Passover

The central story of the Jewish people continues to inspire with its message of freedom. To celebrate Passover, each generation brings new insights and interpretations. Just like the seder table, this page offers a diverse menu to encounter the ancient and contemporary story of the human yearning for freedom and meaning.

What are you waiting for? Dig in.

Passover Message 2024/ 5784
from Rabbi Deborah Waxman

Is unconstrained liberty true freedom? Not necessarily, Rabbi Waxman posits, since Judaism teaches, we are all interconnected.

Reconstructionist Hagaddah Supplements

Enhance your Seder with these contemporary Passover commentaries from Jews of Color.

The Seder Was Made for Times Like These

A poet and rabbi shares how the ever-expanding Passover story can help bring us closer to others.

Four Rituals for Wartime Seder

An Israeli living far from home shares reflections and poignant rituals for your Passover table.

Virtual Passover Box

Ready to plan your seder?
Add some new elements to the mix.

The Virtual Passover Box has something for all 15 steps of the seder.

Find Sources for Your Own Haggadah

Read and Rite

The perfect virtual destination for everything you might need for Passover.

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Check out these additional Passover resources you might enjoy:

Iraqi Passover Dish: Kubbah

The Passover Seder Awaits

Why Is This Passover Seder Different From All Other Passover Seders?

Nisan Guided Meditation

Passover Message from 2023

What to the Black Jew is Passover?

Yocheved’s Journey

Matzah: Bread of Affliction, Bread of Hope and Possibility

Liberating Your Passover Seder

Improvisational Passover Story

Liberating the Future: Passover
and Beyond

Breaking the Middle Matzah

Kavannah for Karpas at the Passover Seder

Ten Plagues Sestina

Passover Pillowcase Ritual

Slavery and Its Atonement: The Jewish Obligation to Confront Slavery’s Legacy

A Passover Blessing for People of Many Backgrounds Who Journey with Us

The Plagues of Exodus and Today: Facing Our Plagues in an Earth-Healing Activist Passover

Celebrating the Seder with the Earth in Mind — The Promise of the Land: A Passover Haggadah

"You Were Strangers in Egypt": Passover and Sanctuary