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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 -
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 -
Passover and Human Rights: A M
by Professor David Gushee The Passover story communicates the fearsome commitment of God to the human rights of suffering people. Because Pharaoh would not let God’s people ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Rabbis For Human Rights -
The Artichoke on the Seder Pla
The seder plate holds the main symbols of a traditional Passover seder-- the shank bone, egg, karpas, charoset, and maror. The Kabbalists of the Middle Ages added hazeret, another ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by InterfaithFamily.com -
Sh'foch Ha Matcha
At this point in the seder, traditional Jews would open the door and shout angry words at their enemies, those who had persecuted them and had accused the Jewish community of a blood libel--of making matzah with the blood of Chris ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by InterfaithFamily.com -
Passover Torah Teaching
By Rabbi Alana Suskin During the Passover season, we revisit the story of how the people of Israel, in a reversal of humans searching for the Divine, are pursued and rescued by God. During the process, what has been a family and a ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Be'chol Lashon -
Freedom Seder- The Night
THE NIGHT (Quran, Sura 92) In the Name of God the Compassionate the Caring By the night when it falls By the day when it breaks By what has made the male and the female You strive toward different ends. As for him who shares what ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Shalom Center -
Ten Plagues of Being Intermarr
1. Not comfortable with Hebrew. 2. Can't stomach the idea of gefilte fish. 3. Songs are unfamiliar. 4. Being dragged into a war in a faraway land. 5. People assuming I' ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by InterfaithFamily.com -
Fifth Cup of Wine
The Big Tent Judaism Coalition, coordinated by the Jewish Outreach Institute, ha ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Kerry Olitzky -
Haggadah Bookmark
The Jewish Outreach Institute has produced a Passover Haggadah Bookmark. The boo ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Kerry Olitzky -
At Seder Table, Pledge Exodus
By Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky and Liz Offenbach Whether in prayer or conversation, the words we use are not taken lightly in Judaism, especially when they are harmful to others. Jewis ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Kerry Olitzky -
Spring, Time for Choices and F
It is not surprising that more North American Jews celebrate Passover than any other holiday, including Hanukkah. The spectrum of Passover holiday observance is rather wide a ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Kerry Olitzky -
Passover, A Lesson in Inclusiv
By Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky and Adam Bronfman By gathering each year to listen to the story of Passover we re-experience our enslavement and eventual emancipation. Reminded where we ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Kerry Olitzky -
Passover Optimism
Some of Passover’s most appealing aspects are its simplest, which makes it easy for interfaith families to enjoy. On the surface, the story fits that classic “Jewish Haiku” distributed in e-mails worldwide: “They tri ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Kerry Olitzky
