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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Rabbi Andy Kastner

Order it your way: On designing the seder

By Rabbi Andy KastnerPublished April 4, 2012

By design, the Passover seder is perhaps the paradigmatic family holiday. Relatives, distant and close, friends, even strangers crowd around the dinner table to laugh, eat and of course to read the Haggadah, telling the story of the Israelites Exodus...

From oranges to artichokes, chocolate and olives, using seder plate as a call to action

By Sue Fishkoff, JTAPublished April 15, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Passover, which commemorates the Jewish people's liberation from slavery, has a political message at its heart. So it's not surprising that the seder - especially the seder plate -- has been pressed into the service of all kinds of freedoms....

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