How is Pesach treating you? I hope you enjoyed the Seder as much we did here at Chabad. The Seder is always such an enjoyable and inspirational event (if your Seder feels anything otherwise, you must join us next year!)
The Seder night is structured as an educational experience. We do things just to pique the children’s curiosity, we ask questions and we answer them in a manner appropriate for each of the participants at the Seder. The Seder can truly teach us so much about educating ourselves and our family. Here’s just one thought:
Although we may be familiar with the details of the Exodus, there is an obligation to recount the story. Why the need to constantly repeat information with which we are already familiar?
When we verbally repeat something it becomes more ingrained in mind and in our psyche. But perhaps even more important is when we verbally recount the story of the Exodus and find personal meaning in its message, we also communicate its importance to our family and our children.
Judaism is highly important to many modern American Jews but it’s not talked about enough. Many wonder how it is possible that although Judaism is so important to them and so much a part of their lives, still their children do not have the same feeling as they do.
The answer is in the Seder – we have to repeat the story! We have to verbalize - to ourselves and to our children – the importance of Judaism and its practices and beliefs. It’s not too late to start and as we learn from the Seder, it should never end.