{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "telling-our-story-42", "title": "Telling of our Story", "author": "Bernie Schafer", "author_handle": "sam-schafer", "author_initials": "BS", "covertext": "Our story starts in ancient times, with Abraham, the first person to have the idea that maybe all those little statues h...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Our story starts in ancient times, with Abraham, the first person to have the idea that maybe all those little statues his contemporaries worshiped as gods were just statues. The idea of one God, invisible and all-powerful, inspired him to leave his family and begin a new people in Canaan, the land that would one day bear his grandson Jacob’s adopted name, Israel.</p>\n\n<p>God had made a promise to Abraham that his family would become a great nation, but this promise came with a frightening vision of the troubles along the way: “Your descendants will dwell for a time in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and afflicted for four hundred years; however, I will punish the nation that enslaved them, and afterwards they shall leave with great wealth.\"</p>\n\n<p> <em>Raise the glass of wine and say:</em> </p>\n\n<p><strong>וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ וְלָֽנוּ</strong></p>\n\n<p>V’hi she-amda l’avoteinu v’lanu.</p>\n\n<p>This promise has sustained our ancestors and us.</p>\n\n<p>For not only one enemy has risen against us to annihilate us, but in every generation there are those who rise against us. But God saves us from those who seek to harm us.</p>\n\n<p> <em>The glass of wine is put down.</em> </p>\n\n<p>In the years our ancestors lived in Egypt, our numbers grew, and soon the family of Jacob became the People of Israel. Pharaoh and the leaders of Egypt grew alarmed by this great nation growing within their borders, so they enslaved us. We were forced to perform hard labor, perhaps even building pyramids. The Egyptians feared that even as slaves, the Israelites might grow strong and rebel. So Pharaoh decreed that Israelite baby boys should be drowned, to prevent the Israelites from overthrowing those who had enslaved them.</p>\n\n<p>But God heard the cries of the Israelites. And God brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and outstretched arm, with great awe, miraculous signs and wonders. God brought us out not by angel or messenger, but through God’s own intervention.</p>\n\n<p>It is written that long ago, during a time of famine, the ancient Israelites traveled to Egypt. According to this legend, the Israelites at that time were all in a single family—Jacob and his children. One of Jacob’s sons was Joseph, whose wisdom caused the Pharaoh—the ruler of Egypt—to make him a leader over all the people of Egypt.</p>\n\n<p>But as time passed, another Pharaoh became the ruler of Egypt. He did not remember about Joseph and his wise leadership. This new Pharaoh turned the Israelites into slaves, and burdened them with heavy work and sorrow.</p>\n\n<p>After the Israelites were in Egypt for over 400 years, a man arose among them. He demanded that Pharaoh let his people go! Many times he risked his life to insist on the freedom of his people, until he finally succeeded.</p>\n\n<p>The story begins in Egypt with the persecution of newborn Hebrew males, and Ptira's, the Pharaoh's daughter, discovery of the infant Moses on the Nile. Moses' youth at the Pharaoh's court ends abruptly when he is forced to flee, after he kills an Egyptian overseer to save his brother Aaron. During his years of exile, Moses meets his future wife Zipporah and her father Jethro. After Moses and Zipporah's wedding, the vision of God in the Burning Bush occurs, commanding Moses to return to Egypt with Zipporah and his brother Aaron. There, Moses and Aaron confront the Pharaoh, demanding that he free the Israelites. Only after the tenth plague - the killing of the Egyptian firstborn - does the Pharaoh allow them to depart. With the crossing of the Red Sea and God's destruction of the Egyptian army ends the first part of the story. The second part begins with the discontent of the famished Israelites with Moses. The mood changes when God nourishes Israelites with the sudden, welcome gift of manna and quails in the desert. On the slopes of Mount Sinai, God and the people of Israel enter into a Covenant, which is sealed by Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on the mountaintop. Upon his return to the camp, however, Moses is shocked to discover that the people of Israel have lost their faith in God and are now worshipping an idol: the Golden Calf. In rage, Moses smashes the tablets and severely punishes the idolizers before retreating to the mountaintop and receiving the new tablets. On the way to the Promised Land, Moses' sister, Miriam, jealous of Moses' wife Zipporah, rebels against her brother's leadership. God punishes her and makes it quite clear that Moses is the chosen leader and will remain so. Finally on the