Educator: Rabbi Shmuel Lynn
An Introduction to our short series of video insights on Passover Night.
Educator: Taly Zycer
Why is the Seder called a “Seder,” meaning the “Order”? What does order have to do with freedom?
Educator: Margaux Betesh
What are we supposed to make of this gently-to-moderately intoxicating element of the evening?
Educator: Rabbi Jack Cohen
What’s the significant role of this unsatisfying appetizer in a meal that is meant to fill and fulfill us?
Educator: Faigy Blumstein
The holiday is all about this flattened bread matzah. What is up with the middle vs the top or bottom?
Educator: Rabbi Mendy Brukirer
Matzah is about as basic a food as one could imagine. Why is it so central to the Seder? How can it change us?
The four questions are a memorable part of the Seder — one which we may remember reciting as children, but what are their deeper meanings to us as adults?
Who are the Rabbis in Bnei Brak that the Haggadah speaks of?
Are the Four Sons a rubric for diagnosing others, or a way for us to better understand our own levels of responsibility for our own education and personal growth?
How are we meant to relate to these miraculous attacks on the society that was oppressing us for over a century?
Why are these three foods such a big deal such that if we don’t talk about them, we “did not fulfill our obligation” at the Seder?
The Seder ends with song and thanks – but why?
How do we conclude such an auspicious evening?
Educator: Rabbi Blachman
Educator: Rabbi Avi Blachman
september, 2023