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ברוכה את יה אלוהינו רוח העולם, אשר קדשתנו במצותיה וציותנו על אכילת מצה. Beruchah At Yah Eloheynu Ruach Ha’olam, asher kidshatnu bi-mitzvotehah vi-tzivatnu al achilat matzah. You are blessed, O God, Spirit of the World, who makes us holy with Her commandments and commands us to eat matzah.

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As we light the candles and welcome the glow of Passover into our homes, we pray that all those suffering around the world find light in the darkness. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל יוֹם טוֹב Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu bemitzvotav vetzivanu lehadlik ner shel yom tov. We rejoice in our heritage, which gives us this tradition of lighting holiday candles. We pray that our experience tonight helps us to...

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The Second Cup Corresponds to Rivkah The Second Cup corresponds to the second of the four languages of redemption: I will deliver you out of their bondage. This promise includes delivery from both physical and spiritual enslavement. We may not be aware, but many of our actions derive from various unconscious scripts imprinted in our psyche from childhood wounds and traumas, which cause fears, jealousy, and anger. Although Rivkah came from a severely dysfunctional family, she was able to heal her...

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Discuss: Which child do you most identify with and when?  Sample answer (Alyssa): "The wicked child, always."

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Brich Rachamana/Blessing After the Meal (Batya Levine) brich rachamana malka d'alma mar'ei d'hai pita    בריך רחמנא, מלכא דעלמא, מראי דהאי פיטא thank you, thank you,  thank you for this beautiful food,  may it nourish us to build a world that's whole. *a close translation of the aramaic: blessed is the merciful one, sovereign of the world, creator of this bread.*

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ברוכה את יה אלוהינו רוח העולם, אשר קדשתנו במצותיה וציותנו על אכילת מרור. Beruchah At Yah Eloheynu Ruach Ha’olam, asher kidshatnu bi-mitzvotehah vi-tzivatnu al achilat marror. You are blessed, O God, Spirit of the World, who makes us holy with Her commandments and commands us to eat marror.

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The Talmud connects the Four Cups to God's Four Promises to Israel: "Tell the children of Israel: I am Adonai! I will takethem out... I will rescue them… I will redeem them… and I will marry them taking them as my people and I will be their God" However, two 16th C. mystic rabbis identify the Four Cups with the Four Matriarchs of Israel.  (1) The Cup of Kiddush stands for Sarah who was the mother of a community of converts,...

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1. Why do we go to work? 2. Why do we belong to states? 3. Why do we believe in genders? 4. Why do we have religions?

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קַדֵּשׁ On Shabbat, begin here :בְּשַׁבָּת מַתְחִילִין וַיְהִי עֶרֶב וַיְהִי בֹקֶר יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי. וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָם. וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה. וַיְבָרֵךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אוֹתוֹ כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים לַעֲשׂוֹת. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their host. And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had...

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For if we were to end a single genocide but not to stop the other wars that kill men and women as we sit here, it would not be sufficient; If we were to end those bloody wars but not disarm the nations of the weapons that could destroy all mankind, it would not be sufficient; If we were to disarm the nations but not to end the brutality with which the police attack black people in some countries, brown people...

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“This time we cannot cross until we carry each other. All of us refugees, all of us prophets. No more taking turns on history’s wheel, trying to collect old debts no one can pay. The sea will not open that way. This time that country is what we promise each other, our rage pressed cheek to cheek until tears flood the space between, until there are no enemies left, because this time no one will be left to drown and all...

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We are invited to see ourselves as poor, afflicted, in the Seder. As in exile, in Egypt, in a moment of constraint. This is how yachatz begins. A poor person always eats a smaller piece and saves the greatest part for later, since they don't know whether there will be more food. The Afikoman - the leftover matza - is the symbol of redemption. Where do you come from? asks the Sephardi leader of the seder - From Egypt, is the...

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The 4 Children: The Wise, Wicked, Simple and Silent The 4 children normally represent the four personality types of life, to whom we have to explain the story of Passover, or four kinds of ways of telling a story. But tonight they represent the four classical subjects that emerge in the revolutionary process. the Wise – the intelligentsia the Wicked – the reactionaries the Simple – the peasants the Silent – the middle classes

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To begin the Seder, each guest may ritually wash their hands by pouring water over each hand three times, alternating between them. No blessing is recited. After everyone has washed, if all are comfortable, join hands and, together, read the passage below. We begin our Seder by washing our hands, preparing ourselves to reach back into the original refugee story of the Jewish people. As we consider our own history of escaping violence and persecution at the hands of a merciless...