Sharing Stories of Hope — Online Passover Seder
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Celebrate the festival of freedom from the comfort of home.
From seder plates and Passover treats to jumping frogs and Haggadahs, step up your seder game this year.
The word “seder” means order and it refers to these building blocks of the ritual.
What to expect at a Passover seder.
In 2024, the first Passover seder is on Monday, April 22.
Your guide to which foods are customarily avoided on the holiday.
Commemorating the foundational event in Jewish history makes Jews who they are.
In this reading, Moses instructs the Jewish people about the laws of the Passover offering. It goes on to recount the Jewish people’s exit from ancient Egypt, including God’s slaying of the Egyptian first-borns and the baking of unleavened bread, a result of the haste in which the Israelites departed.
Torah Reading
Exodus 12:21 – 12:51
Numbers 28:16 – 28:25
Haftarah
Joshua 3:5 – 3:7
Joshua 5:2 – 6:1
Joshua 6:27
Featured Commentary
Marking their doorposts with blood, the Israelites took the first step toward redemption, that of naming themselves as oppressed and determined to break free.
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