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Praise the Contrary and Its De
For the chief musician, on common instrument: a song of rebellion.Praise rising up. Praise unlawful assembly.Praise the road of excess and the palace of wisdom.Praise glass houses. ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Eileen Levinson -
Miriam's Cup Ritual for t
Filling Miriam's Cup follows the second cup of wine, before washing the hands.Raise the empty goblet and say:Miriam's cup is filled with water, rather than wine. I invite women of ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Joanne Cornbleet -
Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction
NOTES TOWARD A SUPREME FICTIONIVTwo things of opposite natures seem to depend On one another, as a man depends On a woman, day on night, the imagined On the real. This is the origin of change. Winter and spring ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Ben Helphand -
The White House Seder
Here are some occurances at the annual Obama White House seder:*An the annual reading of the Emancipation Proclamation right before Elijah sneaks in.*The President has a vocal impersonation of Pharaoh.*the Secret Service always kn ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Daniel Kuhn -
A Vow
In the presence of eyes which witnessed the slaughter, which saw the oppression the heart could not bear, and as witness the heart that once taught compassion until the days came to pass that crushed humand feeling. I have taken a ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by donna leventhal -
What Happens to Them Happens t
Leader Prejudice is like a hydra, a monster which has many heads, an evil which requires many efforts to overcome. One head sends forth poison against the people of a differen ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by donna leventhal -
Anne Frank: I Still Believe
That’s the difficulty in these times: ideals, dreams, and cherished hopes rise within us, only to meet the horrible truth and be shattered.38It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by donna leventhal -
Dreams and Details: The Meanin
Imagine you are a slave. And not only that--your parents were slaves, too. And their parents before them. And their parents, too. If there is one seemingly incontrovertible, self-e ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Grace Wichmann -
From Commandment to Companions
God's activity in the Exodus is two-fold: dismantling Egyptian society through the plagues on the one hand, and disclosing the first mitzvot to Israel - counting time and the Pesah ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Grace Wichmann -
What is the story of the Jewis
If you were to write the story of the Jewish people, what would it be? What major plot elements would you include? How would you frame the arc of the story? In many ways, this ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Grace Wichmann -
Paschal Offerings Poem - Grape
Paschal Offerings– Jen SteinThis year, on the seder plateinstead of the bloodied shank bonewe place a cluster of sweet grapes which serve as a symbol of fertility,of new lif ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Jen Stein -
Paschal Offerings Poem - Grape
Paschal Offerings– Jen SteinThis year, on the seder plateinstead of the bloodied shank bonewe place a cluster of sweet grapes which serve as a symbol of fertility,of new lif ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Jen Stein -
Reeds on the Seder Table: A Mo
Three Insights from the Tale of a Young Egyptian WomanThis Passover, we suggest adding the story of a courageous woman to round out your seder – that of Bat Paro, the daughter of ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Adam Oded -
We Won’t Get Fooled Again: H
By Rabbi Daniel Brenner, Chief of Education and Program at Moving Traditions A boy is tricked into being part of a game with other boys only to find out that he is the target ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Adam Oded -
Ask Big Questions: Are We Free
With Passover in mind, we invite you to read two very different answers to the question ARE WE FREE? and then discuss it with your friends and family. The first essay is by R ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Sheila Katz
