Is This Night Different From All Others? Competing Passover Narratives

This week's class will be taught by Avram Sand and it is entitled, “Is This Night Different From All Others? Competing Passover Narratives”
The Rabbinic sources are unanimous in their requirement that the Seder include extensive discussion. But is the Seder about Passover's unique laws and practices or is it a night for focusing on the Exodus from Egypt? In this session, we will uncover these two competing narratives, discuss the different values they reflect, and explore how they endure in our own contemporary Seders.

Avram Sand is the Program Coordinator of Mechon Hadar.  He recently graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in East Asian Studies.  He was a fellow at Yeshivat Hadar in 2008.