{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "love", "title": "love", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "Love Charoset - everyone's favorite. When the table is full of matza, maror, a boiled egg, and lettuce, how could anyon...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>Love</strong></p><p><strong> <em>Charoset</em> - everyone's favorite. </strong></p><p>When the table is full of matza, maror, a boiled egg, and lettuce, how could anyone not love the mixture of nuts, dates, cinnamon, apples, and wine? But it's not so easy to find the connection between <em>charoset</em> and Pesach. </p><p>The Talmud mentions that <em>charoset</em> 's thick consistency reminds us of the mortar used to make bricks in Egypt. </p><p>The ingredients of <em>charoset</em> are all mentioned in <em>Shir haShirim</em> (Song of Songs), the beautiful poem that many read at the end of the Seder. <em>Shir haShirim</em> can be interpreted as a vivid and sensual love song between two individuals, and/or as a moving ballad between the Jewish People and God. Eating <em>charoset</em> is, in a sense, ingesting this love song, making it a Biblical love potion. </p><p> <em><strong>The face of someone who has fallen in love shines with hope. </strong></em> </p><p>Often, with the passing of years, the early spark felt when first falling in love can fade. But when we look at old pictures and read the letters written in early romance, we can sometimes rekindle the flames of our passion. </p><p>The Seder, with its 4 cups of wine, reclining posture, <em>charoset</em> , and lengthy discussion of the Jewish People's \"first date\" with God, evokes and rekindles this love. </p><p>And as with all love stories, hope is renewed.</p><p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>When was the last time you felt God's love for you? </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>For the Jewish People? </strong></em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": { "title": "Greatest Hits Haggadah", "slug": "greatest-hits-haggadah", "author": "Haggadot" }, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Cup #2 & Dayenu", "slug": "cup-2-amp-dayenu" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 312, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "love | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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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With no ability to give, the slave loses his/her sense of humanity, and feels empty, worthless, and incapable of generosity.</p><p>And so we begin the Seder by proclaiming: \"Let all who are hungry come and eat!\" We are no longer slaves with nothing to give. No matter what our situation, we defiantly declare that we have food in abundance and that we can't wait to share it with the world - a moment of exaggerated and piercing \"largeness\". </p><p>This sentence should not be read. It should be raucously screamed. It is tantamount to announcing: \"I am a giving person! I am overflowing with goodness and kindness! I have a full tank of giving to share with everyone!\"</p><p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>Share a moment when you either carried out - or witnessed - an act of extraordinary giving. </strong></em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka -original", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": null, "slug": null } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 413, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "extraordinary giving | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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/extraordinary-giving", "og:title": "extraordinary giving | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "extraordinary-giving-0", "title": "extraordinary giving", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "\"Let All Who Are Hungry\"   We are wired to give.  One of the worst feelings in the world is not being needed by others. ...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<strong>\"Let All Who Are Hungry\"  </strong>\n\n<p><strong>We are wired to give. </strong></p>\n\n<p>One of the worst feelings in the world is not being needed by others. </p>\n\n<p>I once asked a group of high school kids: \"When was the last time you felt really good about yourselves?\" Each responded by sharing an act of kindness and selfless giving. </p>\n\n<p><strong>But a slave has nothing to offer.</strong> Drained of energy and time, the slave's emotional and physical resources are depleted. With no ability to give, the slave loses his/her sense of humanity, and feels empty, worthless, and incapable of generosity.</p>\n\n<p>And so we begin the Seder by proclaiming: \"Let all who are hungry come and eat!\" We are no longer slaves with nothing to give. No matter what our situation, we defiantly declare that we have food in abundance and that we can't wait to share it with the world - a moment of exaggerated and piercing \"largeness\". </p>\n\n<p>This sentence should not be read. It should be raucously screamed. It is tantamount to announcing: \"I am a giving person! I am overflowing with goodness and kindness! I have a full tank of giving to share with everyone!\"</p>\n\n<p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> <em><strong>Share a moment when you either carried out - or witnessed - an act of extraordinary giving. </strong></em> </p>\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka -original", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Introduction", "slug": "introduction" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 300, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "extraordinary giving | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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/extraordinary-giving-0", "og:title": "extraordinary giving | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "next-year-jerusalem-3", "title": "Next year in Jerusalem", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "Jerusalem - the First Among VisionsA slave has no hope. For a slave, yesterday, today, and tomorrow are all the same, an...