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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 -
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 -
Fifth Question - freedom
…and 5.In addition to the Four Questions, tonight we ask ourselves a fifth:We are commanded to celebrate as if each one of us were personally liberated fromEgypt. In the next year, how do you hope to bring yourself closer to you ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Kara Wentworth -
Why Is This Night Different? V
Here is Mah Nishtanah sung in English translation. ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Mah Nishtanah - video of song
Learn to sing Mah Nishtanah in Hebrew using this v ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Gerald Weiss -
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 -
Avadim Hayinu (We were slaves
We were slaves in Egypt,So long ago.An evil king oppressed us,That cruel Pharaoh!God sent MosesTo redeem us,To take us out of slavery.That's how God kept the promiseTo set us free. ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Dayenu (English - song))
If God had only set us free,Redeemed us all from slavery,That would have been enough for me!Dayenu...If God had given us Shabbat,That really would have meant a lot,But did God stop there?No, God did not!Dayenu...God's Torah we wer ...-- Closingcontributed by Gerald Weiss -
A Mythical Midrash Concerning
According to Ashkenazic Jewish custom, we eat a lot of Gefilte fish on Passover. The question arose as to why Gefilte fish is so closely associated with Passover, and why it seems ...Shulchan Oreichcontributed by Gerald Weiss
