Did you do the whole seder? We did and it sounded to me lie the same white noise I hear in the politics in Israel today. First off, the attempt to give credit only to the Lord is always problematic to me, because it makes certain that freedom is linked to divine desire. Second, the narrative is always subordinated to the analysis. Nothing you actually do will mean anything, but the Rabbis who review what is actually done are the ones who make a difference in the world. Third, the sense of paranoia is kept strong. Yes, it was a terrible persecution and yes we’ve always got enemies out there even if we open the door just for a minute for a prophet (So make sure you scream your curses out there and then slam the door shut). Third, there is one place to ask questions and one only. And they don’t all get answered.
Nevertheless we read the entire shtik with great gusto, and I throw the plagues at the children (styrofoam balls for hail, sunglasses for darkness, individual servings of ketchup for blood, etc. etc. and interpret the hagadah with pleasure that increases with each cup of wine.
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