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>Jerusalem - the First Among Visions</strong></p><p><strong>A slave has no hope. </strong></p><p><span>For a slave, yesterday, today, and tomorrow are all the same, and hoping for a better life - for change - invites bitter disappointment.</span></p><p><span>In contrast, a free person dares to envision change, to imagine a better future.</span></p><p><span>At the culmination of the Seder we dare to proclaim: \"Next Year in Jerusalem.\" We have been saying this for 2000 years, through good years and bad. We are free - free to dream - free to create.  It doesn't get more powerful than this.</span></p><p><span>Abraham Joshua Heschel writes: \"Jerusalem is not the first among cities. She is the first among visions. Her power is in her promise. What is the mystery of Jerusalem? A promise: peace and God's presence.\" <strong>At the Seder, we dare to dream - and we end the Seder by envisioning utopia. </strong></span></p><p><strong> <em>Activities for Seder: </em> </strong></p><ul><li><strong> <em>Appreciate the beauty and depth of the seder's final moment! Get everyone up, dance around the table and sing \"L'shana Haba'a b'Yerushalayim\" at the top of your lungs!</em> </strong></li><li><strong> <em>Have everyone share a \"Jerusalem Moment\" - a highpoint they experienced in Jerusalem or that could only happen in Jerusalem. </em> </strong></li></ul>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Cup #2 & Dayenu", "slug": "cup-2-amp-dayenu" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 450, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Next year in Jerusalem | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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/next-year-jerusalem-3", "og:title": "Next year in Jerusalem | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "ma-nishtana-0", "title": "Ma Nishtana", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "Ma Nishtana  and Making a Change The life of a slave never changes. The clothes are the same. The food is the same. Th...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<p><strong> <em>Ma Nishtana</em>  and Making a Change </strong></p><p><strong>The life of a slave never changes. </strong></p><p><span>The clothes are the same. The food is the same. The routine is the same. </span></p><p><span>At the very beginning of the Seder, we ask an important question: <em>\"Ma nishtana ha'lailah hazeh?\"</em> </span></p><p><span>Why? We could surely ask the same question during Succot, when we sleep outside in a fragile booth. Or on Purim when we put on masks and drink all day. Why on Passover?</span></p><p><span>Because the changes on this night are more fundamental - in fact, change itself is Passover in a nutshell. On Passover, we move - we PASS OVER - from slavery to freedom. We're not stuck; we're not trapped. We can control our lives and change what we want. And once we change what we want, everything changes.  </span></p><p><span>Every child learns <em>Ma Nishtana</em> ; we even ask our youngest children, before they have any experience of life, to recite it, like a mantra. From the earliest stages we have to imbed it deep inside - we are free. We can be different. </span></p><p><span><strong> <em>Ma Nishtana</em> is the song of hope.</strong> Things can be different. We are slaves no longer. </span></p><p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>Make the seder table different this year. Put something new on it - sparkles, chocolates, a gimmick or props. Encourage conversation - \"Ma nishtana?\"</strong></em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Four Questions", "slug": "four-questions" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 337, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Ma Nishtana | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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/ma-nishtana-0", "og:title": "Ma Nishtana | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "opening-door-elijah", "title": "Opening the door for Elijah ", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "Opening the door for Elijah Elijah lived centuries after the Exodus. There is no connection between his actions and the...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>Opening the door for Elijah </strong></p><p><span>Elijah lived centuries after the Exodus. </span></p><p><span>There is no connection between his actions and the Jews leaving Egypt. Yet he has become one of the central figures and symbols of the Passover Seder. Moses - the hero of the Exodus - is practically never mentioned. Yet we all know about Elijah's cup and opening the door for Elijah. </span></p><p><span>We pour the cup but do not drink it. We open the door but no one comes in. </span></p><p><span>The prophet Malachi says: \"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and awesome day of God. And he will turn the heart of fathers to their children and the heart of children to their fathers . . . \"</span></p><p><span>Elijah brings together the hearts of people and generations. Elijah is the peacemaker in a world of strife and discord. Opening the door for Elijah is a harbinger of the future redemption to come. </span></p><p><span>The Seder is not about a single moment of redemption that occurred thousands of years ago. By remembering the exodus from Egypt, we rekindle our hope in the ultimate breakthrough - however long it takes - to peace and harmony. </span></p><p><span>Elijah is the messenger of hope. </span></p><p><span>Would we recognize Elijah if he were standing at the door when we opened it? Can a complete stranger actually bring us peace and hope in our lives? </span></p><p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>Have you ever had an \"Elijah the Prophet moment\" - when a complete stranger suddenly appeared and brought you peace and hope? </strong></em> </p><div> </div>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": { "title": "Greatest Hits Haggadah", "slug": "greatest-hits-haggadah", "author": "Haggadot" }, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Cup #2 & Dayenu", "slug": "cup-2-amp-dayenu" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 546, "tags": [ { "tag": "Elijah's Cup", "slug": "elijahs-cup" } ], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Opening the door for Elijah | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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/opening-door-elijah", "og:title": "Opening the door for Elijah | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "maror-18", "title": "maror", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "Maror   Bad times. Chewing on bad times. In our family, we have a custom of biting into a big chunk of horseradish durin...