Why is this night different from all other nights? Why is it that on all other nights we eat either bread or matzoh but on this night we eat only matzoh? Why is it that on all other nights we eat all kinds of herbs, but on this night we eat only bitter herbs? Why is it that on all other nights we do not dip our herbs even once but on this night we dip them twice? This is how the great legend of the freeing of the Jews unfolds; in answering the four questions that the youngest child present at the Seder table asks the "leader." I was the youngest child at the Seder table for some years. My sister and first cousins were born four and five later. I didn't even know what I was asking when I recited the Questions. But there was also dread mixed in until my sister was old enough to ask. I had a speech impediment, and I was quite frightened to read or recite while my family listened. Yes, that was 55+ years ago, and I've moved on to the point where I read and recite in front of my writing workshops and groups with pleasure and ease. But that's not what this entry is all about. In Judaism we learn by asking, and we learn from reading. Children are encouraged to ask and adults must answers their questions. But this holiday wasn't just about serious stuff. There was an empty chair placed for Elijah at the table, and at one point in the Seder the children opened the front door to "let Elijah in." One of the highlights of my childhood (other than Bill Mazeroski hitting the winning home run in the 1960 World Series) came when a cat rushed in when the door was opened, streaked up the stairs of my grandparents' house, and hid under a bed upstairs. A Sweet Passover to all.