{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "elijah-miriam", "title": "Elijah & Miriam", "author": "Jeremy Kenner", "author_handle": "jzkenner", "author_initials": "JK", "covertext": "The Fourth Cup of Wine The Cup of Elijah, The Cup of Hope Leader: Let us all fill our wine glasses. {Picks up Elijah's c...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p><span><span><strong><span>The Fourth Cup of Wine</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span> <em><strong><span>The Cup of Elijah, The Cup of Hope</span></strong></em> <strong></strong></span></p><p><span><strong><span>Leader</span></strong><span>: Let us all fill our wine glasses.</span></span></p><p> <em><span><span>{Picks up Elijah's cup for all to see.}</span></span></em> </p><p><span><span>This is the cup of Elijah. According to tradition, we open the door to permit the possible entry of the prophet Elijah, who is, according to tradition, the herald of the Mashiach (Messiah) or (is there a difference?) an era of peace and freedom for all human beings. <span> </span>If the weather is nice, we leave the door open; if not, then Elijah has to be quick about it. Wine waits for no man, even a prophet.</span></span></p><p><span><strong><span>Reader:</span></strong><span> We, too, open the door to peace, knowing that Elijah's task is really our own. Only when we have made a world where nation shall not lift up sword against nation, where justice is universal, and where each person is free, will the age-old dream of peace be real. </span></span></p><p><span><strong><em><span>{The door is</span></em></strong><em><span> opened.}</span></em></span></p><p><span><strong><span><span>All sing: </span></span></strong><em><span>Eliyahu ha-navee, Eliyahu ha-Tish-bee Eliyahu, eliyahu, Eliyahu ha-Giladee Beem-hei-ra b'ya-mei-nu Yavo ei-leinu Eem ma-shee-ach ben David Eem ma-shee-ach ben David</span></em></span></p><p><span><strong><span>Leader:</span></strong><strong></strong> <em><span>We now bless our fourth cup of wine:</span></em> <em></em> </span></p><p><em><span>Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, borei p’ree hagafen</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span><span></span></span></p><hr /><p><span><span></span></span><span><strong><em><span>Miriam’s Cup</span></em></strong><em></em></span></p><p><span> <em><strong><span>Reader:</span></strong></em> <em><span> Although Miriam, a prophet and the sister of Moses, is never mentioned in the traditional Haggadah text, she is one of the central figures in the Exodus story.</span></em> <em></em></span></p><p><span> <em><span>According to Jewish feminist writer Tamara Cohen, the practice of filling a goblet with water to symbolize Miriam’s inclusion in the Seder originated in Boston in 1989. The idea resonated with many people and quickly spread.</span></em> <em></em></span></p><p><span><strong><span>Reader 2</span></strong><span>: The story has been told of a miraculous well of living water which had accompanied the Jewish people since the world was spoken into being. The well comes and goes, as it is needed, and as we remember, forget, and remember again how to call it to us. In the time of the exodus from Mitzrayim, Miriam called the well to her and stayed with the Jews as they wandered the desert. Upon Miriam’s death, the well again disappeared.</span></span></p><p><span><strong><span>Reade</span></strong><span>r <strong><span>3:</span></strong> It is the women of our story who make its unfolding possible: Shifrah and Puah, the midwives who disobey Pharaoh's order to kill all newborn boys; Yocheved and Miriam, the mother and sister of Moses; Pharaoh's daughter who rescues Moses from the Nile. It is because of them that we are here tonight; it is because of them that we are able to celebrate our freedom.</span></span></p><p><em><span><span>{Whatever wine remains in the wine glasses is now emptied into a bowl. Water is then poured into everyone’s wine glass.}</span></span></em></p><p><span><strong><span>Reader:</span></strong><span> We have escaped bondage and crossed the sea. We enter the arid land before us, made hesitant by generations of servitude; yet we are heady in our new freedom. We have thirsted for freedom, but now, in the desert, we thirst for water. Our Sages spoke of Miriam’s Well, created in the twilight of creation’s week. It now lies hidden in the Sea of Galilee<span>, waiting to be restored to us. </span>Its waters, we are told, taste of old wine and new wine, of milk and of honey. This is the well of the Ancestors of the world: the leaders of olden times searched for it; prophets and wizards of legend caused it to flow with their staves. But we have not been worthy of it. Now, as we begin a season of renewal, may cleansing, refreshing waters, reminiscent of Miriam’s well, recall for us a purity of purpose and help us focus on the tasks ahead to help bring freedom to all the peoples of the world.