Seder Favorites – Yours?
March 13th, 2010 by Leora
Leaving Egypt, drawing by my son won Honorable Mention 2006 Passover Art Contest
What is your favorite part of the seder?
Here are some choices (or tell your own):
- Many of my family members love a good discussion. They like to bring up new ideas, relate it to what is going on in current events, tell a story of a great rabbi’s seder or a word of Torah they heard from their rabbi.
- On Mimi’s post interviewing three women about Pesach, two said the songs are their favorite part.
- Acting out parts of the seder story. My personal favorites are walking around the table with my daughter, pretending we are the Jews coming out of Egypt (Avadim Hayeenu – we were slaves). We also like tossing plastic frogs and cattle on the table as we recite the ten plagues.
- The food. Either eating matza, which you may have not eaten for a month, or eating the bitter herbs or the parsley and potato dipped in salt water or the korach sandwich (my favorite food ritual) or the ritual egg. Or whatever is served for dinner.
If you are not Jewish and/or you have never been to a seder, I wonder what you think of all this. What would be your favorite part? Feel free to comment.
I am looking forward to reading what other people have to say on this topic.
i love the drawing, it is very good..i like that it is a loving expression of shared history with your family and friends..
I love bringing out all the sentimental items seen but once a year, whether they are dishes, haggadahs, letters tucked away and repeating long cultivated traditions.
I like that – heart-warming traditions, brought out only once per year. Thanks for that note, G6.
In addition to the Seder itself (my favorite part is having the whole family together, sharing all the traditional songs, tastes, stories, and customs), I also love that moment a few days before Pesach when the kitchen is spotlessly clean and kashered, and all the Pesach pots, pans, utensils, and dishes are ready to be used.
Chodesh tov to you and yours!
What a beautiful drawing…very expressive, indeed. I see, like mother, like son.
I love the food, but mainly love everything about the traditions and celebration.
1- finally sitting down and reading my Reb Shlomo Hagadda
2- the charoset
Nice to hear from you, Batya. Yes, I love charoset, too!
I love taking out the pesach dishes one by one with my eldest daughter, its our special time together!!
Thanks for leaving the note. Are you already up to that? I’m washing dishes and hoping that I can put them away and get to the next step.