#3 Urchatz

Wash your hands without reciting a blessing. According to Jewish law, we are required to wash our hands without a blessing before touching any vegetable that was dipped in water. Therefore, we wash our hands now before touching the Karpas that will be dipped in salt water.

As we wash our hands, we remember that Passover is a holiday of sensation as much as it is the telling of the story of how we were once slaves and now we are free. The bitterness of the herbs, the crack of the matzah, the bloom of spring, sensations are important when we celebrate this holiday. What does freedom mean to you in today's world?


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