Haggadot Contributors

Zoe Kaplan

Boone , North Carolina · US

Fourth Cup of Wine

by Zoe Kaplan

As we come to the end of the seder, we drink one more glass of wine. With this final cup, we give thanks for the experience of celebrating Passover together, for the traditions that help inform our daily lives and guide our actions and aspirations. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן: Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, borei p’ree hagafen. We praise God, Ruler of Everything, who creates the fruit of the vine. Drink the fourth and final...

Yachatz

by Zoe Kaplan

There are three pieces of matzah stacked on the table. We now break the middle matzah into two pieces. The larger of the two pieces is called the afikomen, literally “dessert” in Greek. Traditionally, we would wrap and hide this piece, but tonight, the afikomen has already been hidden! We eat matzah in memory of the quick flight of our ancestors from Egypt. As slaves, they had faced many false starts before finally being let go. So when the word of...

Who Knows One?

by Zoe Kaplan

Who knows one? I know one! One is our God! x3 In the heavens and the earth I said Ooo Ahh Ooo Ahh Ahh x2 Who knows two? I know two! Two are the tablets and One is our God! x3 In the heavens and the earth I said Ooo Ahh Ooo Ahh Ahh x2 Who knows three? I know three! Three are the papas and Two are the tablets and One is our God! x3 In the heavens and the...

Chad Gadya

by Zoe Kaplan

Chad gadya, chad gadya My father bought for two zuzim. Chad gadya, chad gadya Then came the cat that ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim. Chad gadya, chad gadya Then came the dog that bit the cat That ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim. Chad gadya, chad gadya Then came the stick that beat the dog That bit the cat that ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim. Chad gadya, chad gadya Then...

-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

A Student's Dayenu

by Zoe Kaplan

As students, it often feels as though we are inundated with things to do. Homework, clubs, and social obligations vie for our attention, and it is sometimes difficult to let go and remind ourselves that we are doing enough. Tonight, we take this opportunity to say Dayenu. If we attend two clubs a week but not three or four, Dayenu! If we join clubs but not their boards, Dayenu! If we go to one or two campus events per semester and...

-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

The Orange

by Zoe Kaplan

There are a wide range of explanations given for why some Jews include an orange on the sader plate. The variety of narratives reflect how this practice, which has become popular in the last few decades, evolved over time to yield multiple tales and interpretations. Rebecca Alpert tells of a 1979 session on women and Jewish law presented to the Jewish Women's Group at the University of California Berkley Hillel by the rebbetzin of the campus Chabad house. One student asked...

Commentary / Readings

Gender

by Zoe Kaplan

This piece was written by Rabbi Elliot Kukla, the first out transgender rabbi. He was ordained in 2006 at HUC-JIR’s Los Angeles campus, and now works as a chaplain at the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center. A few years ago at Kol Nidre I delivered a sermon on the power of diversity to my congregation in Toronto. Afterwards, in the swirling crowd I felt someone tug at my jacket. I turned around to find a nine-year-old by in lavender shiny “Powerpuffs”...

Shefa Gold Birkat

by Zoe Kaplan

Zoe and Chris's Passover Sader

by Zoe Kaplan

Mountaineer Passover

by Zoe Kaplan

Yachatz – Breaking of the middle of the three Matzot – יַחַץ

by JQ International

Women's seder introduction

by Alexandra Benjamin

-- Four Questions

A Feminist Seder Ma Nishtana

by Alexandra Benjamin

-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

Learning to say Dayenu

by Alexandra Benjamin

-- Four Children

The Four Daughters

by Jewish Women's Archive

Kadesh

by Maia Zway

My Jewish Anniversary: A Liberation Story

by Haggadot

-- Exodus Story

The Story of Exodus

by JQ International

GLBT Timeline

by JQ International

Inclusion Star of David

by Haggadot

Hillel Sandwich

by JQ International

Miriam's Song

by JQ International

Closing

by JQ International

Hannah Szenes Quote (Eli, Eli)

by Haggadot

Maggid - Beginning

Let All Who Are Hungry

by Haggadot

-- Four Questions

Torah On One Foot

by Haggadot

Bread of Affliction

by Haggadot

Kiddush

by Haggadot

Ha'Adamah

by Haggadot

Justice, Justice, You Shall Pursue

by Haggadot

Next Year In Jerusalem!

by Haggadot

On Account of the Righteous Women

by Jennifer Kolker

-- Exodus Story

Heschel on Selma

by Haggadot

We are not alone on our journey

by Geri Garfinkel

Freedom Sandwich

by Geri Garfinkel

Eliyahu and Miriam

by Geri Garfinkel