Passover Seder and Holy Israel

The single most widely practiced rite of Judaism in North America requires family and friends to sit down for supper. On the eve of Passover, nearly all North American Jews join, or invent for the occasion, families to conduct this holy meal. And when they do, they see themselves as holy Israel, redeemed in the here and now from the bondage of pharaoh in ancient Egypt. It is an enchanted moment.