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The Plagues that Harm People from Ferguson to Palestine

by The Seder Creators

Ten Plagues That Harm People from Ferguson to Palestine 1. Denial of resources, siege and imposed poverty 2. Gang Injunctions and Forced Ghettoization 3. Water shortage (Detroit to Palestine) 4. Destruction of Farm land and Olive Trees 5. Corrupt mortgage policies and destruction of homes 6. Desecration of holy sites and erasure of history 7. Mass incarceration and mistreatment of children 8. Militarization of Police and armed assault on civilian populations 9. Corporate Greed and profiteering from violence 10. Public silence...

-- Four Children

A Meditation on the Four Children

by The Seder Creators

A Meditation on the Four Children by Rabbi Brant Rosen As Jews, how do we respond when we hear the tragic news regularly coming out of Israel/Palestine? How do we respond to reports of checkpoints and walls, of home demolitions and evictions, of blockades and military incursions? It might well be said that there are four very different children deep inside each of us, each reacting in his or her own characteristic way. The Fearful Child is marked by the trauma...

Karpas Meditation

by The Seder Creators

By Ronnie M. Horn Long before the struggle upward begins, there is tremor in the seed. Self-protection cracks, Roots reach down and grab hold. The seed swells, and tender shoots push up toward light. This is karpas: spring awakening growth. A force so tough it can break stone. And why do we dip karpas into salt water? To remember the sweat and tears of our ancestors in bondage. To taste the bitter tears of our earth, unable to fully renew itself...

Urchatz Explanation

by The Seder Creators

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro The beginning of the seder seems strange. We start with kiddush as we normally would when we begin any festive meal. Then we wash, but without a blessing, and break bread without eating it. What’s going on here? It seems that the beginning of the seder is kind of a false start. We act as if we are going to begin the meal but then we realize that we can’t – we can’t really eat this meal...

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Urchatz Explanation

by The Seder Creators

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro The beginning of the seder seems strange. We start with kiddush as we normally would when we begin any festive meal. Then we wash, but without a blessing, and break bread without eating it. What’s going on here? It seems that the beginning of the seder is kind of a false start. We act as if we are going to begin the meal but then we realize that we can’t – we can’t really eat this meal...