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Eggs
Eggs are prominent and pervasive on Pesah. In fact, so prevalent are they during the holiday week that one might suspect that the ancient Greek name for Pesah actually may have been Cholesterol!Let's start with the Seder Plat ...Introductioncontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Maror SSLI
Maror comes from the hebrew word for bitter. The maror symbolizes the bitterness ...Marorcontributed by Sara Balsam -
THE ANONYMOUS HAGGADAH - Yacha
YACHATZ Is matzo poor man's bread or the food of free men? Can it be both? If we regard it as the Bread of Affliction why did we carry dough on our backs out of Egypt, to let ...Yachatz -
THE ANONYMOUS HAGGADAH - Avadi
AVADIM HAYINU WE WERE SLAVES The Answer is simple and we keep it simple. 1. We weren't just overdoing things a little, we were slaves! And we were powerless. I ...Commentary / Readings -
THE ANONYMOUS HAGGADAH - The F
MA NISHTANA - The Four Questions Of people in recovery, others sometimes inquire. Why can't you just leave your past behind you? Make a clean break, don't dwell i ...-- Four Questions -
THE ANONYMOUS HAGGADAH - Maggi
MAGID HA-LACHMA-ANYA The first Seder in its modern form was conducted on the road into Babylonian exile some 2500 years ago. We had reached the nadir of our resou ...Maggid - Beginning -
THE ANONYMOUS HAGGADAH - Urcha
URCHATZ The Leader of the Seder only, now washes his/her hands from an ewer into a bowl held by another celebrant, wiping them dry on a hand towel. We have acce ...Urchatz -
THE ANONYMOUS HAGGADAH - Kadde
KADDESH We begin Kiddush by filling a 5 oz. cup with grape juice. It is important that the cup be filled to the extent that the surface tension of the liquid forms a c ...Kadesh -
Dayenu
If society provided compassionate caregivers and did not provide medication, Dayenu. If society provided medication and did not provide comprehensive health coverage, Dayenu. If society provided enough group homes and did not elim ...-- Closingcontributed by Kalsman Institute -
Ten Plagues
The traditional haggadah speaks of Ten Plagues by which God accomplished our liberation from Egypt. Tonight, we enumerate plagues of psychiatric conditions, which hinder our sense of wholeness, health, and freedom. For each one, o ...-- Ten Plaguescontributed by Kalsman Institute -
The Four Children
The Torah has four children in mind: one, wise, a second, rebellious, a third, simple, and a fourth, a child who does not yet know how to ask. The Wise Child Asks: Why do I have to go through life with a psychiatric disability? Ho ...-- Four Childrencontributed by Kalsman Institute
