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Introductions
My name is ____________________ , and my favorite Passover food is ______________________________ .Introductioncontributed by Alan Scher -
QUESTIONS
Questions are not only welcome during the course of the evening but are vital totonight’s journey. Our obligation at this seder involves traveling from slavery tofreedom, prodding ourselves from apathy to action, ...Introductioncontributed by Alan Scher -
A NOTE ON “ISRAEL”
Passover celebrates freedom, exemplified in the story of our Exodus from Egypt. Thatstory leads our entry into Israel—not exactly a simple redemption tale. Especially notnow, as Israelis and Palestinians continue to fight for th ...Introductioncontributed by Alan Scher -
ON PARTICIPATION
You may be wondering why this Haggadah claims to bewritten by you. The answer is that parts of tonight’s servicewill be uniquely yours. The written Haggadah is our roadmap, but what we see along the way will be based on whowe ar ...Introductioncontributed by Alan Scher -
President Obama on Passover
Passover is a story of centuries of slavery, and years of wandering in the desert; a story of perseverance amidst persecution, and faith in God and the Torah. It is a story about finding freedom in your own land. For the Jewish pe ...Introductioncontributed by Daniel Gropper -
The Haggadah
Here we are. Here we are, gathered to celerbate the oldest continually practiced rituatl in the Western world, to retell what is arguably the best known of all stories, to take part in the most widely practiced Jewish holiday. Her ...Introductioncontributed by donna leventhal -
Vegan Haggadah Introduction
Tonight we celebrate Passover, the Festival of Freedom. Through the symbols and ...Introductioncontributed by Rebecca Epstein -
Passover's Enduring Messa
By RUTH R. WISSEOn Monday, millions of children will ask their parents: Why is tonight different from all other nights of the year?Children asking this question in Jewish homes aro ...Introductioncontributed by N T -
Adrienne Rich on the end of de
What would it mean to livein a city whose people were changingeach other’s despair into hope?You yourself must change it.What would it feel like to knowyour country was changing? ...Introductioncontributed by Hila Ratzabi -
Audre Lorde on oppression
I cannot afford the luxury of fighting one form of oppression only. I cannot afford to believe that freedom from intolerance is the right of only one particular group. And I cannot afford to choose between the fronts upon wh ...Introductioncontributed by Hila Ratzabi -
The Passover Seder in 16 Lines
The Passover Seder We bless the wine,Then wash our hands. We remember the tears of our ancestors, as we break the matza held in the hands of the Jews.We tell the story of how we were slaves, and now free, and once again wash our h ...Introductioncontributed by Emma Popowski -
Technology Rocks
Technology Rocks!Dissatisfied with traditional Haggadot, I have been editing a family Hagaddah each year since the early 90’s! Well, as technology changed so did the process of compiling and editing the Hagaddah! &nbs ...Introductioncontributed by e heimberg -
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 -
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
