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Shalom Center

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania · US

The Shalom Center is dedicated to inspiring the Jewish community to greater attention and action on questions of peace and justice for the planet and all who dwell on it; and as part of this effort, to making common cause with peace and justice advocates of all faiths. Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph. D., founded (in 1983) and directs The Shalom Center, a prophetic voice in Jewish, multireligious, and American life that brings Jewish and other spiritual thought and practice to bear on seeking peace, pursuing justice, healing the earth, and celebrating community.

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Freedom Seder- Prayer for the Great Turning

by Shalom Center

PRAYER FOR THE GREAT TURNING May the turning of the Earth save us. May the turning of the seasons & the turning of the leaves save us. May we be saved by the worms, the beetles & the microbes turning the soil. May we be saved by the turning of vegetation into compost & the turning of compost into rich soil. May the turning of seeds into plants & the turning of flowers into fruits save us. May the grasses &...

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Freedom Seder- The Night

by Shalom Center

THE NIGHT (Quran, Sura 92) In the Name of God the Compassionate the Caring By the night when it falls By the day when it breaks By what has made the male and the female You strive toward different ends. As for him who shares what he has and is mindful who affirms the right -- him we will ease to the good life As for him who hoards what he has thinking it makes him secure who denies the right...

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Freedom Seder- Fourth Cup: Responsibility and Action

by Shalom Center

[**Fourth cup: Responsibility and action] [Pour the cup. Someone reads:] In a free society, some are guilty. But all are responsible. Ñ Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, 1944; 1964. Ten Healings INVITED SPEAKERS set forth Ten Healings that we ourselves must bring to heal the birth from the Plagues we have discerned. Someone reads: All are responsible. Yet we are not all alike. Having heard some teaching about the Ten Healings now needed, we turn to each other, face to face, to...

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Freedom Seder- Solidarity Forever

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[All sing either:] And every one 'neath vine and figtree Shall live in peace and unafraid (Repeat) And into plowshares beat their swords Nations shall learn war no more (Repeat) or "Solidarity Forever":) Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, For the movement makes us strong. In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold, Greater than the might of armies magnified a thousand fold, We shall bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old,...

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Freedom Seder- Symbols of Transformation Old and New

by Shalom Center

[Someone says/does each of the following. One participant lifts up the matzah, showing it to the celebrants, and says:] Why do we eat this flat, unleavened matzah? Because the decision to act came upon our forebears so quickly that their dough had not yet risen when You, the Breath of Life, bore them to freedom through a hurricane of transformation. [All say:] Blessed are You, Yah, Breath of Life, who makes us holy by connecting us with all of life, and...

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Freedom Seder- Third Cup: Creativity

by Shalom Center

** Third cup: Creativity: envisioning the new world. Barukh atah YHWH elohenu ruakh ha-olam boray p'ri hagafen. Blessed are You, Whose interwoven Breath of Life breathes forth the fruit of the vine. [We drink from the second cup, the cup of resistance.] [Pour Miriam's Cup, a cup of water because waters birth new possibility. Someone reads:] As a child, Miriam reached out to Pharaoh's daughter to save the life of her baby brother Moses; together they crossed boundaries of class and...

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Freedom Seder- I Never Was

by Shalom Center

[Sing newer anti-oppression songs] I NEVER WAS ©Linda Hirschhorn 2009 (Inspired by Pastor Martin Niemoller) First they came for the Communists I stood by silently I never was a Communist What did it matter to me What did it matter to me Then they came for the Union Men and I stood silently I never was a Union Man What did it matter to me What did it matter to me Cry out cry out its still going on today your...

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Freedom Seder- Resistance to Oppression

by Shalom Center

Pour the Second cup: resistance to oppression [Read:] In every generation, a Pharaoh rises up to enslave us. In every generation, every human being must seek to free the community anew. [All join in singing:] When Israel was in Egypt's land, Let my people go; Oppressed so hard they could not stand, Let my people go! (Chorus:) Go down, Moses, 'Way down in Egypt's land; Tell ol' Pharaoh, Let my people go! Thus says the Lord, bold Moses said, Let my...

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Freedom Seder- Ten Plagues

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We will recite THE PLAGUES of ancient story. We welcome you to call out the plague of today that for you echoes with the ancient warning: [At each table, the group pauses after naming each plague, and the people drop grape-juice from the cup onto the plate. Have someone call out the next plague listed, and wait for communal response and the naming of other contemporary plagues. After this exploration, some invited speakers will name the ten most dangerous plagues of...