borders of the Promised Land, the Israelites send out twelve scouts. Their fearful description of the Canaanites when they return shocks the people of Israel into rebelling against Moses and Aaron, intending to kill them and return immediately to Egypt. God quickly punishes the rebels, and tells Moses that none of the adult Israelites he has led will ever see the Promised Land, and instead must wander through the desert for another 40 years. Exactly forty years later, Miriam dies. Although Moses wants to mourn the loss of his sister, the people only complain to him about the lack of water. At God's command, Moses strikes a rock and water flows from it, but he is so angry and frustrated with his people that he forgets to attribute the miracle to God, and he too is condemned to never enter the Promised Land. Moses appoints Joshua as his successor and sets off alone to the peak of Mount Nebo. As a final mark of his forgiveness and thankfulness, God grants Moses the chance to look over into the Promised Land just before his death. Finally, now under the leadership of Joshua, the Israelites cross the Jordan river into the Promised Land.</p>\n\n<p><span>At our Passover Seder, we celebrate the story of Moses and the people he led out of slavery 3000 years ago. We celebrate the struggle of all people to be free. Throughout the centuries, the story of Moses and the exodus from Egypt has inspired Jews and non-Jews in time of persecution and hardship.</span></p>\n\n<p>Let us remember that the thirst for freedom exists in all people. Many centuries after the time of Moses, African people were brought to America as slaves. These slaves longed for freedom, and they were inspired by the story of Moses and the ancient Israelites. 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Passover is the Jewish h...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Judaism is a spiritual path, a set of practices intended to facilitate living an awakened life. Passover is the Jewish holiday celebrating the Exodus from Egypt, the holiday of freedom. During the Passover Seder, Jewish parents tell a story to their children about their ancestors journey from slavery and bondage to freedom, a tale that has been passed down from Jewish parent to child for over 2,500 years. In the Haggadah, the book used to guide the telling of the story, it says “In every generation, a person is obligated to see themselves as though they personally went out of Egypt.” According to the Jewish mystical teachings of Hasidut, this passage means the journey from slavery to freedom is also spiritual, and is one that every person in every generation must make.</p>\n\n<p>Often, I feel like a slave. Almost every day I look at something painful on my computer screen that makes me want to cry out. Whether it be the destruction of the rain forest, beautiful marine life tortured and choked by pollution, human beings living in poverty, the host of countless other crises that are occurring around the world, an alarm bless goes off inside me and I feel called to do something. My heart feels torn because I don’t want that which I love, which I am a part of, to experience suffering, to be destroyed, whether it be due to humankind’s unconscious behavior or otherwise. I want to live in a world that is free, that is a reflection of the highest good for all beings, for all of the the web of life. Than I see the causes of these problems are so much bigger than me and I begin to feel small and powerless, that its pointless for me to try to make a difference and often this leads to cynicism and bitterness. A sense of learned helplessness sets in and I become numb to my true self which to desires to change the world for the better. I quit believing in goodness, my inner light dims, and I begin to go through the motions of living and accepting the fallen state of the world as “that’s just the way it is.”</p>\n\n<p>The Jewish spiritual teachings concerning Passover focus on how through tapping into the Infinite One, a person can emancipate themselves from slavery both spiritually and physically. It says in the Passover Haggadah, “We were slaves to Pharoah in Egypt.” The Hebrew word for Egypt is Mizrayim (מצרימ). The Hebrew root of the word Mizrayim is mayzar (מצר), which means “constriction.” Being a slave in Egypt means being stuck in constricted consciousness. Not free to be ones self, not free to live an authentic life. Mizrayim is associated with living in fear, unconsciously, habitually, akin to mindlessly running on a gerbil wheel, lost in the narrow constricted confines of the ego.