A Tip For Seder Night | Rabbi Zamir Cohen

There are people who ruin the whole atmosphere of the Seder night with their nerves, making the kids hate the holidays and hate Shabbat. You have to know how to create a pleasant atmosphere at home. When you come back from synagogue, even if the table isn't set, especially these days, you pitch in. Everything should be done in a good mood. Everyone helps each other set the table and smiles at everyone. The mitzvah of the Seder night is, "And you shall tell your child." The whole point is that we have an order on Seder night. On Friday night, we make Kiddush, wash our hands, have a meal, sing songs, share words of Torah, and say grace after meals. On Seder night, there is a long Seder. He sanctifies and washes, he washes the carcasses, he says he washes, he takes out matzah. All this arrangement that they make, why are they making it? So that the children will feel surprised and ask, "Dad, how will this night be different from all other nights?" And Dad will answer, "We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt." The whole purpose of a Seder night is to pass on the message to future generations that we were slaves, the Holy One, blessed be He, redeemed us and gave us the Torah. We are obligated [music] to keep the Torah and mitzvot and to rejoice in the Torah and mitzvot. This is the main essence of the Seder night. So if someone creates a bad atmosphere at home, full of tension and nerves, he ruins everything.