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One Final Paragraph of Advice
"Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it ...Covercontributed by Alan Scher -
Prayer After Eating
I have taken in the light that quickened eye and leaf. May my brain be bright with praise of what I eat, in the brief blaze of motion and of thought. May I be worthy of my meat.-Wendell BerryCovercontributed by Alan Scher -
The Third Cup
A cup to Ourselves, to all of us who are at this seder tonight, to the present moment. We must love ourselves, for we are holy, and we have been created out of all that is. Let us take this moment to honor our bodies, our lives, a ...Covercontributed by Alan Scher -
Answers to the Four Questions
The Children at the Seder ask us "Why is this night different from all other nights?" and thus begins the retelling of the story of Exodus. Each of us pulls our own meaning from the Passover Story, but rarely do we have a chance t ...Covercontributed by Paul Goldner -
Three Conclusions from the Exo
1. Wherever you live, it is probably Mitzrayim.2. There is a better place, a promised land.3. The way to this promised land is through the wilderness -- there is no way to get ther ...Covercontributed by Alan Scher -
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 Parents
Some scholars believe there are four kinds of parents as well.The Wise Parent is an utter bore. "Listen closely, because you are younger than I am," says the Wise Parent, "and I will go on and on about Jewish history, based on som ...Covercontributed by Alan Scher -
Introductory Reflection
The only philosophy which can be responsibly practiced in the face of despair is the attempt to contemplate all things from the standpoint of redemption. Knowledge has no light but that shed on the world by redemption: all is reco ...Covercontributed by Ajay Chaudhary -
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 -
Maror
When I was young my father would teach me about the Torah through debates. Before Pesach, he would tell me of the special relationship between Moses and Hashem. In the days that Moses spent on Mount Sinai, Hashem took him th ...Covercontributed by Rachel Gallop -
Dayenu full song
The song is about being grateful to God for all of the gifts he gave the Jewish people, such as taking them out of slavery, giving them the Torah and Shabbat, and had God only given one of the gifts, it would have s ...Covercontributed by Rachel Gallop -
Obama 2013
On Passover we began our unique relationship with God. On Passover God redeemed our ancestors from the slavery of Egypt. And on Passover He made a commitment to stand by us forever, as we seek to fulfill our mission to be “a lig ...Covercontributed by Ray Sturner -
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
