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Introduction
INTRODUCTIONThe long history of our people is one of contrasts — freedom and slavery, joy and pain, power and helplessness. Passover reflects these contrasts. Tonight as we celebrate our freedom, we remember the slavery of our a ...Introductioncontributed by Ajay Chaudhary -
Order
Seder, in Hebrew, means 'order'. Order has many meanings, and all appear during Passover.Order organizes. During the seder, we order the prayers, the readings, the meal. Each tradition has its slot. We move from one experience to ...Introductioncontributed by Ezra Match -
Beginning the Evening
By participating in the symbolic actions built into the order of the Seder, we can share in: the experience of the rebirth of the natural world around us, the national liberation of our people ...Introductioncontributed by Cody Greenes -
An Orange on the Seder Plate
At the height of the Jewish feminist movement of the 1980s, inspired by the abundant new customs expressing women’s viewpoints and experiences, I started placing an orange on the Seder plate.At an early point in the Seder, when ...Introductioncontributed by Jon Klein -
Introduction
Leader: Tonight, we celebrate the Passover holiday, one of the major festivals of Judaism. The long history of the Jews is one of contrasts — freedom and slavery, joy and pain, power and helplessness. The celebration of Passover ...Introductioncontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
How Long Should The Ideal Sede
How long should the ideal Seder last. Everyone is hungry; the kids are squirmy, guests are growing impatient. You're on step 5 of 15 and dinner isn't even in sight.It might interes ...Introductioncontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Eggs
Eggs are prominent and pervasive on Pesah. In fact, so prevalent are they during the holiday week that one might suspect that the ancient Greek name for Pesah actually may have been Cholesterol!Let's start with the Seder Plat ...Introductioncontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Peace Train
Peace Trainby the artist born as Steven Katz (Kohen haTzadik!)Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be, something good has begun Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the w ...Introductioncontributed by shai cherry -
Personal intro
* The Passover seder, like many Jewish holidays, is built around ritual readings. The food and wine are important too, of course, but it is the words that will guide our evening. Some will be questions or answers, designed to prom ...Introductioncontributed by Anna Schneider -
Candle-Lighting Ceremony
The first words in the creation of the universe out of the unformed, void and dark earth were God’s “Let there be light." Therein lies the hope and faith of Judaism and the obligation of our people: to make the light of justic ...Introductioncontributed by Eric Katz -
Introduction
The word seder means order. Seders are a time for families to gather and experience a time where we as Jews celebrate a ritual that started thousands of years and intersects withg Jews all around the world who celebrat ...Introductioncontributed by Natalie Winch -
Introduction
We begin our Seder and join our efforts with those everywhere who celebrate the Passover searching for its meaning in their lives; as an expression of our liberation so far... There are many possible modes for understanding the ev ...Introductioncontributed by Mark Hurvitz -
Introduction
INTRODUCTION Seders are weird. I am reminded of that every Passover when I watch the non-Jewish guests flip through the haggadah in polite disbelief. “What are we doing here?” the youngest child ritually inquires. “We’re t ...Introductioncontributed by Jeff -
Freedom Seder- Preparations
This New Freedom Seder can be used by small groups of family and friends or by larger communal gatherings. In the latter case, it assumes there will be different tables of eight to ten people, with a combination of some reading ...Introductioncontributed by Shalom Center -
Freedom Seder- We walk the pat
** By meeting each other: In each table-group, people say their names and in one sentence, no more, explain why they have chosen to come to this Seder. ** By joining our voices: [A ...Introductioncontributed by Shalom Center