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<p> <em><strong>Maror  </strong></em> </p><p><span>Bad times. Chewing on bad times. </span></p><p><span>In our family, we have a custom of biting into a big chunk of horseradish during the Seder. Faces turn red; eyes wince; we're burning from the inside. </span></p><p><span>And then it is over. A big \"Aahhh\". Everyone takes a big breath. We've survived <em>maror</em> .  </span></p><p><span>The bitterness of <em>maror</em> is an essential part of Seder. The Torah tells us that the Paschal sacrifice should be eaten together with <em>maror</em> to remind us how the Egyptians embittered our lives with hard, mind-numbing work. </span></p><p><span>Slavery imprinted trauma on our souls that did not disappear when we crossed the Red Sea. Generations of anguish - physical and spiritual - do not just vanish. They linger in the inner recesses of our lives, waiting to be triggered. They can control us. </span></p><p><span>The bitterness of disempowerment and persecution is still with us, whether or not we choose to acknowledge it. We need to revisit the bitterness every year - to face it, taste it, and conquer it. </span></p><p><span>With the exhaling of the \"Aahhh\" comes fresh hope of moving ahead. We will not let lingering bitterness paralyze or diminish us. We have confronted it head on, and survived to tell the Haggada. </span></p><p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>Is there any difficult moment in Jewish History that gives you hope? </strong></em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": { "title": "Greatest Hits Haggadah", "slug": "greatest-hits-haggadah", "author": "Haggadot" }, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Maror", "slug": "maror" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 334, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "maror | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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/maror-18", "og:title": "maror | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "karpas-66", "title": "karpas", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "Is there really any reason for a sprig of parsley to be on the Seder Table? What is the connection between karpas and...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<p></p><p>Is there really any reason for a sprig of parsley to be on the Seder Table? What is the connection between <em>karpas</em> and the Jewish People leaving Egypt? </p><p>Winter, with its bleak landscape and cold, short days, can lead to gloom and despondency. </p><p>In contrast, spring breeds hope. Seeds that have been frozen in the earth haven't died, and in the spring they re-awaken. Even when all is cold and dark, the indomitable force of spring and life works beneath the surface, and eventually brings new leaves out of the soil to the light of day. The first growth of spring, the first green stem to rise up, gives us hope in the stubborn and invincible force of life. </p><p>We begin the Seder by eating the <em>karpas</em> , a fresh green sprig. With it, we ingest the resolute force of new life. Its color, smell, and taste, remind us of the tough power of life within. We are eating the hope of nature itself. </p><p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>What aspect of the natural world gives you hope? What is the most 'hopeful' place you have ever been? </strong></em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka", "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": 297, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "karpas | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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-66", "og:title": "karpas | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "dishes", "title": "Dishes", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "Beautiful Pesach Dishes Suffering makes us lose hope. Suffering makes us question the presence of God in this world, the...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>Beautiful Pesach Dishes </strong></p><p><strong>Suffering makes us lose hope. </strong></p><p>Suffering makes us question the presence of God in this world, the scope of our control, and the hope of a better future. To the extent that we feel guilty and \"blame\" ourselves for bringing about our own suffering, we may also lose hope in ourselves. </p><p>The Jew's prolonged suffering in Egypt made them unable to hear Moses' inspiring words or to imagine a brighter future. Their lives had been utterly darkened. </p><p>In Bereshit (Genesis), we read about the destruction of the world. After prolonged rain, Noah emerges from the ark to encounter a world of death and desolation. Everything has been destroyed. </p><p>How can he possibly go on? What purpose is there in re-building? </p><p>God gives Noah the antidote to despair - the rainbow. God could have simply said: \"I will never destroy the world again.\" But God does more than that - He shows Noah the rainbow. </p><p>The rainbow is the epitome of all beauty. It encompasses all colors, all wavelengths - the full spectrum of being and opportunity - all gracefully arching across the heavens. <strong>Within the rainbow is concealed all possibilities of future beauty. </strong></p><p>After destruction and suffering, beauty gives us hope. </p><p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>Some people save their most beautiful dishes to use just one night a year, at the Pesach Seder. Why not add one item of special beauty to your Seder Table?