We start today the way we start all ceremonies: lighting a Sacred Fire. 

These candlesticks represent The North, the element Earth. This lighted match brings the element of Fire, which needs the element of the Air to burn. As the wax begins to melt into a liquid it represents the ever-changing element of Water and the power to transform and reshape our lives.


May this ceremony today help us melt the trials and tribulations into our lives, lighting our paths to re-mold them as we mark the transition from Shabbat to our celebration of Passover with this Blessing:

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha'olam asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav, v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Yom Tov.

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who has sanctified us with laws and commanded us to light the festival lights.


haggadah Section: Introduction