Why On This Night? Four Questions for 5784

a cloudy sky looms over the desert

“On this night, as we gather in our narrow places, / how can we not mourn the loss of our dear ones,
those in captivity, those gone,
those no longer our friends?”

Passover Kavannah (Intention), 5784

a red poppy flower in a field of baby's breath

The Passover seder includes two powerful rituals of grief: dipping a leafy green into salt water and removing ten drops of wine from our cups. With salt water we stop […]

The Retelling

a wine glass and the hand of someone holding a Haggadah

“The annual retelling is like the sharing of all hard stories, / never told the same way twice.”

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