Raise a Glass to Freedom
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The Passover Seder is a night of questioning. Why stop at four?
These thought-provoking questions can help bring your Seder to life. You can raise the questions yourself or hand them out to guests on conversation cards.
1. When dipping the vegetable into salt water: Have you experienced something that felt bitter at the time but later turned out to be sweet?
2. During “This is what stood for us”: Why do you think antisemitism continues to persist to this very day?
3. When talking about slavery in Egypt: In Hebrew, Egypt – Mitzrayim – means constriction. What are you personally enslaved to? What is holding you back the most?
4. When talking about the miracles that happened in Egypt and the Splitting of the Sea: Do you think miracles happen today?
5. While singing Dayeinu: Share one thing you appreciate for each person sitting around the table.
6. When talking about matzah: Why does matzah symbolize freedom?
7. When talking about the Pascal Lamb: The Hebrews slaughtered a lamb, the national god of Egypt, and smeared its blood on the doorpost so God would “pass over” those homes. Are there idols that you serve today?
8. When talking about the bitter herbs: Describe a struggle that you’ve gone through that helped make who you are today.
