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Occupy Passover
In the Occupy movement, on Wall Street most dramatically, some people grabbed hold of the concept and realities of imbalances of wealth and infused already present economic concerns with worries about the divisive nature of our ec ...Introductioncontributed by ruby rowan -
Introduction
Why is this night special than all other nights? Ma Nishtanah? That is the question that we are going to ask ourselves in the next hour.My first Passover experience was in 1991 when my grandparents started inviting us one week bef ...Introductioncontributed by Bet Shalom JCC -
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 -
An Introduction To Our Seder
An Introduction To Our SederEach year, we gather with friends, family, and other members of our community to share the retelling of the story of Passover. We recall a dark time in history when the Jewish People were slaves, when w ...Introductioncontributed by Pamela Ryba -
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 -
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 -
OurJewishCommunity.org Introdu
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 celeb ...Introductioncontributed by OurJewishCommunity .org -
Boiled Egg
It is customary to begin the Passover meal with hard-boiled eggs flavored with salt water. The egg is symbolic of new life, and of hope; the salt water, a symbol of tears. Eggs, unlike other foods, harden when they are cooked, sym ...Introductioncontributed by Barry Louis Polisar -
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
