LET FREEDOM RING

A Passover Haggadah

Of Creative Traditions

Welcome to our Seder. Tonight we observe the ancient festival of Passover, which commemorates the Egyptian bondage of the Jewish People and the Exodus into Israel. We celebrate not only to remember these biblical events but also to relive them. The Bible tells us that in every generation we should view ourselves as if we had personally gone out of Egypt. In a sense we have. The Pharaoh of the Exodus is symbolic of the tyrants in every era of history.

We observe the Seder because it keeps alive in us the love of liberty. Freedom, which is one of our most precious gifts, must not be taken for granted. In every age it must be won anew.

The Seder reminds us that if a people are anywhere exploited and oppressed, then nowhere is any man, woman, or child secure. It expresses the need of our eternal vigilance in the struggle to preserve and advance the cause of freedom and human dignity. At the Seder we renew our commitment to work for freedom and peace for all people.