</strong></em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": null, "slug": null } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 245, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Dishes | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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/dishes", "og:title": "Dishes | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "endurance", "title": "endurance", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "As if our suffering in Egypt were not enough, at the Seder we proclaim: \"In every generation, they rise up to wipe us ou...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<p>As if our suffering in Egypt were not enough, <strong>at the Seder we proclaim: \"In every generation, they rise up to wipe us out.\" </strong></p><p>Ugh. Really? In every generation?? </p><p>There is no smooth and easy road for the Jewish People. </p><p>In the last decade alone, we have endured war, terrorism, anti-Semitism, and condemnations from international organizations. According to the Haggada, these hardships and disasters will never end. We are bonded with adversity.</p><p><strong>Yet, it also promises that God will rescue us from the forces of destruction.</strong> The Jewish People will survive. Our entire history demonstrates that deliverance comes just when we think all is lost. </p><p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>Did you experience any moment in the past year when you felt the Hand of God helping you overcome a personal trial? </strong></em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": null, "slug": null } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 259, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "endurance | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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/endurance", "og:title": "endurance | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "kids", "title": "kids", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "KidsPharaoh declared that every male Jewish baby should be thrown into the Nile. According to the Midrash, the despairin...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>Kids</strong></p><p>Pharaoh declared that every male Jewish baby should be thrown into the Nile. </p><p>According to the Midrash, the despairing Jews in Egypt wanted to quit having children. Why bring a child into this world if his fate would be so tragic and heartbreaking? They had lost hope in the future, and expressed this through choosing barrenness. </p><p>In contrast, our Seder is totally focused on children. We get \"naches\" when our little ones sing \"ma nishtana\"; and who doesn't think immediately of the four sons when thinking about the Seder? </p><p>When I ask people: \"What gives you hope?\" the most common answer I receive is - my kids. Hardships wear us down, but our kids come along to spark and resuscitate our optimism. </p><p>Teaching our children the story of Pesach is our declaration of hope in the future. </p><p> <em><strong>Activity for Seder: </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>Where is the kid in you? </strong></em> </p><p> <em><strong>What part of you still has a child's unbridled optimism? </strong></em> </p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "ayeka", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": null, "slug": null } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 288, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "kids | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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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Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "contemporary-dayeinu", "title": "A Contemporary Dayeinu", "author": "Eric Schiffer", "author_handle": "eschiffer88", "author_initials": "ES", "covertext": "Had G-d upheld us throughout 2,000 years of Dispersion,But not preserved our hope for return...Had G-d preserved our hop...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/conversions/eric-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/104289/eric.jpg", "body": "Had G-d upheld us throughout 2,000 years of Dispersion,<p>But not preserved our hope for return...</p><p>Had G-d preserved our hope for return,</p><p>But not sent us leaders to make the dream a reality...</p><p>Had G-d sent us leaders to make the dream a reality, </p><p>But not given us success in the UN vote  in 1947...</p><p>Had G-d given us success in the UN vote  in 1947,</p><p>But not defeated our attackers in 1948...</p><p>Had G-d defeated our attackers in 1948,</p><p>But not unified Jerusalem...</p><p>Had G-d unified Jerusalem,</p><p>But not led us toward peace with Egypt and Jordan</p><p>Had G-d returned us to the land of our ancestors,</p><p>But not filled our land with our children...</p><p>Had G-d filled our land with our children,</p><p>But not caused the desert to bloom...</p><p>Had G-d caused the desert to bloom,</p><p>But not built for us cities and towns...</p><p>Had G-d rescued our remnants from the Holocaust,</p><p>But not brought our brothers from Arab lands...</p><p>Had G-d brought our brothers from Arab lands,</p><p>But not opened the gate for Russia's Jews...</p><p>Had G-d  opened the gate for Russia's Jews,</p><p>But not redeemed our people from Ethiopia...</p><p>Had G-d redeemed our people from Ethiopia,</p><p>But not strengthened the State of Israel...</p><p>Had G-d  strengthened the State of Israel,</p><p>But not planted in our hearts a covenant of one people...</p><p>Had G-d planted in our hearts a covenant of one people,</p><p>But not sustained in our souls a vision of a perfected world...</p><p>Peace, Dayeinu</p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Deborah", "featured": 1, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Songs", "slug": "songs" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 355, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "A Contemporary Dayeinu | Passover haggadah by Eric Schiffer", "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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