{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "karpas-meditation", "title": "Karpas Meditation", "author": "The Seder Creators", "author_handle": "daniel-sorger", "author_initials": "TS", "covertext": "By Ronnie M. Horn  Long before the struggle upward begins, there is tremor in the seed. Self-protection cracks, Roots re...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/114281/conversions/profile10206237734810808-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/114281/profile10206237734810808", "body": "<p>By Ronnie M. Horn </p>\n\n<p>Long before the struggle upward begins, there is tremor in the seed. Self-protection cracks, Roots reach down and grab hold. The seed swells, and tender shoots push up toward light. This is karpas: spring awakening growth. A force so tough it can break stone.</p>\n\n<p>And why do we dip karpas into salt water?</p>\n\n<p>To remember the sweat and tears of our ancestors in bondage.</p>\n\n<p>To taste the bitter tears of our earth, unable to fully renew itself this spring because of our waste, neglect and greed.</p>\n\n<p>To feel the sting of society's refusal to celebrate the blossoming of women's bodies and the full range of our capacity for love.</p>\n\n<p>And why should salt water be touched by karpas?</p>\n\n<p>To remind us that tears stop. Spring comes. And with it the potential for change.</p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Ronnie M. Horn", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Karpas", "slug": "karpas" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 361, "tags": [ { "tag": "Karpas", "slug": "karpas" }, { "tag": "Meditation", "slug": "meditation" } ], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Karpas Meditation | Passover haggadah by The Seder Creators", "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/karpas-meditation", "og:title": "Karpas Meditation | Passover haggadah by The Seder Creators", "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": "" } } }, "contributed_by": { "author": "The Seder Creators", "handle": "daniel-sorger", "author_initials": "TS", "total_books": 0, "total_clips": 3, "total_followers": 0, "is_following": 0 }, "user_book": null, "clips_by_author": [ { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "urchatz-explanation", "title": "Urchatz Explanation", "author": "The Seder Creators", "author_handle": "daniel-sorger", "author_initials": "TS", "covertext": "By Rabbi Rona Shapiro The beginning of the seder seems strange. We start with kiddush as we normally would when we begin...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/114281/conversions/profile10206237734810808-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/114281/profile10206237734810808", "body": "<p>By Rabbi Rona Shapiro</p>\n\n<p>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.</p>\n\n<p>What’s going on here?</p>\n\n<p>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 tell the story of the exodus from Egypt. So we interrupt our meal preparations with   <em>maggid </em> (telling the story) <em>.</em> Only once we have told the story do we make kiddush again, wash our hands again (this time with a blessing) and break bread and eat it! 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How do we respond to reports of checkpoints and walls, of home demolitions and evictions, of blockades and military incursions?</p>\n\n<p>It might well be said that there are four very different children deep inside each of us, each reacting in his or her own characteristic way. The <strong>Fearful Child </strong>is marked by the trauma of the Shoah and believes that to be a Jew means to be forever vulnerable. While he may be willing to accept that we live in an age of relative Jewish privilege and power, in his heart he feels that all of these freedoms could easily be taken away in the blink of an eye. To the Fearful Child, Israel represents Jewish empowerment – the only place in the world that can ensure the collective safety of the Jewish people.</p>\n\n<p>The <strong>Bitter</strong> Child channels her Jewish fears into demonization of the other. This child chooses to view anti-Semitism as the most eternal and pernicious of all forms of hatred and considers all those “outside the tribe” to be real or potential enemies. She believes that Palestinians fundamentally despise Jews and will never tolerate their presence in the land – and that brute force is the only language they will ever understand.</p>\n\n<p>The <strong>Silent</strong> Child is overwhelmed with the myriad of claims, histories, narratives and analyses that emerge from Israel/Palestine. While he dreams of a day in which both peoples will live in peace, he is unable to sift through all that he hears and determine how he might help bring that day about. At his most despairing moments, he doesn’t believe a just peace between these two peoples will ever be possible. 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