</span></span></p><p><em><span><span>{All drink the water from Miriam’s well.}</span></span></em></p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Compiled", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Hallel", "slug": "hallel" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 289, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Elijah & Miriam | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "exodus-story-abridged-version", "title": "Exodus Story - Abridged version", "author": "Jeremy Kenner", "author_handle": "jzkenner", "author_initials": "JK", "covertext": "Famine in Canaan.  Relocation to Egypt.  Joseph rules - things are good.  Time passes and memory fades.  Descendants of...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Famine in Canaan.  Relocation to Egypt.  Joseph rules - things are good.  Time passes and memory fades.  Descendants of Jacob (Hebrews?) are enslaved.  Eventually, their numbers threaten one of the Pharaohs.  To send a message and control population growth, Hebrew boys are marked for slaughter.  One such boy (Moses) escapes and is adopted by the Pharaoh's daughter.  Moses eventually agrees to lead his people to freedom.  Moses makes demands of the reigning Pharaoh, who pays no heed.  Moses enlists God and (ten) plagues ensue.  The Pharaoh flip-flops nine times and then says 'get out of here'.  The Hebrews skidaddle, but Pharaoh changes his mind AGAIN and chases them into the Red Sea.  The sea parts (miracle or unique wind phenomenon?) and the Hebrews pass through unharmed while the Egyptian soldiers drown.  The Hebrews party (but with a touch of remorse).  FREEDOM.  The story continues.</p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Original", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Exodus Story", "slug": "exodus-story" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 336, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Exodus Story - Abridged version | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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They especially use the scallions in the ninth stanza which mentions the manna that the Israelites ate everyday in the desert, because Torah tells us that the Israelites began to complain about the manna and longed for onions, leeks and garlic. Feel free to be Persian/Afghani for the evening if you’d like.</p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">If He had brought us out from Egypt <strong>אִלּוּ הוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם</strong></p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">and had not carried out judgments against them וְלֹא עָשָׂה בָּהֶם שְׁפָטִים</p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">— Dayenu, it would have been enough <strong>דַּיֵּנוּ</strong></p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">If He had given us the Shabbat <strong>אִלּוּ נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת</strong></p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">and had not brought us before Mount Sinai וְלֹא קֵרְבָנוּ לִפְנֵי הַר סִינַי</p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">— Dayenu, it would have been enough <strong>דַּיֵּנוּ</strong></p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">If He had given us the Torah <strong>אִלּוּ נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה</strong></p><p style=\"text-align:center;\">and had not brought us into the land of Israel וְלֹא הִכְנִיסָנוּ לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל</p><p style=\"text-align:center;\"> Dayenu, it would have been enough <strong>דַּיֵּנוּ</strong></p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Various", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": { "title": "Greatest Hits Haggadah", "slug": "greatest-hits-haggadah", "author": "Haggadot" }, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Cup #2 & Dayenu", "slug": "cup-2-amp-dayenu" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 476, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Maggid Closing - Dayenu | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/maggid-closing-dayenu", "og:title": "Maggid Closing - Dayenu | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "motzi-matzah-20", "title": "Motzi-Matzah", "author": "Jeremy Kenner", "author_handle": "jzkenner", "author_initials": "JK", "covertext": "Time to eat matzah.  As each of you breaks off four pieces of matzah for your plate, ponder this: Matzah is literally fr...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Time to eat matzah.  