immigrants, and poverty-stricken, those without seders or homes of their own— to join ours. It’ s a public declaration that we haven’ t forgotten them, and a promise to remember them when the seder ends and they leave our homes. It’ s an opportunity for tikkun, a reparation, for the forgetfulness that plagued Joseph and led to Egyptian enslavement. It’ s only when we remember the less fortunate among us that we can truly sing Le-Shanah ha-ba’ ah bi-Yerushalayim, next year in Jerusalem, remembering that we too are immigrants, longing to return home.
Max Hollander is the Senior Manager of Jewish Education & Marketing at JFNA ' s BeWell, and he has studied at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Judaic Studies, and New York University. Max lives with his wife, two daughters, and dog in New York City.
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