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  • NIRTZA – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 16)
    WORDS Unlike the previous 14 steps, this last and final step does not manifest itself in any prayer or action....
  • HALLEL – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 15)
    THE SECOND HALF OF PRAISE Although we have already recited half of the Hallel (the special Psalms of praise to...
  • BEIRACH – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 14)
    NO MORE FOOD! When we are ready to recite the Birkat Hamazon, as we do whenever we eat bread, the...
  • SHULCHAN OREICH – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 12)
    THE CHAGIGAH OFFERING A “set table” is a reference to the festival meal that we are obliged to eat every...
  • TZAFUN – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 13)
    GO NORTH?! Following the meal, we eat the Afikoman (the larger half of the middle Matzah that we broke and...
  • KOREICH – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 11)
    THE DIVINE SANDWICH The creation of a sandwich is attributed by some to an 18th century English aristocrat.  As Jews,...
  • MARROR – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 10)
    WE’RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET After we have internalized the dynamic and liberating force of G-dly awareness, it...
  • MATZA – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 9)
    THE MITZVAH OF MATZAH In the next step of the Seder, we recite a blessing that praises G-d for giving...
  • MOTZIE – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 8)
    INTERNALIZATION After washing our hands, we begin the process of internalizing the message of spiritual freedom by eating the Matzah....
  • RACHTZA – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 7)
    REACHING HIGHER Before we partake of the Matzah, we wash our hands a second time. If washing the first time...
  • MAAGID – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 6)
    EMPATHY The tone has been set.  We know that we are holy. We know that we have the need to...
  • YACHATZ- 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 5)
    SETTING THE TONE The fourth—yet still preliminary—step is the breaking of the middle Matzah. We break the Matzah at this...
  • KARPAS -15 Steps of the Seder (Part 4)
    DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT The third step, Karpas, consists of dipping a vegetable in salt water.  (Customs vary as to which...
  • U’RCHATZ – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 3)
    Washing the Hands SIMPLE REASON After reciting the Kiddush, we wash our hands before dipping a vegetable in salt water,...
  • KADESH -15 Steps of the Seder (Part 2)
    A SPECIAL KIDDUSH We open each Seder with recitation of the Kiddush, just as we do at the onset of...
  • Introduction – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 1)
    ORDER AND JEWISH EDUCATION The Seder, as its name suggests, is an orderly ritual; so orderly, in fact, that even...
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