{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "passover-in-a-nutshell", "title": "Passover In a Nutshell", "author": "Natalie Garson", "author_handle": "natalie-garson", "author_initials": "NG", "covertext": "Welcome to Passover, the one and only eight-day holiday in which you spend much of your time cramped around a table with...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>Welcome to Passover, the one and only eight-day holiday in which you spend much of your time cramped around a table with your entire extended family, reading this haggadah. And if you weren't sure whether you were celebrating it, you can be sure now, because you're here, reading this, a marker of the holiday.</p>\n\n<p>Passover means different things to different people. Some more optimistic souls will say that Passover celebrates freedom, particularly the freedom of Jews from Egypt. But does being cramped around a table for one or two whole nights with your family convey independence? And does eating matzvah,  <em>the</em> most disgusting bread product ever, show privilege? And when you eat bitter herbs, which are supposed to make you cry, do you feel liberated?  If you answer no, which the majority of surveyees will respond, what  <em>does </em> Passover celebrate? </p>\n\n<p>If Passover celebrates freedom, then there has to be a period before that. A time when the Jews were still slaves, Pharoah was still mean, and G-d was still in the background.  <em>That</em>  time is why we eat bitter herbs.  <em>That</em>  time is why we eat matzah, and not tastier bread, because the Jews didn't have time to let it rise so that they could make sure they could leave Egypt. Many of the elements of the holiday, all except for the optimistic freedom-oriented ending, are saying how awful Egypt was and how G-d helped the Jews  <em>leave</em>.  </p>\n\n<p>Passover  <em>is </em> about freedom, but that is only part of the story. The other part, the beginning part, is slavery and hardship and desperate people trying to leave. The story is so happy in the end because people were rescued from disaster. The Jews were rescued from Egypt. So when you celebrate, keep in mind that there was a before, a horrible, dark before, and we are here, rejoicing in the after.</p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": null, "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Introduction", "slug": "introduction" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 64, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Passover In a Nutshell | Passover haggadah by Natalie Garson", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/passover-in-a-nutshell", "og:title": "Passover In a Nutshell | Passover haggadah by Natalie Garson", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, "contributed_by": { "author": "Natalie Garson", "handle": "natalie-garson", "author_initials": "NG", "total_books": 1, "total_clips": 1, "total_followers": 0, "is_following": 0 }, "user_book": null, "clips_by_author": [], "clip_remake_history": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Passover In a Nutshell | Passover haggadah by Natalie Garson", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/passover-in-a-nutshell", "og:title": "Passover In a Nutshell | Passover haggadah by Natalie Garson", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } }