[Avodah] One African-American Family's Journey to Judaism

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 05:50:15AM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote:
> I again repeat what I posted on Areivim about Pesach. The seder is, IMO, 
> for one's children and grandchildren. Our experience has been that one 
> cannot give them the proper attention if one has too many guests and/or 
> if one has to devote time explaining things to these guests rather than 
> explaining things to the children and grandchildren and involving them. 
> After all, the mitzvah on Seder night is V'higadeta l'vincha and not to 
> your guests.

And what about your duty to those whose fathers r"l don't believe in
yetzi'as Mitzrayim?

I don't think that negates what you wrote. I think that a non-O Jew
experiencing a seder where parent and child interact in a higadeta
levinkha can be very educational. Both about yetzi'as Mitzrayim, and
in inclucating (if not explaining) the point of why zeikher leytzi'as
Mitzrayim is such a recurring theme in Yahadus.

My balebatishe solution is to simply invite the guests, and make the
seder about the kids anyway. The guests are coming for the experience,
not classes.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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