"And here we are, concluding the seder with
Chad Gadya, a beautiful song, which is not just
about a father who buys a goat for his child.
It's a song about God's creatures destroying
each other. It may be a puzzling way to end
the joyous meal but one that is fraught
with meaning.
The song of Chad Gadya reminds us that in Jewish history, all creatures, all animals, all events are connected. The goat and the cat, the fire and the water, the slaughterer and the redeemer, they are all part of the story. "
-- Elie Wiesel commentary (from videotape: A Passover Seder. Presented by Elie Wiesel. Copyright 1994 A = VISION Entertainment. Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel, Mark Podwal)
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