The sequence of the tractates in the Order

Our Best Seder Ever contest turned out an array of entries that none of us anticipated. First of all: How ...

The sequence of the tractates in the Order "Purities."

Don't speak it.

After the meal until the end

(And why they don't have to be!)

The rabbis restored the religious meaning of the sacrificial cult even though the Temple itself had been destroyed.

Recounting the story

The Mishnah says the seder must begin with the disgrace of enslavement and end with praise of God. The authors of the Haggadah did a little more than that.

I’m not dreading the seders this year quite as much as I usually do, though I’m confident they’ll still be ...