2025’s CJC Seder was on the second night of Passover (Sunday, April 13) at 5pm in Half Moon Bay.
CJC’s musical ensemble helped lead songs of remembrance and celebration
During the seder, we retold the story of our enslaved ancestors who were freed from oppression and who then entered into a covenant of mutuality with the Divine and with one another in community. It took the Israelites forty years; we’re still finding our way. And yet we celebrate the fact that we are free to be on that journey, and free to renew the covenant which includes respect and reverence for all life.
The seder was led by Rabbi Moshe and a host of volunteers, making it a joyous, musical, and fully participatory experience. Children are most welcome. There were activities to keep them engaged and a prize for whoever finds the Afikomen.
We used an ecologically oriented haggadah,
The Promise of the Land, by Rabbi Ellen Bernstein, to help us learn more about the connections between freedom and our responsibility as stewards of the land from which we derive our sustenance and well-being.
Pictured here (left to right) are Rabbi Moshe and Philip standing, with Rachael, Chip, and Linda sitting in front of them, all holding
The Promise of the Land Haggadahs..
