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I Never Was Song by Linda Hirs
I Never Was First they came for the CommunistsI stood by silentlyI never was a CommunistWhat did it matter to meWhat did it matter (3) to me Then they came for the Union ...Songscontributed by Leo Rosenstein -
God acting through nature
Mysterious little things happen to me all the time. Once I tripped and a ball zoomed past my head, narrowly missing me. Another time, I fell ill and missed a science exam for which I studied the wrong material.Those little t ...-- Ten Plaguescontributed by Chacha Rotenberg -
The Second Cup
A cup to our teachers: To those we have known and those whose work has inspired us, and made space for our lives. We are graeful to you who did and said things for the first time, who claimed and reclaimed our traditions, who forg ...Covercontributed by Alan Scher -
Occupy Passover
In the Occupy movement, on Wall Street most dramatically, some people grabbed hold of the concept and realities of imbalances of wealth and infused already present economic concerns with worries about the divisive nature of our ec ...Introductioncontributed by ruby rowan -
The Orange
In the early 1980s, the Hillel Foundation invited me to speak on a panel at Oberlin College. While on campus, I came across a Haggada that had been written by some Oberlin students to express feminist concerns. One ritual they dev ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Cody Greenes -
Praise the Contrary and Its De
For the chief musician, on common instrument: a song of rebellion.Praise rising up. Praise unlawful assembly.Praise the road of excess and the palace of wisdom.Praise glass houses. ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Eileen Levinson -
Passover Thoughts by David Har
Thoughts on the meaning of Passover These thoughts are adapted from an essay by Rabbi Prof. David Hartman (z”l), written in 2010.As much as I am happy to be part ...Introductioncontributed by Anson Laytner -
The Four Children - AJWS
At Passover each year, we read the story of our ancestors’ pursuit of liberation from oppression. When confronting this history, how do we answer our children when they ask us how to pursue justice in our time?WHAT DOES THE ACTI ...-- Four Childrencontributed by Daniel Gropper -
QUESTIONS
Questions are not only welcome during the course of the evening but are vital totonight’s journey. Our obligation at this seder involves traveling from slavery tofreedom, prodding ourselves from apathy to action, ...Introductioncontributed by Alan Scher -
President Obama on Passover
Passover is a story of centuries of slavery, and years of wandering in the desert; a story of perseverance amidst persecution, and faith in God and the Torah. It is a story about finding freedom in your own land. For the Jewish pe ...Introductioncontributed by Daniel Gropper -
Ten Plagues
As we rejoice at our deliverance from slavery, we acknowledge that our freedom was hard-earned. We regret that our freedom came at the cost of the Egyptians’ suffering, for we are all human beings. We pour out a drop of wine for ...-- Ten Plaguescontributed by Danielle Selber -
Urchatz - one person symbolica
The first hand-washing of the seder is unusual. The rabbis point out that even a child would wonder at least two things: why do we wash without a blessing and why do we bother to w ...Urchatzcontributed by Danielle & Misha Slutsky -
For Fresh Greens: Introduction
Fresh, crisp greens remind us of spring, of new beginnings, of hope. Salt water reminds us of the long, sad season of our slavery. As we mix the two together, we remember tha ...Karpascontributed by heidi aycock -
BaShanah HaZeh - song
This page includes a video of Eliana Lights singing her "Ba Shanah HaZeh" song (and a pdf of the lyrics) focusing on the issue of child labor in the cocoa fields. She set it to the tune of Ba Shanah HaBa'ah "because of its h ...Songscontributed by Ilana Schatz
