Here we are commanded to wash our hands. 

Why follow commandments? Passover is the holiday of freedom. God redeemed us from slavery, giving us a framework to follow to access freedom: the Torah. Without Torah or the mitzvot, we are slaves to our whims and desires. Torah provides a framework for us to be able to be free from our impulses; it gives us a recipe for elevating ourselves, a map that provides direction, an anchor that grounds us, wisdom that allows us to refine ourselves and grow, a tree of life that offers continual renewal each season and year, and a blueprint as to what it means to be made in the image of God.  


haggadah Section: Urchatz