Dayenu, 2nd Glass O' Wine, An Orange on the Seder Plate
I know, I know. We are Your chosen people. But, once in a while, can't You choose someone else? - Reb Tevye
The plagues and our subsequent redemption from Egypt are but one example of the care God has shown for us in our history. Had God but done any one of these kindnesses, it would have been enough – dayeinu.
Ilu ho-tsi, ho-tsi-a-nu,
Ho-tsi-a-nu mi-Mitz-ra-yim,
Ho-tsi-a-nu mi-Mitz-ra-yim,
Da-ye-nu!
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, Dai, da-ye-nu,
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, Da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu!
..
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, Dai, da-ye-nu,
.. Dai, da-ye-nu, Da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu!
Ilu na-tan, na-tan la-nu,
Na-tan la-nu et-ha-Sha-bat,
Na-tan la-nu et-ha-Sha-bat,
Da-ye-nu!
Ilu na-tan, na-tan la-nu,
Na-tan la-nu et-ha-To-rah,
Na-tan la-nu et-ha-To-rah,
Da-ye-nu!
OUR SECOND GLASS OF WINE
בְּכָל־דּוֹר וָדוֹר חַיָּב אָדָם לִרְאוֹת אֶת־עַצְמוֹ, כְּאִלּוּ הוּא יָצָא מִמִּצְרָֽיִם
B’chol dor vador chayav adam lirot et-atzmo, k’ilu hu yatzav mimitzrayim.
In every generation, everyone is obligated to see themselves as though they personally left Egypt. The Torah says “God brought us out from there in order to lead us to and give us the land promised to our ancestors.”May we continue to reach future holidays in peace, joy, love, and contentment.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן
Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, borei p’ree hagafen.
We praise God, who creates the fruit of the vine.
Drink the second glass of wine!
AN ORANGE ON THE SEDER PLATE?
On all other Passovers, we review all items on the Seder plate....on this Passover, let's discuss the orange.
In the early 1980s, while speaking at Oberlin College Hillel, Susannah Heschel, a well-known Jewish feminist scholar and daughter of Abraham Joshua Heschel, was introduced to an early feminist Haggadah that suggested adding a crust of bread on the seder plate, as a sign of solidarity with Jewish lesbians (which was intended to convey the idea that there's as much room for a lesbian in Judaism as there is for a crust of bread on the seder plate).
Heschel felt that to put bread on the seder plate would be to accept that Jewish lesbians and gay men violate Judaism like hametz [leavened food] violates Passover.
So at her next seder, she chose an orange as a symbol of inclusion of gays and lesbians and others who are marginalized within the Jewish community. She offered the orange as a symbol of the fruitfulness for all Jews when lesbians and gay men are contributing and active members of Jewish life...
On bisexuality: It immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night. - Allan Stewart Konigsberg
I have a bad feeling that whenever a lesbian looks at me they think "That's why I'm not a heterosexual." –George Costanza
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