As you watch this short clip from Rugrats, read the passage below written by Allen I. Fagin and Moshe Hauer

We declare in the Passover Hagaddah that “in each and every generation we are expected to view ourselves as if we ourselves left Egypt.” This is not to be understood as a mandated flight of fantasy. Rather it is a challenge to see beyond ourselves; to identify not as individuals, but as the community of Israel — the eternal and broad Jewish community. While as individuals we may not have set foot in the Red Sea, on this night — dedicated to building our identity through sharing our story — we truly see ourselves as part of that historic experience.

This is an irony here. After all, the Passover seder is conducted strictly within the walls of our private homes, and commemorates the evening of the original Exodus, when we were warned — for our personal safety — against venturing out of our homes. Yet it is specifically there, behind the closed doors of our personal homes, that we define our identity beyond those walls, as part of a broader entity. And it is that fuller sense of identity that allows us to see beyond ourselves and open our hearts to others. 


haggadah Section: -- Exodus Story