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The Four Names of Passover
LiberationBy David SuissaIt’s fashionable to look at Passover as a universal idea. This makes sense; after all, how much more universal can you get than the theme of human freedom? Also, it’s a lot easier these days to be oute ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Gail Robillard -
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 -
Stone Wall-ed in Jerusalem
Stonewall-ed in JerusalemBorn into a secular Jewish family in Rhode Island in 1950, I remained the only family member who had never visited the Holy Land, until conditions recently aligned themselves for a trip to Israel in June 2 ...Covercontributed by Sara Friedlander -
Just One Percent
Just One PercentTo: Chad Gadya Just one percentJust one percentControl almost halfOf the nation’s wealth.Just one percentJust one percent Their dividends aren’t taxedAs ordinary income,Control almost halfOf the ...Songscontributed by Kal Winer -
Freeing Your Inner Pharaoh
Freeing Your Inner PharoahHow-t ...Introductioncontributed by jmcbrooklyn -
Jewish Solidarity woth Native
JSNAP PASSOVER HAGADDAH INSERT Thinking About Issues of Native Rights and Social Justice Jewish Solidarity with Native American People (JSNAP) works with Native American& ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Elise Goldin -
Counting the Omer
On Pesah we begin counting the Omer, a 49 day period to Shavuot, we can have as an Omer practice becoming more conscious of our consumption patterns, perhaps not buying any new non-consumables (things that we do not use up, i.e. f ...Nirtzahcontributed by Mordechai Liebling -
Mi Chamocha
This papercut is based on Shirat Hayam — the “Song of the Sea” — which c ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik -
The Passover Symbols, The Oran
The Passover SymbolsWe have now told the story of Passover… but wait! We’re not quite done. There are still some symbols on our seder plate we haven’t talked about yet. Rabba ...-- Closingcontributed by Jewish Women's Archive -
The Four Daughters
Around our tables sit four daughters.Wise DaughterThe Wise daughter understands that not everything is as it appears.She is the one who speaks up, confident that her opinion counts. She is the one who can take the tradition and ri ...-- Four Childrencontributed by Jewish Women's Archive -
Alternative Four Questions
Traditionally, we ask why this night is different from all other nights. This variation on the Four Questions challenges us to think about why some things have changed so little:1) Why is “JAP” still such a popular put-down?2) ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Jewish Women's Archive -
Ten Modern Plagues
The traditional Haggadah lists ten plagues that afflicted the Egyptians. We live in a very different world, but Passover is a good time to remember that, even after our liberation from slavery in Egypt, there are still many challe ...-- Ten Plaguescontributed by Jewish Women's Archive