As each of you breaks off four pieces of matzah for your plate, ponder this:</p>\n\n<p>Matzah is literally free of all additives, externalities and superficial good looks -- it is bread without the hot air. It represents the bare essentials.</p>\n\n<p>Everything we pursue in life can be divided into necessities and luxuries. To the extent that a luxury becomes a necessity we lose an element of our freedom by being enslaved to a false need.</p>\n\n<p>On Passover we can focus on the essence and leave the externalities behind.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Now,</strong> take one of the pieces of matzah and say:</p>\n\n<p> <em>Baruch ata Adonai Elohinu melech ha'olam hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz.</em> </p>\n\n<p>Which means:</p>\n\n<p>We bless you, Lord our God, God of the world, who brings forth bread from the land.</p>\n\n<p>And add:</p>\n\n<p> <em>Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melech ha'olam asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'ztivanu al achilat matzah.</em> </p>\n\n<p>Which means:</p>\n\n<p>We bless you, Lord our God, God of the world, who has sanctified us with commandments and commanded us concerning the eating of matzah.</p>\n\n<p>Eat the piece of matzah.</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Phil Neuman + Others", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": { "title": "Greatest Hits Haggadah", "slug": "greatest-hits-haggadah", "author": "Haggadot" }, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Motzi-Matzah", "slug": "motzi-matzah" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 355, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Motzi-Matzah | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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According to the Talmud, the correct vegetable to use is lettuce, probably a variety of Romaine lettuce. Indeed, this is what many Sephardi Jews use for maror. Of course, Romaine lettuce is not really bitter either. According to Dr. Joshua Kulp, “our pleasant tasting lettuce is the result of two thousand years of cultivation to improve its taste. In ancient times, it was probably far more bitter.”</p>\n\n<p> <em>{Take a piece of maror and put it on a piece of matzah and say</em> {</p>\n\n<p>ברוּךְאַתָּהיְיַָאֱלֹהֵֽינוּמֶֽלֶךְהָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁרקִדְּשָֽׁנוּבְּמִצְוֹתָיווְצִוָּֽנוּעַלאֲכִילַתמרוֹר</p>\n\n<p> <em>Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat maror.</em> </p>\n\n<p> <em>{Eat the maror and matzah together.}</em> </p>\n\n<p></p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Compiled", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Maror", "slug": "maror" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 255, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Maror | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/maror-19", "og:title": "Maror | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "koreich-20", "title": "Koreich", "author": "Jeremy Kenner", "author_handle": "jzkenner", "author_initials": "JK", "covertext": "Now we partake of the charoset, which symbolizes the mortar which our enslaved ancestors used for building. Though the l...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Now we partake of the charoset, which symbolizes the mortar which our enslaved ancestors used for building. Though the labor was bitter, it was made bearable by the sweetness of hope. We combine some charoset with some maror between two pieces of matzoh to soften the bitterness of suffering.  This is known as the \"Hillel sandwich\" after one of the most famous of all Rabbis.</p><p> <em><strong>You may now eat everything in sight, but save room for dinner.</strong></em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Spencer Ruskin (modified)", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Koreich", "slug": "koreich" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 277, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Koreich | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/koreich-20", "og:title": "Koreich | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "fish-tale", "title": "A Fish Tale", "author": "Jeremy Kenner", "author_handle": "jzkenner", "author_initials": "JK", "covertext": "Gefilte Fish - A Mythical MidrashAccording to Ashkenazi Jewish custom, we eat Gefilte fish on Passover. The question aro...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p><strong>Gefilte Fish - A Mythical Midrash</strong></p><p>According to Ashkenazi Jewish custom, we eat Gefilte fish on Passover. The question arose as to why Gefilte fish is so closely associated with Passover, and why it seems to appear on so many Seder tables.</p><p>Here is one answer:</p><p>When the Israelites found themselves trapped between the Sea of Reeds (sometimes mistakenly called the Red Sea) and the pursuing Egyptian chariots, they panicked. They cried to Moses, who cried to God who said: wait, let me think ...