</p>\n\n<p>According to the Kabbalah, the spiritual quality that is associated with Passover, with freedom, is Chesed, which can be translated as “loving kindness.” Rabbi Sholom Brodt, the head of Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo, teaches that one of the best ways to prepare for the holiday of Passover is to give tzedaka (charity) and to give selflessly without any expectation of return. This is because the root of the Children of Israel’s liberation from slavery was giving, the opposite of selfish grasping. In the first chapter of the Book of Exodus it says:</p>\n\n<p><strong> <em>And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Mizrayim died: and the children of Israel groaned because of their bondage and they cried out. Their outcry because of the bondage went up to God. God heard their moaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the Children of Israel; and God knew.</em> </strong></p>\n\n<p>The Children of Israel were not saved because they got good grades, worked really hard, were utterly brilliant, applied for a grant, voted Moses into power, started a non-profit, spoke at a TED conference, raised a whole bunch of money and ran a successful social-media campaign to lobby Pharaoh to change his policy. God took the Children of Israel out of Egypt because they groaned — they didn’t even pray for change. Torah teaches there wasn’t a “reason” that God saved the Children of Israel. It was unconditional Love, and Torah brings down that true freedom, is choosing Love.</p>\n\n<p>There is a teaching that all forms of communication are an expression of love or a cry for help. The thread common to much of the problems in the world — from pollution to poverty to war — is human beings. Human beings creating suffering because they are acting unconsciously. It’s easy to cynically dismiss much of human race as beyond hope but this unconsciousness is really a form of groaning, of crying out for help, calling out for love. If I want to start to change the world all I need to do is start loving the human being next to me. Rabbi Brodt teaches, in the name of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, that we must never give up on the goodness of human beings, because it’s when we give up that we end up imprisoned in our own fear, in Mizrayim. 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As we remember the liberation from Egypt, we also recognize the stirrings of spring and rebirth happening in the world around us. The symbols on our table bring together elements of both kinds of celebration.</p>\n\n<p>We now take a vegetable, representing our joy at the dawning of spring after our long, cold winter. We now dip it into salt water, a symbol of the tears our ancestors shed as slaves. Before we eat it, we recite a short blessing:</p>\n\n<p><strong>בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה</strong></p>\n\n<p>Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, borei p’ree ha-adama.</p>\n\n<p>We praise God, Ruler of Everything, who creates the fruits of the earth.</p>\n\n<p>We look forward to spring and the reawakening of flowers and greenery. 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When Israel wa...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Go Down Moses</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS761US762&amp;q=Louis+Armstrong&amp;stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLQz9U3MMkzNgIAs0gbiAwAAAA&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwivmfiv6I3aAhVH2WMKHYlbAwcQMQgsMAA\">Louis Armstrong</a></p>\n\n<p>Go down Moses<br />\nWay down in Egypt land<br />\nTell all pharaoes to<br />\nLet my people go!</p>\n\n<p>When Israel was in Egypt land<br />\nLet my people go!</p>\n\n<p>Oppressed so hard they could not stand<br />\nLet my people go!</p>\n\n<p>So the God said: go down, Moses<br />\nWay down in Egypt land<br />\nTell all pharaoes to<br />\nLet my people go!</p>\n\n<p>So moses went to Egypt land<br />\nLet my people go!</p>\n\n<p>He made all pharaoes understand<br />\nLet my people go!<br />\nYes the lord said: go down, Moses<br />\nWay down in Egypt land<br />\nTell all pharaoes to<br />\nLet my people go!</p>\n\n<p>Thus spoke…</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "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": 268, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Go Down Moses | Passover haggadah by Bernie Schafer", "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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But don’t forget when you’re done we’ve got a little more seder to go, including the final two cups of wine!</p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Shulchan Oreich", "slug": "shulchan-oreich" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 207, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Time to Eat | Passover haggadah by Bernie Schafer", "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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Always a process; always a challenge.\"</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "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": 215, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Passover To Me | Passover haggadah by Bernie Schafer", "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/passover-me", "og:title": "Passover To Me | Passover haggadah by Bernie Schafer", "og: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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(The Jewish obsession with food is older than you thought!)