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Rabbis Organizing Rabbis Immig
Our formatting doesn't work very well here, but consider this a preview. For a well-formatted printable ritual, and for more information about Rabbis Organizing Rabbis, ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Miriam Farber -
Reform CA Immigration Seder Ri
Our formatting doesn't work very well here, but consider this a preview. For a well-formatted printable ritual, and for more information about Reform California, please ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Miriam Farber -
Pour Out Your Wrath - שפוך
As the seder comes to a close, not only do we recall the moment of the liberation from Egypt, but we also pray for redemption from our contemporary persecutors. &n ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Ittay Flescher -
Maror
Maror comes from the hebrew word for bitter. The maror symbolizes the bitt ...Covercontributed by Sara Balsam -
Voices
After reading Ha Lachma Anya – הא לחמא עניא, you canadd this reading about the past and present struggles for freedom: This year we are slaves, next year may we be free Let my son go free so that my descendants wi ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Hillary Gordon -
Refugees Give Refuge: A Rhode
When we retell the story of our flight from Egypt, we come to appreciate all those who have been refugees and fugitives. The oldest standing synagogue in North Americawas built in ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Mishael Zion -
Ask Big Questions: Are We Free
While the seder is one of the Jewish people’s most treasured rituals, it has become a model for people throughout the world to gather and reflect on the question, “Are we free? ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Sheila Katz -
Letter to My Old Master
Dayton, Ohio, August 7, 1865To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson,Big Spring, TennesseeSir: I got your letter, and was glad to find that you had not forgotten Jourdon, and that you wanted me to come back and live with you a ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by TAMAR FOX -
Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
As history is told, this song began as a spiritual among African slaves in the United States. The lyrics reminded singers that they would finally be safe and welcome in heaven. But the song changed when it was adopted as a civil r ...Songscontributed by emmaia gelman -
The Four Cups and FDR's F
The Four Cups of Wine: Traditionally each cup is liked to a promise made by God in these verses:So say to the children of Israel: I am Adonai, and I will take you ...Kadeshcontributed by Aurora Mendelsohn -
Geulah
This papercut is about redemption — which is, of course, more than no longer b ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik -
The Cup of Redemption
There, in the very center of the Seder table, stands a special, ornate kiddush-cup brimming with wine, awaiting the one still expected but as yet un-arrived guest -- the prophet Elijah. Will Elijah come this year, to drink of ...Hallelcontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Two Cups - Elijah's and M
Everybody knows that we place a cup of wine for the prophet Eliah at the center of the Seder table. At a dramatic moment in the Seder, the door is opened to welcome this usually un ...Hallelcontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Parsley, Sages, Saltwater and
We dip a green vegetable, often parsley, into saltwater and recite the blessing for green foods that grow in the ground.Why? The traditional reason, according to the Sages of the a ...Karpascontributed by Gerald Weiss
