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-- Four Questions

New Questions for the Third Year of COVID-19

by Hannah A-B

1. How was preparing for Passover different this year? How did it compare to last year, the second Passover of the Pandemic? 2. During Passover we tell stories both of freedom from and freedom to. Share a time you experienced a lack either or both of these types of freedom. 3. The Mishnah tells us that in every generation a person must view themselves as though they personally left Egypt. This directive is especially important this year – when we’re seeing...

-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

Dayenu - Our Own Dayenu

by Hannah A-B

Dayenu means “it would have been enough.” The idea is to practice gratitude, in spite of all the difficulties of the last year and tragedies we face now, let's name some of the stuff we've felt grateful for and sing Dayenu! We stayed healthy. Dayenu! We had a safe home to live in. Dayenu! etc.

Candle Lighting - Festival and Shabbat - Simple Traditional

by Hannah A-B

CANDLE LIGHTING The candles are lit before the blessing is recited. On Shabbat, include the words in parentheses. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ, בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצוָּנוּ, לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל [שַׁבָּת וְשֶׁל] יוֹם טוֹב. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel [Shabbat v'shel] Yom Tov. Blessed are You, our God, Ruler of the world, who sanctifies us with mitzvot and calls upon us to kindle the lights of [Shabbat and] the Festival day.

Maggid - Beginning

Maggid by Marge Piercy

by Hannah A-B

The courage to let go of the door, the handle. The courage to shed the familiar walls whose very stains and leaks are comfortable as the little moles of the upper arm; stains that recall a feast, a child’s naughtiness, a loud blattering storm that slapped the roof hard, pouring through. The courage to abandon the graves dug into the hill, the small bones of children and the brittle bones of the old whose marrow hunger had stolen; the courage to...

Conclusion ~ Next Year in Jerusalem

by Hannah A-B

In The Leader's Guide to the Family Participation Haggadah: A Different Night, Rabbi David Hartman writes: “Passover is the night for reckless dreams; for visions about what a human being can be, what society can be, what people can be, what history may become.” We now look to a hopeful future, represented by returning to Jerusalem. We all have our own"Jerusalem" dream, anf we say together: Next year in Jerusalem!

On Our Table

by Hannah A-B

Maror or bitter herb symbolizes the harshness of lives of the Jews in Egypt. Charoset resembles the mortar used as bricks of the many buildings the Jewish slaves built in Egypt Karpas, a green or spring vegetable, is a reminder of the green sprouting up all around us during spring and is used to dip into the saltwater Zeroah, a roasted bone or beet, symbolizes the sacrifice made at the great temple on Passover Beitzah, the egg, symbolizes another holiday offering...

-- Four Children

Four Children at Your Seder (short)

by Hannah A-B

At our tables, year by year, we meet four people: • One who seeks wisdom in the teachings of the past. • One who rebels, seeking new knowledge from a time of transformation. • One who seeks truth through simplicity of heart. • One who does not relate by asking but remains open, waiting to be filled with experience.

-- Four Questions

Questions for the Time of COVID-19

by Hannah A-B

1. How was preparing for Passover different this year? How did it compare to last year, the first Passover of the Pandemic? 2. Have you noticed or experienced anything new since social distancing began? Or in recent months, as more people have been vaccinated? 3. During Passover we tell stories both of freedom from and freedom to. Share a time you experienced a lack either or both of these types of freedom. 4. At all times, but especially in times of...

Maggid - Beginning

The Power of Passover During a Plague - Alana Newhouse (excerpt)

by Hannah A-B

“The Haggadah is like the theater sets and costumes and reviews of a play, without the actual play,” - Rabbi Noa Kushner of San Francisco. “Reading the exodus is for the already free.” -author's childhood rabbi Most Jews throughout history have not been free, whether from murderous regimes or famines or pandemics. What we have been is devoted to the idea that we deserve to be. “The Haggadah’s purpose is not, in fact, to present a narrative,” Rabbi Mendel Herson, associate...

Intersectional Seder 2022

Intersectional Seder 2022

The Ten Plagues

by JewishBoston

As we rejoice at our deliverance from slavery, we acknowledge that our freedom was hard-earned. We regret that our freedom came at the cost of the Egyptians’ suffering, for we are all human beings made in the image of God. We pour out a drop of wine for each of the plagues as we recite them. Dip a finger or a spoon into your wine glass for a drop for each plague. These are the ten plagues which God brought down...

