{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "introduction-passover-spirituality-and-seder", "title": "An Introduction to Passover, to Spirituality and the Seder", "author": "Melissa Malvavisco", "author_handle": "melissa-malvavisco", "author_initials": "MM", "covertext": "“Passover” by Yehuda Amichai My father was a god and did not know it. He gave me The Ten Commandments neither in thunde...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106165/conversions/profile1711824602363667-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106165/profile1711824602363667", "body": "<p><strong>“Passover” by Yehuda Amichai </strong></p>\n\n<p>My father was a god and did not know it. He gave me</p>\n\n<p>The Ten Commandments neither in thunder nor in furry; neither in fire nor in cloud</p>\n\n<p>But rather in gentleness and love. And he added caresses and kind words</p>\n\n<p>And he added “I beg You,” and “please.”</p>\n\n<p>And he sang “keep” and “remember” the Shabbat</p>\n\n<p>In a single melody and he pleaded and</p>\n\n<p>Cried quietly between one utterance and the next,</p>\n\n<p>“Do not take the name of God in vain,” do not take it, not in vain,</p>\n\n<p>I beg you, “do not bear false witness against your neighbor.”</p>\n\n<p>And he hugged me tightly and whispered in my ear</p>\n\n<p>“Do not steal. Do not commit adultery. Do not murder.”</p>\n\n<p>And he put the palms of his open hands</p>\n\n<p>On my head with the Yom Kippur blessing.</p>\n\n<p>“Honor, love, in order that your days might be long</p>\n\n<p>On the earth.” And my father’s voice was white like the hair on his head.</p>\n\n<p>Later on he turned to face me one last time</p>\n\n<p>Like on the day when he died in my arms and said</p>\n\n<p>I want to add Two to the Ten Commandments:</p>\n\n<p>The eleventh commandment – “Thou shall not change.”</p>\n\n<p>And the twelfth commandment – “Thou must surely change.”</p>\n\n<p>So said my father and then he turned from me and walked off</p>\n\n<p>Disappearing into his strange distances. </p>\n", "cliptype": "image", "clipsource": "Poetry by Yehudi Amichai ", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/clips/12267/Unknown_48.jpeg", "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": "https://assets.haggadot.com/clips/12267/conversions/Unknown_48-cover.jpg", "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Introduction", "slug": "introduction" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 240, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "An Introduction to Passover, to Spirituality and the Seder | Passover haggadah by Melissa Malvavisco", "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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