Resistance Haggadah-Bareich

Haggadah Section: Bareich

During Birkat Hamazon, Grace After Meals, the following should be inserted:
הרחמן הוא יברך את הארץ הזאת והמגינים על ערכיה
May the Merciful One bless this land and those who defend its values

הרחמן הוא יתן רוח אחוה בתוך עמינו
May the Merciful One instill a spirit of tolerance within this nation

הרחמן הוא יאחד את אחינו בני ישראל, בני ישמעאל, בני עמי אפריקה, ובני עמי ספרד ויוציאנו מאפלה לאורה
May the Merciful One bless the children of Jacob, the children of Ishmael, the children of the nations of Africa, and the children of the nations of Spain who suffer from persecution and bring us all out of darkness into light

הרחמן הוא יזכנו לעולם טוב יותר
May the Merciful One find us worthy of a better world

שפך חמתך-Pour Out Your Fury
Open the door for Elijah and recite:
שפך חמתך על הגוים אשר לא ידעוך ועל ממלכות אשר בשמך לא קראו. כי אכל את יעקב ואת נוהו השמו. שפך עליהם זעמך וחרון אפך ישיגם. תרדף באף ותשמידם מתחת שמי ה'.
Pour out your fury on the nations that do not know you, upon the kingdoms that do not invoke your name, they have devoured Jacob and desolated his home. Pour out your wrath on them; may your blazing anger overtake them. Pursue them in wrath and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord!

Resistance is sometimes about taking to the streets and pouring out our anger on those who cause and perpetuate injustice. Walk outside through the open door and recite:
שופחים חמתינו על בני תושבי סדום ועמרה כי כבדה מאוד חטאתם באומרם שלי שלי ושלך שלך. אשר סוטים את מצוותך "ואהבתם את הגר" ועושים לנשים "כתוב בעניהם." כנגדם נלְבַּ֞שׁ כובע ישועה בראשנו, ונאבק לפתּחַ֙ חַרְצֻבּ֣וֹת רֶ֔שַׁע, להַתֵּ֖ר אֲגֻדּ֣וֹת מוֹטָ֑ה, וְלשׁלּח רְצוּצִים֙ חָפְשִׁ֔ים שכָל־מוֹטָ֖ה תְּנַתֵּֽקוּ׃
שופחים חמתינו על בנות פנינה, שכעסתה צרתה בעת סבלה. כנגדן נמצא כל אישה כאשת חייל, ונראה בהן עז והדר.
שופחים חמתינו על עִמִּי֙ קֶ֔רִי כִּ֣י אֵ֣ין מַפְגִּ֑יעַ. כנגדם נגביר זעקתינו שֶׁ֖בַע כְּחַטֹּאתֵיהם.
כי אכל את יעקב ואת נוהו השמו. נשפך עליהם זעמינו ונישיגם.

We pour out our fury onto the sons of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, men whose sin is selfishness, who corrupt the commandment “you shall love the stranger,” and who see women as objects to use “as is good in their eyes.” Against them we wear our pussy hats as helmets of triumph, and fight to free the oppressed.
We pour out our fury onto the daughters of Penninah, who tear their sisters down instead of rising together with them. Against them we work to ensure that every woman is able to appreciate and realize her own strength and dignity.
We pour our fury onto the indifferent, those who hear but do not intervene. Against their inaction may our actions increase sevenfold.
They have devoured Jacob and desolated his home. We pour out our wrath on them; may our blazing anger overtake them.

Source:  
Rachel Druck

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