Traditional - Urchatz

by Haggadot

Ritually wash hands without reciting the blessing. The need for hand washing before eating vegetables is no longer a ritual requirement, however, it is included here in the traditional Seder.

Traditional - Kadesh

by Haggadot

The blessings below are for a weeknight. (On Shabbat we add the words in parentheses) וַיְהִי עֶרֶב וַיְהִי בֹקֶר יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי. וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וְכָל צְבָאַָם. וַיְכַל אֱלֹקִים בַּיוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה. וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אוֹתוֹ כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר בֶָּרָא אֱלֹהִים לַעֲשׂוֹת (Vay'hi erev vay'hi voker yom hashi-shi. Vay'chulu hashamayim v'ha-aretz v’choltzva’am. Vay’chal Elohim bayom hashvi’i, m'lachto asher asah, vayishbot bayom hashvi-i, mikol-mlachto asher asah. Vay'vareich Elohim,...

-- Four Children

The Four Daughters

by Jewish Women's Archive

Around our tables sit four daughters.Wise DaughterThe Wise daughter understands that not everything is as it appears.She is the one who speaks up, confident that her opinion counts. She is the one who can take the tradition and ritual that is placed before her, turn it over and over, and find personal meaning in it. She is the one who can find the secrets in the empty spaces between the letters of the Torah.She is the one who claims a place...

Matzah: Bread of Affliction, Bread of Hope and Possibility

by A Way In

A WAY IN Jewish Mindfulness ProgramHaggadah SupplementMATZAHBread of Affliction, Bread of Hope and Possibility Ha lachma anya— This is the bread of affliction our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. As we go through the seder, the matzah will be transformed. It will cease to be the bread of affliction and it will become the bread of hope, courage, faith and possibility.And it begins with a breaking.YACHATZ: Breaking the MatzahReader: Each person is invited to hold a piece of matzah,...

Maror

by Isaac Skromne

Tonight, as we taste the bitter herbs, we share in the bitterness and disappointment of the lives of our forebears. We recognize the bitter consequences of exploitation and repression - the loss of lives and the waste of human potential

The Afflicted Matza

by Trisha Arlin

The top MatzohAnd bottom Matzoh are,it is said,Pesach substitutesFor the two loaves of challah on Shabbat,Supposedly a reminderOf the two portions of mannaThey received in the dessertEvery Friday before Shabbat. But the middle matza?!Ah,That's for the seder.We break it in halfAnd call it the bread of affliction,Just like the unleavened breadWe ate as we fled slavery Matza Number Two,The afflicted matza, We break it in halfAnd separate ourselves from joySo we don't forget the painThat has been ours.We break it in...

The Cup of Sanctification - Kadesh

by Valley Beth Shalom (VBS)

The Hebrew word “Kiddush” means sanctification. But it is not the wine we sanctify. Instead, the wine is a symbol of the sanctity, the preciousness, and the sweetness of this moment. Held together by sacred bonds of family, friendship, peoplehood, we share this table tonight with one another and with all the generations who have come before us. Let us rise, and sanctify this singular moment. HOW? We will drink four cups of wine at the Seder in celebration of our...

-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

Dayenu - It would and would not have been enough

by Dvora Ferrell

From singing Dayenu we learn to celebrate each landmark on our people's journey. Yet we must never confuse these way stations with the goal. Because it is not yet Dayenu. There is still so much to do in our work of tikkun olam, repairing the world. When governments end the escalating production of devastating weapons, secure in the knowledge that they will not be necessary, Dayenu. When all women and men are allowed to make their own decisions on matters regarding...

Maggid - Beginning

An Alternative Dayenu

by Hannah Litman and Rachel Novick

In Hopes of Freedom From Abuse For All Author unknown. Adapted by Hannah Litman and Rachel Novick. Sometimes, we cannot say Dayenu. Wehave the right to say, “No, this is not enough, I will not settle for this.” Sometimes, we wish we could say Dayenu. What would be enough? Together: When we can make choices about our own bodies, our own identities, and our own lives, Dayenu When courts, law enforcement and mental health professionals stop blaming the victim, Dayenu When...

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