So, you learned everything you needed to learn after one Seder? You know the whole Torah because you chanted from the Torah when you became bar/bat mitzvah? You still remember how to assemble the Billy Bookcase from IKEA because you did it once ten years ago? Didn’t think so. Reading the directions again is typically a good course of action. The same can be said for a Second Night Seder.
We read the same story of our exodus from Egypt every year, but every year we gain some new insight. A Seder should be tailored to the folks around the table. Just as you wouldn’t read a Shakespearean-themed Haggadah to a group of 5-year-olds, you wouldn’t tell the story of Pesach using the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to a group of 20-somethings with no toddlers around the table.
Join us on April 16 for Temple Emanu-El’s congregational seder, as we dine together and tell the story of our liberation as a synagogue family. This night will be different than all other nights because we will sit in our shared sacred space, giving thanks to God for enabling us to reach this day not just as a nuclear family, but as the whole of the Jewish people. Just as we come together on High Holy Days, for simchas, and for support, let’s celebrate our freedom just as our forebearers have done since days of old, together.
I’ll see you there!
