Arami oved avi: the core text of the Haggadah -- Gerut, avdut, innuy: the covenantal formula -- Exodus: an individual and collective coming of age -- Elu eser makot: rereading the plagues -- Korban Pesah: the sacrifice that shaped a nation -- Lot and the destruction of Sodom: a prefiguring of Exodus -- Creation themes in the Exodus story -- Hallel at the Seder: a song of redemption.;Hebrew and English text with new commentary and essays. Rabbi Silber has given us two books in one: the Haggadah itself, in English and Hebrew, with his seder commentary and a collection of essays that provide close readings of the classic biblical and rabbinic texts that inform Seder-night ritual and narration. Both parts work beautifully together to illuminate the central themes of Passover: peoplehood, Covenant, our relationship to ritual, God's presence in history, and other important issues that resonate with us all. Just as midrash attempts to bridge the gap between ancient text and cont.