{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "oral-history-wandering-over-haggadah", "title": "Oral History from The Wandering is Over Haggadah", "author": "Jessica Rochester", "author_handle": "jessicarochester76470", "author_initials": "JR", "covertext": "Oral History Why Now? Oral history is an important tool for transmitting one generation’s experiences, memories, and dre...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Oral History</p>\n\n<p>Why Now?</p>\n\n<p>Oral history is an important tool for transmitting one generation’s experiences, memories, and dreams to the next. During the Maggid portion of the seder, traditionally the youngest person present asks four questions about the rituals of Passover. By asking these questions and retelling the story of the Israelites’ liberation from Egypt, Jews have ensured that the traditions and history of our people have been preserved for thousands of years.</p>\n\n<p>Why Here?</p>\n\n<p>Just as the Jews as a nation have a story to be told, so too does every community, family, and individual. The seder is a time to gather, celebrate, and remember. What stories do we at this table have to tell? Is there a tale of liberation or a memory for us to share tonight? What lessons can these stories teach us?</p>\n\n<p>What Do We Ask?</p>\n\n<p>Weave the stories of your family or community into your Passover tradition. Below you will find some questions to discuss during the seder.</p>\n\n<p>For Everyone:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>What is your most distinct Passover memory? What smells, images, sounds, and tastes come to mind when you think of Passover?</li>\n\t<li>Which Passover ritual holds the greatest significance or meaning for you? Why?</li>\n\t<li>How has the celebration of Passover evolved over time in your family or community? (You might want to bring pictures of past seders.)</li>\n\t<li>Have there been times in your life when the Passover themes of liberation and redemption have been particularly resonant for you? If so, describe those times.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>For Elders:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>How does this seder differ from those you attended as a child? Are there things you miss? New traditions you enjoy?</li>\n\t<li>Describe a family seder from your youth. What roles did men, women, and children play?</li>\n\t<li>How was Passover observed in the community in which you grew up? </li>\n</ul>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "JewishBoston.com", "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": 218, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Oral History from The Wandering is Over Haggadah | Passover haggadah by Jessica Rochester", "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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So how was it that the orange found its place on the seder plate as a Passover symbol of feminism and women’s rights?</p>\n\n<p>The most familiar version of the story features Susannah Heschel, daughter of Abraham Joshua Heschel and scholar in her own right, giving a speech about the ordination of women clergy. From the audience, a man declared, “A woman belongs on the bima like an orange belongs on the seder plate!” However, Heschel herself tells a different story. During a visit to Oberlin College in the early 1980s, she read a feminist Haggadah that called for placing a piece of bread on the seder plate as a symbol of the need to include gays and lesbians in Jewish life. Heschel liked the idea of putting something new on the seder plate to represent suppressed voices, but she was uncomfortable with using chametz, which she felt would invalidate the very ritual it was meant to enhance. She chose instead to add an orange and to interpret it as a symbol of all marginalized populations. Miriam’s Cup A decade later, the ritual of Miriam’s Cup emerged as another way to honor women during the seder. Miriam’s Cup builds upon the message of the orange, transforming the seder into an empowering and inclusive experience. Although Miriam, a prophet and the sister of Moses, is never mentioned in the traditional Haggadah text, she is one of the central figures in the Exodus story. According to Jewish feminist writer Tamara Cohen, the practice of filling a goblet with water to symbolize Miriam’s inclusion in the seder originated at a Rosh Chodesh group in Boston in 1989. The idea resonated with many people and quickly spread. Miriam has long been associated with water. The rabbis attribute to Miriam the well that traveled with the Israelites throughout their wandering in the desert. In the Book of Numbers, the well dries up immediately following Miriam’s death. Of course, water played a role in Miriam’s life from the first time we meet her, watching over the infant Moses on the Nile, through her triumphant crossing of the Red Sea. There is no agreed-upon ritual for incorporating Miriam’s Cup into the seder, but there are three moments in the seder that work particularly well with Miriam’s story.</p>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>As Moses’s sister, Miriam protected him as an infant and made sure he was safely received by Pharaoh’s daughter. 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