Clips Library
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Why Do We Dip Twice?!?
Part of the Seder if not only talking about the past, but also about the future and about rebuilding the 3rd Beit HaMikdash in Yerushalayim. Did you know that the 1st Seder always falls out on the same day of Tisha B'Av. ...Marorcontributed by Talia Kupferman -
won't you celebrate with
won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on ...Nirtzahcontributed by Hila Ratzabi -
We Were Slaves in Egypt Escape
We Were Slaves in EgyptEscape Artists in EuropePerformance Artists in America©Copyright 2013, Jonathan GoldinDedicated to Leonard CohenWhen they saywe were slaves in Egyptthey neg ...Covercontributed by Jonathan Goldin -
Blessing the Boats, by Lucille
(at St. Mary's)may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it wil ...-- Closingcontributed by Hila Ratzabi -
Adrienne Rich on freedom
Freedom. It isn’t once, to walk outunder the Milky Way, feeling the riversof light, the fields of dark—freedom is daily, prose-bound, routineremembering. Putting together, inch by inchthe starry worlds. From all the lost colle ...Nirtzahcontributed by Hila Ratzabi -
Yachatz -- Redemption Begins w
Lift the plate with the three matzot and raise the middle matzah for all to see. Then break the middle matzah in two and set aside the larger piece as the afikoman, because more is ...Yachatzcontributed by Stephanie Friedman -
Who suffered and why?
Near the conclusion of the Haggadah's lengthy account of the Israelites' suffering in Egypt, we arrive at the point in the Seder when we recount the ten plagues. We do so briefly, first reciting "blood and fire and pillars of smok ...-- Ten Plaguescontributed by Neeloufar Gharavi -
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 -
Joseph the Unrighteous
My article criticizing Joseph's ecnomic policies in Egypt-- Exodus Storycontributed by Berel Dov Lerner -
Metallica: Creeping Death Lyri
Words to Metallica's song about the Ten PlaguesCovercontributed by Berel Dov Lerner -
Chocolate, Child Labor and Fai
Includes several supplemental readings for the Haggadah, all focusing on the issue of trafficked and slave child labor in the cocoa fields of West Africa. Includes a reading ...Introductioncontributed by Ilana Schatz -
Key Elements to Include in you
Key Elements to Include in your Telling of the Passover Story by Isaac Zones o Context: Joseph sold to slavery by brothers and heads to Egypt. Interprets Pha ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Zvi Bellin -
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 -
Pour Out Your Wrath - שפוך
As the seder comes to a close, not only do we recall the moment of the liberation from Egypt, but we also pray for redemption from our contemporary persecutors. &n ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Ittay Flescher