</p>\n\n<p>To wash your hands, you don’t need soap, but you do need a cup to pour water over your hands. Pour water on each of your hands three times, alternating between your hands.</p>\n\n<p>Too often during our daily lives we don’t stop and take the moment to prepare for whatever it is we’re about to do. Please think why you are washing your hands now.</p>\n\n<p>Let's pause to consider what we hope to get out of our evening together tonight. 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Tradition holds that he will return in advance of messianic days to herald a new era of peace, so we set a place for Elijah at many joyous, hopeful Jewish occasions, such as a baby’s bris and the Passover seder.</p>\n\n<p>אֵלִיָּֽהוּ הַנָּבִיא, אֵלִיָּֽהוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּי,</p>\n\n<p>אֵלִיָּֽהוּ, אֵלִיָּֽהוּ,אֵלִיָּֽהוּ הַגִּלְעָדִי.</p>\n\n<p>בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵֽנוּ יָבוֹא אֵלֵֽינוּ</p>\n\n<p>עִם מָשִֽׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד,</p>\n\n<p>עִם מָשִֽׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד.</p>\n\n<p>Eliyahu hanavi Eliyahu hatishbi Eliyahu, Eliyahu, Eliyahu hagiladi Bimheirah b’yameinu, yavo eileinu Im mashiach ben-David, Im mashiach ben-David</p>\n\n<p>Elijah the prophet, the returning, the man of Gilad: return to us speedily, in our days with the messiah, son of David.</p>\n\n<p>We know, though, that all are not yet free. As we welcome Elijah the Prophet into our homes, we offer a fifth cup, a cup not yet consumed.</p>\n\n<p>A fifth cup for the 60 million refugees and displaced people around the world still waiting to be free <em>— </em> from the refugee camps in Chad to the cities and towns of Ukraine, for the Syrian refugees still waiting to be delivered from the hands of tyrants, for the thousands of asylum seekers in the United States still waiting in detention for redemption to come, for all those who yearn to be taken in not as strangers but as fellow human beings.</p>\n\n<p>This Passover, let us walk in the footsteps of the One who delivered us from bondage. 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Moses' youth at the Pharaoh's court ends abruptly when he is forced to flee, after he kills an Egyptian overseer to save his brother Aaron. During his years of exile, Moses meets his future wife Zipporah and her father Jethro. After Moses and Zipporah's wedding, the vision of God in the Burning Bush occurs, commanding Moses to return to Egypt with Zipporah and his brother Aaron. There, Moses and Aaron confront the Pharaoh, demanding that he free the Israelites. Only after the tenth plague - the killing of the Egyptian firstborn - does the Pharaoh allow them to depart. With the crossing of the Red Sea and God's destruction of the Egyptian army ends the first part of the story. The second part begins with the discontent of the famished Israelites with Moses. The mood changes when God nourishes Israelites with the sudden, welcome gift of manna and quails in the desert. On the slopes of Mount Sinai, God and the people of Israel enter into a Covenant, which is sealed by Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on the mountaintop. Upon his return to the camp, however, Moses is shocked to discover that the people of Israel have lost their faith in God and are now worshipping an idol: the Golden Calf. In rage, Moses smashes the tablets and severely punishes the idolizers before retreating to the mountaintop and receiving the new tablets. On the way to the Promised Land, Moses' sister, Miriam, jealous of Moses' wife Zipporah, rebels against her brother's leadership. God punishes her and makes it quite clear that Moses is the chosen leader and will remain so. Finally on the borders of the Promised Land, the Israelites send out twelve scouts. Their fearful description of the Canaanites when they return shocks the people of Israel into rebelling against Moses and Aaron, intending to kill them and return immediately to Egypt. God quickly punishes the rebels, and tells Moses that none of the adult Israelites he has led will ever see the Promised Land, and instead must wander through the desert for another 40 years. Exactly forty years later, Miriam dies. Although Moses wants to mourn the loss of his sister, the people only complain to him about the lack of water. At God's command, Moses strikes a rock and water flows from it, but he is so angry and frustrated with his people that he forgets to attribute the miracle to God, and he too is condemned to never enter the Promised Land. Moses appoints Joshua as his successor and sets off alone to the peak of Mount Nebo. As a final mark of his forgiveness and thankfulness, God grants Moses the chance to look over into the Promised Land just before his death. 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