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Hebrew is often transliterated in this haggadah, so that those who do not read Hebrew letters, may pronounce the Hebrew words. This is a guide to the pronunciation of the letters. a = ah as in father ai = eye as in eye or buy ch or kh = a throat clearing sound, like the Scottish loch or German ach! e = eh as in bed ei = ay as in weigh or stay o = oh as in home

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A free bird leaps on the back of the wind    and floats downstream    till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and    his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings    with a fearful trill    of things unknown    but longed for still    and...

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The current immigration struggles in our country provide us with an opportunity to relate the Passover story to lives we may more clearly envision. Living in our midst are immigrants who live in fear of the threat of forced deportation. The rush with which families are suddenly separated, taken into custody, and deported, brings to mind the rushed exit out of Egypt. On March 7, 2018, the U.S. Attorney General attacked Oakland, California Mayor Elizabeth Beckman "Libby" Schaaf. Mayor Schaaf worked...

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"I would say that we are not experiencing the best of times. But there is hope in seeing how the public is reacting to it. The Women's March – I have never seen such a demonstration, both the numbers and the rapport of the people in that crowd. There was no violence. It was orderly. So, yes, we are not experiencing the best times, but there is reason to hope that we will see a better day." Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...

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Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, Senior Rabbi of Congregation Shir Tikvah in Minneapolis, Minnesota, recently wrote this response to Rev. Martin Niemoller’s piece, as he contemplates the potential for the past to repeat itself, even in the United States of America. First they came for the African Americans and I spoke up— Because I am my sisters’ and my brothers’ keeper. And then they came for the women and I spoke up— Because women hold up half the sky. And then they...