✡️ Passover: The Story Behind the Story As the most celebrated home ceremony of the Jewish year, Passover is ultimately about living and experiencing a family story. Passover is many things. It's a freedom from slavery story, a survival story, and a celebration of Spring story. But, as the most celebrated home ceremony of the Jewish year, sitting down at a Seder is ultimately about living and experiencing a family story. Seder. The word literally means "order" but beyond the 15 rituals of the Passover dinner expuerience, including the retelling of the exodus from Egypt, there is the story created by every family during the eight day holiday. As it states in the Old Testament (Exodus 10:2), when God commands Moses to speak to Pharoah, (he) says "And in order that you should tell into the ears of your children and grandchildren…" Explaining the meaning behind this statement, Chabad Rabbi Chaim Meir Bukiet wrote, "By telling the story, it comes to life for both the one who is telling the story and the one who is listening" for all the generations to come. #Passover5777 #Passover2017 – View on Path.