During the Seder, we ask the same question every year - how is this night different from all other nights? This year, we add another question: how is this year different from all years?
This year, we must challenge ourselves to see how the horrors of the attack against Israel on October 7th, the ensuing Gaza war, and the explosion of antisemitism worldwide and here, have affected us as individuals, families, communities, and as a people. How can we speak about freedom when there are still 130 Israeli hostages being held in Gaza? Where can we find hope this year as we say, "Next Year In Jerusalem"?
I've put together some links and resources for your Seder table. Please use them in good health!
Click on the pic below for a powerful program for your seder to honor the hostages being held in Gaza.
Rabbi Josh Kulp’s Family Haggadah Supplement with texts from Haggadot from Israel during the War of Independence – Download: 2024 Haggadah
Slides from Rabbi Josh Kulp’s presentation to WJC – Download: Celebrating Seder in the Shadow of War
Rabbi Burt Vizotsky’s beautiful drash on this passage in the Haggadah – “In Each and Every Generation” via JTS
Educator and Comedian Joel Chasnoff’s – Passover Supplement
A Prayer to be said for the hostages – Rabbinical Assembly Haggadah Supplement 5784
Seder Interrupted: A Post-October 7 Hagaddah Supplement (UJA Federation and AJR) edited by Dr. Ora Horn Prouser and Rabbi Menachem Creditor
General Passover Resources:
Everything You Need for Passover – Includes General Seder Tips and special items for this year (USCJ and Exploring Judaism)