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Freedom Seder- Questions (maggid)

by Shalom Center

A young person asks; Why is this Seder different from all other Seders? In all other seders we tell the story of the liberation of human beings from oppression, from a Tight and Narrow Place. In this Seder we tell of the oppression of the earth itself and all its living beings. An elder asks: Why is that we ask our children to ask these questions? Someone says: : The answer to both these questions comes from the same teaching. For...

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Freedom Seder- Bchol Dor Vador

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All Sing: B'chol Dor Vador "In Every Generation" © Linda Hirschhorn B'chol dor vador 4x In every generation we relive a time we fled out of a narrow place with freedom on our mind B'chol ... We recall how we were dancing when we saw the waters part how we stood as one at Sinai and felt that Godbeat in our heart B'chol .. Now we chant the ancient prayers even as we sing new songs weave our future with the...

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Freedom Seder- Ma Nishtana

by Shalom Center

[The youngest person present asks:] Why is this night different from all other nights? On all the other nights we may eat either leavened or unleavened bread, but on this night only unleavened bread; on all the other nights we may eat any species of herbs, but on this night only bitter herbs; on all the other nights we do not dip even once, but on this night twice; on all the other nights we eat and drink either tense or...

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Freedom Seder- By Drinking the Fruit of the Grapevine (kadesh)

by Shalom Center

We will drink from four cups of grape juice to honor FOUR STAGES on the path of LIBERATION. These cups are (1) Becoming aware of oppression, (2) Opposing oppression, (3) Imagining alternatives, (4) Accepting personal and communal responsibility to act. ** First: the cup of awareness: learning to recognize the reality of oppression. [Pour cups of grape juice.]

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Freedom Seder- Yachatz

by Shalom Center

By breaking bread and setting it aside: [Someone at each table: Break the middle matzah or other bread of the poor in two. Put the larger piece aside, leaving the smaller on the plate. Uncover the remaining piece of bread, lift up the dish and say:] This is the pressed-down bread of the oppressed that our forebears ate in the Tight and Narrow Land (Mitzrayim, Egypt, where the Israelites were enslaved), and this [lift up some other bread of the poor—tortilla,...

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Freedom Seder- Celebrating Earth and Spring (karpas)

by Shalom Center

** By celebrating the earth and spring: [Use a chant without words to keep energy focused as people pass around a basin to wash and dry the hands.] Take pieces of parsley or mint, dip them in salt water, pass them around the table, and say: Blessed are you, YHWH our God, Breathing Spirit of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the earth. Barukh atah YHWH elohenu ruakh ha-olam boray p'ri ha a-da-mah. [Everyone then eats this piece of parsley....

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Freedom Seder- We walk the path of the seder itself (candle lighting)

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** By meeting each other: In each table-group, people say their names and in one sentence, no more, explain why they have chosen to come to this Seder. ** By joining our voices: [All sing:] Circle 'round for freedom, Circle 'round for peace; For all of us imprisoned, Circle for release. Circle for the planet, Circle for each soul; For the children of our children, Keep the circle whole. --- Linda Hirschhorn ** By creating light [All say together:] We are...

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Freedom Seder- A note on blessings and the name of God

by Shalom Center

The most mysterious and most intimate Name of God in Jewish tradition was written as four Hebrew letters that in Western transliteration are YHWH. This Name is especially closely connected with the liberation from Egypt, since it was revealed to Moses at the Burning Bush as the Name of God he could give to the Israelites in preparing them for their birth of freedom. We do not know how the name was pronounced in Biblical days. The "YHWH" had no vowels....

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Freedom Seder- Preparations

by Shalom Center

This New Freedom Seder can be used by small groups of family and friends or by larger communal gatherings. In the latter case, it assumes there will be different tables of eight to ten people, with a combination of some readings that everyone hears and some discussion among the small groups at the different tables. It includes several different instructions for discussion and sharing among participants at the tables. In planning communal Seders, to manage time, it is best to choose...

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Freedom Seder for the Earth

Freedom Seder for the Earth

by Shalom Center

Facing the Plagues & Pharaohs of our Generation: What are the Ten Plagues endangering the earth and human life today, and what are the Ten Blessings we ourselves can bring to heal the earth and our own societies?

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MLK+50 Interfaith Freedom Seder

MLK+50 Interfaith Freedom Seder

by Shalom Center

Woven by The Shalom Center To Reawaken and Renew The Prophetic Wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. During Holy Week and Passover In this 50th Year Since His Death

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