And now we taste the bitter herbs, most often horseradish. This is to remind of the bitterness of slavery under Pharaoh. One might begin to wonder if this isn’t being overplayed. After all, we have dipped the green vegetables in salt water, to bring about a recollection of the many tears shed and counted by [...]

Let us wash our hands. As we wash, let us renew our commitment to God to have "clean hands and a clean heart".
so begins the urchatz portion of the Seder ceremony.
Jewish law requires the ritual washing of the hands before eating bread. This washing is accompanied by a blessing. But why do we wash before [...]

I need to start by thanking you for the emails and the comments left here. They encourage me to continue and your insights have broadened my view.
The Passover Seder is conducted using an "instruction manual" known in Hebrew as the Haggadah, which means "telling" or "narration" in Hebrew. The Haggadah is a booklet or manual [...]

Looking at the Passover celebration and the Seder meal itself will take some time to give them the depth they are worthy of…
and when planning this Lenten devotional as i was mapping out the days’ entries, I thought it best at the time to go for the overview…
a quick search in books and on [...]

There was only one Passover. Around 3500 years ago, in Egypt, a lamb was sacrificed and the blood applied to each doorpost and lintel. When it was done in faith, that home was "passed over,” and the life of the firstborn in that home was spared. All the subsequent observances over the centuries have been [...]