The seder begins with kiddush over the first cup of wine and then moves on to hors d' oeuvres of sweetbreads in salt water passed around by a servant. |
In the light of the seven golden flames, Nana's face looked young and fresh, and their glow erased the deeply graven fines in Baba's brow as he intoned the kiddush. |
And the guest took the cup of wine from my father's hand, and recited a Kiddush. |
Our Kiddush prayers were done with gefilte fish and grape juice instead of wine. |
Sponsor a kiddush in synagogue on that day, or on the Shabbat that falls at the end of that week. |
I thought of my comrades, how they would have laughed, what slaps would have rained down, had they been present at that Kiddush. |