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Apr 15, 2026, 9:26 PM

The Moon and the Journey Beyond

The moon has always captured the human imagination. Over the Passover holiday, astronauts broke a new record. On April 1, as we were beginning our Seders, Artemis II launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. And while it did not...

Shamai Leibowitz

Apr 10, 2026, 6:29 AM

Passover’s Most Important Line?

At the Seder, we end the Ha Lachma Anya (“This is the bread of affliction”) paragraph with a puzzling declaration: הָשַּׁתָּא עַבְדֵי, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּנֵי חוֹרִין “This year we are slaves; next year—liberated people.” But we are not slaves. We are free people,...

Apr 6, 2026, 11:00 AM

Politics at the Seder table

Graffiti is seen through the window of a burnt out car following a settler attack on the village of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus in the West Bank, March 23, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

A Passover debate about Palestinian suffering overlooks a harder task: understanding what drives Jewish ultranationalists in the first place

Andy Blumenthal

Apr 5, 2026, 5:20 AM

Two Passover Experiences: Precision vs. Passion

This Passover gave me two starkly different experiences. One was a model of meticulous observance. The other was a vibrant celebration of communal joy. Both illuminated vital truths about serving God b’simcha (with happiness). Yet their contrasts left me...

Apr 1, 2026, 4:37 AM

The Seder it was always meant to be

Just as the first Passover night celebrated an exodus-to-come, our anticipation of our own redemption redeems us, though Iran attacks and our soldiers are in the field

Apr 1, 2026, 1:50 AM

What Is the Haggadah—and What Is Its Purpose?

JERUSALEM - APRIL 02 2007:Jewish person reads the Haggadah. The Haggadah is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder on Passover Jewish Holiday.

For an abridged video version of these thoughts on the Haggadah: In Judaism, we generally recognize two primary categories of sacred texts. The first is the Torah—whether in its original scroll form or in printed editions—which embodies God’s communication...

Mar 27, 2026, 8:27 AM

Something For Your Seder

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik told the story of a Seder he remembered from his early childhood. Yosef Dov, who would later become the great Rav Soloveitchik, was just about six years old when he was sitting with his family...

Mar 26, 2026, 3:47 PM

Tzav: The Thanksgiving Offering and Dayenu in a Time of War

Parashat Tzav introduces us to the korban todah—the thanksgiving offering. Unlike other sacrifices, the todah is not brought for sin or atonement, but in response to salvation. A person who has emerged from danger—a journey across the sea, the...

Mar 20, 2026, 6:38 PM

The new Haggadot of 5786: For Star Trek fans, humanists, and humorists

The period before Passover each year marks celebration of Purim, and of the Jewish people’s triumph over the genocidal designs of Haman in ancient Persia; and preparation for Pesach itself, including a review of the freedom-from-Pharaoh’s-slavery-in-ancient-Egypt story in the...

Feb 20, 2026, 6:10 PM

Echoes of Egypt: A Haggada by Dr. Berman

Passover is one of the most significant holidays of Judaism. Many Jews consider it second to the Shabbat. It is the first command given to the Israelite ancestors during the period when Moses was rescuing the Israelites from Egyptian...

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