Ah finally, something every one is familiar with.  Washing our hands :D 

Water is refreshing, cleansing, and clear, so it’s easy to understand why so many cultures and religions use water for symbolic and literally to symbolize the act of purification. We will wash our hands twice during this seder: now, with no blessing, to get us ready for the rituals to come; and then again later, we’ll wash again with a blessing, preparing us for the meal, which Judaism thinks of as a ritual in itself. The Jewish obsession with food as embedded as you might have assumed. 

This act of handwashing will likely feel extremely familiar and banal even at this point.  Too often during our daily captive lives right now we aren't stopping to take the moment to prepare for whatever it is we’re about to do. Usually we would pass a pitcher around and converse while wash but for the sake of the environment and current state.

Let us all go wash our hands separately and take a moment to consider what we hope to get out of our evening together tonight. When we return to the zoom, we'll go around and share one hope or expectation you have for the world when we emerge from this act of physical distancing. 


haggadah Section: Urchatz