The traditional Hagaddah includes three different "beginnings" to the Pesach story:

 “We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt...”

“At first our ancestors were idol-worshippers...”

My father was a fugitive Aramean, and he went down to Egypt...

Try (briefly) telling the Pesach story, beginning with each of these openers. How does the tale change? How does our relationship to our ancestors and to this narrative change?


haggadah Section: -- Exodus Story