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If we were to end a single genocide, but not stop the wars that kill people as we sit here. it would not be sufficient If we were to end those bloody wars, but not disarm the nations it would not be sufficient If we were to disarm the nations, but not prevent some people from starving while others wallowed in luxury it would not be sufficient If we were to make sure that no person starved, but we were not...

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“People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state--it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. ― Abraham Joshua Heschel This is what every Seder is about. Celebration of freedom, expressing reverence, appreciation,...

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Four Questions: Why should we be conscious of the people who we consider strangers? Why are human beings treated as if they are disposable based on their living circumstances? Why is it important to reach out to individuals who don’t have the same rights as us? Despite what we hear about the working conditions, why do we still support the industries?

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The 1951 Refugee Convention clearly states that host countries must permit asylum seekers and refugees to engage in both wage-earning and self-employment. According to asylum experts, “the right [to work] has been recognized to be so essential to the realization of other rights that without the right to work, all other rights are meaningless.” Even with these legal protections, though, outside of the United States, “many of the world’s refugees, both recognized and unrecognized, are effectively barred from accessing safe and...

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Use this piece before singing Hallel and think about what it means to transition from slavery to freedom. Exodus and Liberation translate many different ways for different communities, religious groups, and individuals. Chief Tom Dostou of the Wabanaki Nation of Massachusetts offers the following prayer in an excerpt from a larger piece describing his journey across his ancestral homeland of “Turtle Island.” "We will pray for the American peoples who send their sons and daughters out to foreign lands to be...

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FOUR QUESTIONS [asked in sarcasm with big eye rolls] Like seriously why is this night like soooo different from all the other nights? They’re just nights. Like seriously why is it – are you kidding me? - that like on all the other nights – every single night – all the time – we eat either leavened bread or matza – no, we don’t but, if that’s like what you want to believe than fine, go ahead - , but on...

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1. Why do I always have the feeling that everybody’d doing something better than me on Saturday afternoons? 2. Why would anyone eat canned fruit? 3. Why is it that the doors on the stalls do not come all the way down to the floor? 4. What was a man with a cape doing with my father? What was my father doing with a man in a cape? Why a cape?

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In Talmud Pesachim, Rava teaches, "A person who swallows matzah without chewing fills the mitzvah, the commandment, to eat matzah. However, a person who swallows maror without chewing doesn't fulfill the mitzvah to eat maror." Matzah is Biblical fast food. Matzah is flat because the Hebrews were in such a hurry to get out of Egypt, they didn't wait for their bread to rise. They rushed out, eating crackers, because they had to eat something. Matzah is optimistic, portable, light and...

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Leader: God brought ten plagues upon the Egyptian people as part of the Israelites’ journey to freedom. Tonight we read ten modern plagues that result from unfair, inequitable, and excessive practices in the criminal justice system. As we read each plague we remove a drop of wine from our glasses to symbolize our anguish at the suffering these plagues have caused. Recite together:  The concentration of police drug enforcement resources in poor communities of color  The forfeiture laws and...

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Thank you for joining us for tonight’s exploration of the racism and other issues within our criminal justice system. Now it is your time to act. One of the easiest and most important things you can do is to decrease the stigmatism against those with criminal records. We encourage you to use your personal seders as an opportunity to share what you have learned and help your family and friends to feel equally invested in this critical social justice issue. Here...

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야핫츠 (yachatz) – 맛자 조각내기  Contributed by Jewish Boston 식탁위에 세 개의 맛자가 쌓여 있습니다. 우리는 이제 두 번째 맛자를 잡고 가운데를 반으로 나눕니다. 주인은 큰 쪽 조각들을 싸서, 저녁식사 하는 동안 그것을 숨깁니다. 이 조각은 아피코멘(afikomen), 그리스어로 후식이라는 의미입니다. 손님들이 저녁 식사를 마무리하기 위해 아피코멘을 찾을 예정이며, 상을 받게 될 것입니다. 우리는 이집트에서 탈출한 선조를 기념하며 맛자를 먹습니다. 노예였던 선조들은 해방되기 전에 많은 그릇된 출발에 직면했습니다. 그래서 자유라는 단어를 들을 때 가지고 있던 반죽이 어떤 것이든지 간에 그 반죽을 부풀기...

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But why is there an orange and a tomato on the seder plate? This is not traditional for Passover. Tomato - This tomato brings our attention to the oppression and liberation of farmworkers who harvest fruits and vegetables here in the United States. And it reminds of us of our power to help create justice. A tomato purchased in the United States between November and May was most likely picked by a worker in Florida. On this night when we remember...

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We have passed through more than one Egypt. Hatred and prejudice have set A heavy yoke around our necks, But through the darkness of misery and oppression A ray of your grace has continually shone above us And has at last brought a morning of redemption In which our human dignity is recognized And we live free and undisturbed Under the protection of mild and just laws. Oh, may you, O God, continue to be with us. As in the days...

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The First Cup: We drink to Ending Racism and Poverty, and Birthing Racial and Economic Justice We begin with the teaching of Dr. Martin Luther King 50 years ago, on the evening before his death. He came to Memphis, Tennessee to support the striking sanitation workers of the city, and he spoke to a gathered crowd: “The issue is the refusal of Memphis to be fair and honest in its dealings with its public servants, who happen to be sanitation workers....

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At Passover, we celebrate our freedom, our deliverance from slavery. It seems like a good time to abstain from meat, dairy and eggs, since the animals from which those products are derived are treated like slaves, or worse. Actually, anthropologically speaking, the very motif of slavery comes from animal agriculture. Simply put: Buying and selling living beings, binding them with chains, and branding them with hot irons are all actions that we associate with slavery. And these are all actions that...

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Were slaves, now free. Seder! Seder plate? Stuff. Wine! Why is this night? Why is this child? PLAGUES! Dayeinu! Wine! Matzah, Maror, Charoset Let’s eat! Afikoman? Wine! Elijah. Wine! Singing. Next year in Jerusalem!

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Kadesh Kiddush, sanctification with wine. Urchatz Washing hands. Karpas Sanctifying and dipping the parsley. Yachatz Breaking the middle matzah. Maggid Telling the story of Pesach. Rachtza Washing hands. Motzi Sanctifying the 'bread'. Matzah Sanctifying the matzah. Maror Sanctifying the bitter herbs. Korech Eating a Hillel sandwich. Shulchan Orech Eating dinner. Tzafun Looking for the afikoman. Barech Saying the Birkat HaMazon (grace after meal). Hallel Psalms of praise. Nirtzah Concluding the Seder.