What does freedom mean to me? Freedom to me can be found in order. Pesach is supposed to celebrate our freedom from slavery. We do this by engaging in a seder. Seder, though, means order. So we are celebrating our freedom through order. Freedom is meaningless without order and visa versa. This is evident in the torah. When there was freedom without order in the time before the flood there was anarchy. When there is order without freedom we have us enslaved in Egypt. So I believe that Pesach provides the perfect balance between order and freedom. We recognize we are free, but still follow a specific order in our Seder.


haggadah Section: Introduction