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Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaWe arrived in the late afternoon, about a half hour before sundown. We walked from our bus to the transit center along narrow, dirty alleys strewn with trash and animal bones. I picked up a ram’s horn thinki ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Gary Aidekman -
Why is there no orange on our
Why is there no orange on our Seder plate? In the early 1980s, while speaking at Oberlin College Hillel, Susannah Heschel was introduced to an early feminist Hag ...Karpascontributed by e heimberg -
Four Allies, Four Questions fo
This insert was created by the Keshet Parent & Family Connection. We provide confidential support to other parents of LGBTQ Jewish children and family members. Learn more>&g ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Bonnie Rosenabum -
Matzah: Bread of Affliction, B
A WAY IN Jewish Mindfulness ProgramHaggadah Supplement MATZAHBread of Affliction, Bread of Hope and Possibility Ha lachma anya—This is the bread of affliction our ances ...Yachatzcontributed by A Way In -
One Day
Sometimes I lay under the moon And thank God I'm breathin' Then I pray don't take me soon' Cause I am here for a reasonSometimes in my tears I drown But I never let it get me down So when negativity surrounds I know someday it'll ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by shai cherry -
Urchatz - Dip Hands
The beginning of the seder seems strange. We start with kiddush as we normally would when we begin any festive meal. Then we wash, but without a blessing, and break bread without eating it.What’s going on here?It seems that the ...Urchatzcontributed by Lisa Friedman -
Pour Out Your Anger (Source sh
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home..Clear ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Calev Ben Dor -
Rejoicing in Destruction of En
On Succot, we are told three times to rejoice, but on Pesach we are not even told to rejoice once. This is because on Pesach the produce is judged and no ones knows whether he will ...-- Ten Plaguescontributed by Calev Ben Dor -
Readings on Freedom
They marched us down the length of Pozohony Street, toward the Margaret bridge and that was when we understood they were bringing us to the edge of the Danube, where they would shoot us and leave us to die under the ice. Whe ...Commentary / Readingscontributed by Calev Ben Dor -
4 Sons and the Israeli-Palesti
The ‘Redemptionist Child’ – what does he say? The whole of the historical land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people and talk about ‘peace’ with the Arabs is dangerous u ...-- Four Childrencontributed by Calev Ben Dor -
How Long Should The Ideal Sede
How long should the ideal Seder last. Everyone is hungry; the kids are squirmy, guests are growing impatient. You're on step 5 of 15 and dinner isn't even in sight.It might interes ...Introductioncontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Survival of the Jewish People
Acknowledging attempts to destroy the Jewish people in history and today and app ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Ariel Irwin -
Encouraging A Culture of Quest
By Noam ZionIn a culture of questions like that of the Rabbis, they wish to understand the purpose and the reason for each commandment and every social institution and to exercise ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Shalom Hartman Institute -
The Radical Uncertainty of His
Rabbi Prof. David Hartman z"l talks about the ...Covercontributed by Shalom Hartman Institute
