Quotes & Sayings About Seder

Jenny held
her breath wondering whether her matzo would pass muster. — Adam Yamey

Truth be told, for a 21st Century American Jew there is something hollow in the Seder's liberation story and the commandment to feel as if you were there. — Ezekiel Emanuel

If God never gave me one more thing in my life, then you, right now, would be enough. You are my Dayeinu — S. Khubiar

Remember, you must not sleep at the Seder. If you do, Elijah the Prophet will come with a bag on his shoulders. On the two first nights of Passover, Elijah the Prophet goes about looking for those who have fallen asleep at the Seder, and takes them away in his bag. — Sholom Aleichem

In terms of my religious preference, if a year goes by and I don't have a Seder or I don't light the menorah, I feel a loss. — Jason Robert Brown

Our failures in charity are chained to a narrowed vision of the world that makes too much of the differences between us, and this is our enslavement. — Rebecca Goldstein

The purpose of the Seder to my mind is to inspire conversations with your family about the human drama and hopefully transmit values to the next generation. I've always felt like this could be better. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Well, Joe Biden has done it again. He showed up at the White House Passover Seder with a bunch of ham sandwiches. — Jay Leno

Passover takes place in the home rather than the synagogue and centers around an epic meal - the seder - so you remember Passover as storytelling, you remember it in food, and you remember it in the family. — Simon Schama