Welcome to our Passover seder. Together we celebrate the festival of liberation of the Jewish people, who are linked throughout history with all peoples in the passion for justice and human liberty.

As we retell this ancient story, let us remind ourselves of those people around the world who are living this story today, struggling for basic human rights. Let us celebrate our freedom and strengthen ourselves to join the fight against injustice wherever it exists. For as long as one person is oppressed, none of us are free.

For it is said: Every person, in every generation, must regard his or her self as having been personally freed from bondage in Mitzrayim, the Hebrew name of ancient Egypt and a metaphor for a time of enslavement. 


haggadah Section: Introduction