Jerry and Zelda: Welcome to our Seder! Every year, we look forward to this gathering of family and friends. The time of year when we, as Jews and Americans, gather together in a Feast of Freedom.

As children we sat at the table of our parents and as we became parents, we set the table for our children. \We thank everyone here for joining us tonight and helping us add to the beauty of the memory of all those with whom we have been blessed to share a seder over the years. In the words of someone most of here remember, "Thanks for the memories" - for being part of them and for helping us to make more of them. Now, let's get started.

Sander: As I look around the room , I see lots of familiar faces and things.

Marty/Jerry : Well I see the Pesach dishes that Jerry sent from Korea.

Allen/Zelda: I see my mother’s matzah cover and silver candlesticks.

Bonnie: And those glass ‘bechers’ the Kiddush cups that my great-grandparents, Zundel and Shana, schlepped from Russia.

Sandie/Sherri:/Harriet: Don’t forget Norm’s horseradish dish!

Susan/Michele: I see two beautiful Cups for Elijah. One Lennox, one ceramic. One for Elijah at the end of the seder, the other for Miriam's Cup at the beginning.

Izzy: I see the parsley that I grew. 

Bonnie: Every mitzvah of this Seder night is done with the mouth – telling, eating, and drinking.  

Jimmy/Ellene: We are literally eating our story, from the pure plain matzo and maror to the delicious cuisine Aunt Zel has spent all week preparing.    Our food journey goes from gruel to gourmet. 

Zelda/Harriet: The mitzvah of eating the Pesach offering and the matzah is restorative regarding eating, and sharing the story provides healing for one’s speech and language, for this reason, Pesach evokes “a mouth  (Peh) that speaks (Sach)… (adapted from the Sfat Emet)

Sander/Ray: Every mitzvah provides strength and vitality to each part of the body engaged in its performance. And we will have lots of mitzvot tonight!


haggadah Section: Introduction
Source: Compiled