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Embracing Complexity and Empathy in the Passover Seder

  • April 2, 2025

The Passover seder is the most widely observed Jewish ritual. Food and family are, of course, big reasons why even the most secular Jews take a seat at the table. Yet many of us are also drawn into the conversation, one that spans generations and is marked by complexity and multiplicity.   

I invite you to join the conversation and explore these themes with me in this video teaching: 

May conversation and company nourish you—just as much as the delicious food—as you connect with ancestors and dream about the next generation’s future.    

Hag Pesakh Sameakh   

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