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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 -
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 -
The Orange
In the early 1980s, the Hillel Foundation invited me to speak on a panel at Oberlin College. While on campus, I came across a Haggada that had been written by some Oberlin students to express feminist concerns. One ritual they dev ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Cody Greenes -
Miriam's Cup
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 all generations at our Seder table to fill ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Cody Greenes -
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 -
Opening Meditation
We come together from our separate lives, each of us bringing our concerns, our preoccupations, our hopes, and our dreams. We are not yet fully present: The traffic, the last-minute cooking, the final details still cling to us. Ou ...Introductioncontributed by Alan Scher -
Miriam's Cup
Legend tells us that Miriam found the wells that kept us alive during the forty years we wandered in the wilderness before we came to the Promised Land. Miriam’s Well was said to hold Divine power to heal and renew.& ...Covercontributed by e heimberg -
Shortened Modernized Gender-Ne
BOLD = Leader Italics = Participant ...Hallelcontributed by S. Isaac Dowd -
Miriam's Cup
Miriam’s CupA decade after the introduction of an orange on the seder plate, the ritual of Miriam’s Cup emerged as another way to honor women during the seder. Miriam’s Cup builds upon the message of the orange, transforming ...Marorcontributed by JewishBoston.com -
Orange on the Seder Plate
The OrangeEven after one has encountered the collection of seemingly unconnected foods on the seder plate year after year, it’s fun to ask what it’s all about. Since each item is supposed to spur discussion, it makes sense tha ...Marorcontributed by JewishBoston.com -
Why Is This Night Different? V
Here is Mah Nishtanah sung in English translation. ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Gerald Weiss
