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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 -
Four More Questions
A) Some of the questions people are really asking as they participate in a seder: 1. How many more hours until we eat? 2. Why on this night do some of us traditionally eat balls of reconstituted fish parts? 3. Will G-d strike ...Covercontributed by Alan Scher -
Four Cups of Wine
Tonight we drink four cups of wine. Why four? Some say the cups represent ourmatriarchs—Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah—whose virtue caused God to liberate usfrom slavery. Another interpretation is that the cups represent the ...Covercontributed by Alan Scher -
Introduction
We have come together this evening for many reasons.We are here because Spring is all around, the Earth is reborn, and it is a good time to celebrate with family and friends. We are here because we are Jews and friends of Jews. We ...Covercontributed by David Middleburgh -
Answer to the four questions
1. Why eat plain matza which is hard to digest? Poor laborers and slaves are fed matza not only because it is cheap but because it is filling and requires a long digestion period. The diet was designed by the oppressor to exploit ...Covercontributed by Daniel Gropper -
Four Funny Questions
On all other nights, we get biscuits and rolls,Fluffy and puffy and full of air holes.Why on this night, why, tell me why,Only this flat stuff that’s always so dry. On all other nights, we eat all kinds of greens,And I’m ...Covercontributed by heidi aycock -
We Were Slaves in Egypt Escape
We Were Slaves in EgyptEscape Artists in EuropePerformance Artists in America©Copyright 2013, Jonathan GoldinDedicated to Leonard CohenWhen they saywe were slaves in Egyptthey neg ...Covercontributed by Jonathan Goldin -
Ayeka Suggestions
Here are a few suggestions from Ayeka: Pre-SederE-mail everyone who is coming and ask people what their goals for the Seder are. Toss out a trigger question and get people talking already before the Seder. Ask them if th ...Covercontributed by Aryeh Ben David -
Ayeka: Challenges to the Seder
There are many challenges to Seder: We already know the story. To relate the story of the Jews leaving Egypt takes about a minute. "We were enslaved. Moses led us out after the 10 plagues. Pharoah and the Egyptians chased us. ...Covercontributed by Aryeh Ben David -
Metallica: Creeping Death Lyri
Words to Metallica's song about the Ten PlaguesCovercontributed by Berel Dov Lerner -
Seder Play
Passover Seder Reporter: Here we are reporting live from a Passover Seder. Some of you may be asking…..and I’ll be telling…What is a Passover Seder? My sources tell me that we will even be visited by p ...Covercontributed by Hillary Gordon -
The fifth son
As different as they may be, the four sons of the Haggadah have one thing in common: whether involved, challenging, inept or indifferent, they are all present at the seder table. They are all relating, albeit in vastly d ...Covercontributed by Miriam Shaviv -
Stone Wall-ed in Jerusalem
Stonewall-ed in JerusalemBorn into a secular Jewish family in Rhode Island in 1950, I remained the only family member who had never visited the Holy Land, until conditions recently aligned themselves for a trip to Israel in June 2 ...Covercontributed by Sara Friedlander -
Free to Be...
Free to Be...by Esther D. KustanowitzFrom "First Person Singular," The Jewish Week (2006)Growing up, I often listened to a work of feminism undercover as children’s album and book — “Free to Be You and Me.” From “Free to ...Covercontributed by Esther Kustanowitz -
Candle Lighting
•Reader: "She would rather light candles than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.“•Questioner: Who said that?•Reader: It’s a variation on a Chinese proverb. Adlai Stevenson said it during a speech at t ...Covercontributed by Matt Chanoff
