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won't you celebrate with
won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on ...Nirtzahcontributed by Hila Ratzabi -
Adrienne Rich on freedom
Freedom. It isn’t once, to walk outunder the Milky Way, feeling the riversof light, the fields of dark—freedom is daily, prose-bound, routineremembering. Putting together, inch by inchthe starry worlds. From all the lost colle ...Nirtzahcontributed by Hila Ratzabi -
Counting the Omer
On Pesah we begin counting the Omer, a 49 day period to Shavuot, we can have as an Omer practice becoming more conscious of our consumption patterns, perhaps not buying any new non-consumables (things that we do not use up, i.e. f ...Nirtzahcontributed by Mordechai Liebling -
In Search of Freedom: A Passov
As we pour our fourth cup of wine, we focus on the need to raise awareness about the ongoing crisis in Darfur. Please take a moment to think of five people you can speak to about t ...Nirtzahcontributed by American Jewish World Service -
In Search of Freedom: A Passov
The Passover seder traditionally concludes with the words “Next Year in Jerusalem,” representing the age-old hope for the coming of the Messiah, the ingathering of the Je ...Nirtzahcontributed by American Jewish World Service -
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By: Rabbi Ari Weiss At the close of the Haggadah, after moving from past humiliations to future hopes, a surprise! A piyut, or liturgical poem, first quoted in Sefer Rokeach (1160-1238), that returns to the Haggadic theme of retr ...Nirtzahcontributed by Uri L'Tzedek -
Cup of Elijah
This section of the Haggadah focuses on our hopes for the peace and redemption of messianic times, while also reminding us of what we can do l'taken et ha-olam, to repair the world in our own time. This reading reminds us that the ...Nirtzahcontributed by Tzedek: Jewish Action for Modern World -
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NIRTZAH ~ Closing Reader: At the end of the seder, Jews have always vowed to one another:“L’shana haba-a bi-Y’rushalayim/ Next Year in Jerusalem!” Why does the seder end with this vow? Reader: For Jews, forced into diaspor ...Nirtzahcontributed by Meredith Blumoff
