This season, Jews all over the country and the world are observing Pesach at their own Seders. The word “Seder” means “order,” and “Haggadah” means “the telling.” The traditional Haggadah contains very specific things to do and say. Our Haggadah has retained much of the basic order but has adapted much of the content. This follows in an ancient historical tradition. Ever since Rabbi Akiba used the Passover Seder to plan a revolutionary struggle against the Romans, Jews have used
the Seder to begin work on “Tikkun Olam” (healing and transforming the world). For it is said: “Whoever enlarges upon the telling of the exodus from Mitzrayim, those persons are praiseworthy.”


haggadah Section: Introduction
Source: Haggadah for Pesach, Workman's Circle, Arbeter Ring, Boston