</p><p> <em>Aha! </em> </p><p>As it happens, in a quirky moment during the evolutionary process, God created an odd kind of sea creature. It was awkward looking and lumpy, with no fins, no scales, no eyes, no tail...and very, very pale. <em>Yuch!</em> So God stuck this evolutionary oddity in an out of the way place where it could live out its life-cycle in peace, unobserved. God put this wild Gefilte fish species in only one body of water on Earth -- somewhat off the beaten path -- in the Sea of Reeds (again, often mistakenly called the Red Sea) -- where the species lived and multiplied in obscurity for ages.</p><p>So anyway, suddenly, God, who has a really long memory, remembered the wild Gefilte fish and the unique capability they developed, namely, the ability to suck in and hold 40 times (400 times, according to Rabbi Akiva) their weight in water.</p><p>And God spoke to the wild Gefilte, numbering in the tens of thousands, saying, \"OK, fellas, at the count of three, SUCK IN!\"  All at once, tens of thousands of wild Gefilte fish made a whooshing, sucking sound, as they simultaneously sucked in so much water that the middle of the Sea of Reeds (yes, often mistakenly called the Red Sea) dried up and a path opened up for the Israelites, enabling them to cross to the other side. BUT, when the Egyptian chariots tried to follow them across the dry sea bed, the wild Gefilte fish, unable to HOLD 40 times their weight in water (or 400 times, according to Rabbi Akiva) any longer, let go, and the ensuing tsunami swept the Egyptian chariots away.</p><p>Israel was saved, and with tambourines and song, they praised God for God's foresight in creating the now heroic and celebrated, albeit rather unattractive, wild Gefilte fish.</p><p>So, from that day to this, in gratitude for the part they played in rescuing Israel at the Red Sea (oh, whatever), the wild Gefilte fish were domesticated and granted a place of honor on the Seder table. </p><p>Now, how's THAT for a fish story?</p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Gerald Weiss (modified)", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": { "title": "Greatest Hits Haggadah", "slug": "greatest-hits-haggadah", "author": "Haggadot" }, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Shulchan Oreich", "slug": "shulchan-oreich" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 393, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "A Fish Tale | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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The reader redeems it from the child who has found it and distributes pieces of it to all present.  The child gets a prize.</p><p>After partaking of the Aphikomon, it is customary to eat nothing else.  As for wine, though, we're only halfway through ...</p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Compiled", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Tzafun", "slug": "tzafun" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 289, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Tzafun | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "bareich-2", "title": "Bareich", "author": "Jeremy Kenner", "author_handle": "jzkenner", "author_initials": "JK", "covertext": "Bareich is when two things happen:(1) We say the 'grace after meals' or 'birkat hamazon' (or not)(2) We fill our glasses...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Bareich is when two things happen:</p><p>(1) We say the 'grace after meals' or 'birkat hamazon' (or not)</p><p>(2) We fill our glasses again, say the prayer and drink a third cup of wine to honour the joy of being together around this table on this festive evening.</p><p> <em>Baruch atah adonai, elohaynu melech ha'olam, borei p'ri ha'gafen.</em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Original", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Bareich", "slug": "bareich" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 315, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Bareich | Passover haggadah by Jeremy Kenner", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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He was traveling to Jerusalem with Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabbi Eliezer ben Azariyah, two of his colleagues, when their pupils came and reminded them that it was time to say their prayers. Stopping on Mount Scopus, they looked towards the ruins of the Temple and saw foxes running around in the ruins. Rabbi Akiva's companions burst into tears at the sight, whereas he laughed with joy. “Why are you so happy?” asked his companions. 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