How to make your seder memorable

I don’t know what the tradition is in your family, but in ours, seder night is a dress-up affair. Suits and ties, dresses, new clothes for the kids — “Shabbes” clothes we call them. Imagine our surprise when one year we arrived for seder at the door of our friends David and Shira Milgrom-Elcott in our dressy clothes, and they greeted us wearing the long, flowing robes of Bedouins!

“Welcome to our seder!” they exclaimed. “Please take off your shoes before you come in.”

We dutifully took off our shoes and entered their home. On the right, we saw the formal dining room, the table set with fine ch...