the costly victory.We will honor our timeless bread and play with sweet mortar; taste bitterness and tears. We drink past our fill.God will split their sea.Egypt will give chase and drown.The tragedy and the victory mixed like a Hillel sandwich.Yet, we open with an even...

At the end of the seder, it is traditional to say or sing " Next Year in Jerusalem". We sometimes think of this as a literal wish, though far fewer of us have actually found ourselves in Jerusalem for seder the following year -- congratulations if you have!But Jerusalem is more than a place, it is a feeling, it is a hope.  At this point in the seder, 1/2 or 1/4 sheets of paper should be passed around to each participant,...

Dayenu means "it would have been enough."  And not in a kvetchy/sarcastic way!  Dayenu is a sincere expression of gratitude, of the Jewish people's cup overfloweth.  There are many any verses in the Hebrew proclaiming how it would have been enough just to be brought out from slavery in Egpyt, to get the Torah, to be gifted Shabbat, etc... In this version, you may sing some, all or none of the traditional verses, but then open it up so Dayenu can...