Only humans can cry tears.

The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are not merely telling a story here. We are being called to a radical act of empathy. Here we are, embarking on an ancient, perennial attempt to give human lives - our lives - dignity.

We eat as sons and daughters, as families, as communities, as generations, as nations, and increasingly as a globe. We can't stop our eating from radiating influence even if we want to.

She said, "Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don't need?" I said, "It depends on what it means to need.

Time was passing like a hand waving from a train that I wanted to be on.

We looked at each other until it felt like everything would burst into flames

Everything is to protect you. I exist in case you need to be protected.