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Just as we search for the afikoman, we seek out the injustice in our societies, the hidden as well as the revealed, and organize to transform these dark places into ones filled with light. We seek within ourselves for the places where we are complicit in injustice and pledge to do better. And we search out the places where we are hurt or angry and wash these away, so we may proceed with calm and renewed determination. We say the blessing...

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A Prayer for Human Rights  Rabbi Brant Rosen Ruach Kol Chai - Spirit of All that Lives: Help us.Help us to uphold the values that are so central to whom we are: human beings created B'tzelem Elohim- in the image of God. Help us to recognize that the inherent dignity of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. The inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of...

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Around our tables sit four daughters.Wise DaughterThe Wise daughter understands that not everything is as it appears.She is the one who speaks up, confident that her opinion counts. She is the one who can take the tradition and ritual that is placed before her, turn it over and over, and find personal meaning in it. She is the one who can find the secrets in the empty spaces between the letters of the Torah.She is the one who claims a place...

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To the tune of "Louie, Louie"CHORUS:Pharaoh, PharaohOh baby!  Let my people go! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!Singin' Pharaoh, PharaohOh baby! Let my people go! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!A burnin' bush told me just the other daythat I should come over here and stay.Gotta get my people outta Pharaoh's handsGotta lead my people to the Promised Land.CHORUSThe Nile turned to blood! There were darkened black skies!Gnats and frogs! There were locusts and flies!The first born died, causing Egypt to grieve,Finally Pharaoh said, "Y'all...

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As we rejoice at our deliverance from slavery, we acknowledge that our freedom was hard-earned. We regret that our freedom came at the cost of the Egyptians’ suffering, for we are all human beings made in the image of God. We pour out a drop of wine for each of the plagues as we recite them. Dip a finger or a spoon into your wine glass for a drop for each plague. These are the ten plagues which God brought down...

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Leader: Let us all refill our cups. Leader picks up cup for all to see. This is the cup of hope. The seder tradition involves pouring a cup for the Hebrew prophet Elijah. For millennia, Jews opened the door for him, inviting him join their seders, hoping that he would bring with him a messiah to save the world. Yet the tasks of saving the world - once ascribed to prophets, messiahs and gods - must be taken up by us...

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There are three pieces of matzah stacked on the table. We now break the middle matzah into two pieces. The host should wrap up the larger of the pieces and, at some point between now and the end of dinner, hide it. This piece is called the afikomen, literally “dessert” in Greek. After dinner, the guests will have to hunt for the afikomen in order to wrap up the meal… and win a prize. We eat matzah in memory of the...

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עוד יבוא שלום עלינו  עוד יבוא שלום עלינו  עוד יבוא שלום עלינו  ועל כולם!  סלאאם, עלינו ועל כל העולם  סלאאם סלאאם  סלאאם, עלינו ועל כל העולם  סלאאם סלאאם Od yavo' shalom aleinu  Od yavo' shalom aleinu  Od yavo' shalom aleinu  Ve al kulam  Salaam  Aleinu ve al kol ha olam,  Salaam, Salaam  Salaam  Aleinu ve al kol ha olam,  Salaam, Salaam Translation: Peace will soon be upon us and on everyone.​  Peace upon us and upon the whole world   

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The beginning of the seder seems strange. We start with kiddush as we normally would when we begin any festive meal. Then we wash, but without a blessing, and break bread without eating it.What’s going on here?It seems that the beginning of the seder is kind of a false start. We act as if we are going to begin the meal but then we realize that we can’t – we can’t really eat this meal until we understand it, until we...

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Leader: [Announces the name of the child or children who found the `aphiqoman.] Let us continue our seder by eating one last little piece of matsah to leave us with the taste of freedom's struggles. [Everyone eat a last piece of matsah.] Now, let us conclude our seder. Everyone: We have recalled struggles against slavery and injustice. We have sung of freedom and peace. We revisited times of persecution and times of fulfillment. Only half a century ago, Nazis committed the...

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The following alternative kiddush was written by Marcia Falk, a prominent Jewish feminist liturgist. Her blessings avoid the problem of God’s gender because they do not reference God as a person-like being. In addition, they locate the power of blessing with the people ("Let us bless" rather than with God’s inherent blessedness ("Blessed are you") N’vareykh et Eyn Hahayim matzmihat p’ri hagefen. Let us bless the Source of Life that ripens the fruit on the vine.

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If we had just been freed from Mitzrayim, it would have been enough, but the Source provided more; if we had just received shabbat, it would have been enough but the Source provided more; it we had just received Torah, it would have been enough, but the Source provided more. When we look out this broken world, and all the work necessary heal it, how do we know when WE have done enough, and when WE should provide more of our...

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Prince Rogers Nelson. He belonged to all of us and yet he belonged to no one. He was a part of a mythical universe of which we had only seen small glimpses–because he was gracious enough to show them to us. He was from a world where you could be anything and anyone you wanted to be–as long as it was true to you. He was from a world where pleasure and desire and gratitude and unity were the pre-requisites for...