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The Blessing of Bibhilu

A Sephardic ritual calls attention to God's place at the seder table.

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/item/the_blessing_of_bibhilu_20050422

A book's opening chapter is crucial to setting the mood and aura for the remainder of the book's journey. Likewise, the opening scene of a film usually helps set the tone for what will ensue.

The Passover seder is both a reader's experience and a moviegoer's. We sit around the table and read the haggadah, and we also witness a host of rituals. But how does the seder leader creatively capture an audience and draw it into the experience from the beginning?

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