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Passover

Passover is the most widely celebrated Jewish holiday in North America. What makes Passover appealing to so many of us? Is it the fact that Passover is a home-based holiday, which offers an opportunity for family and friends to gather around the seder table, recalling past memories and creating new ones? Or is it that the core themes of slavery and liberation still resonate so deeply within us that we want to retell the story of Passover again and again each year?

Bedikat Chametz: Earthy Meditations

A kavannah for bedikat chametz, for searching for chametz, or for burning the chametz [more]

Found In: Preparing for Passover

Tags: bedikat hametz, eco-friendly

Don’t Take Freedom for Granted!

We encourage Ritualwell readers to find their own ways of keeping freedom in their hearts this week. [more]

Found In: Passover

Matzah - Bread of Affliction, Bread of Hope and Possibility

A mindfulness teaching on matzah, includes a downloadable PDF for inclusion in your seder. [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: matzah, meditation, Rabbi Yael Levy, yachatz

On Crossing the Sea of Reeds

Guided meditations based on midrashim relating to the splitting of the sea in the Exodus story. [more]

Found In: Torah Portion: Parashah, Passover

Tags: B'shalach, meditation, Miriam

Egg-sodus & The Circle of Life

Including eggs in your seder meal to remind us of the circle of life, and that endings often mark beginnings. [more]

Found In: On the Seder Table, Funeral & Burial, Tisha b'Av & Minor Fast Days

Slavery and the Matzah of Hope

Transforming the bread of affliction into the matzah of hope and magining a world where all are born into freedom [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: matzah

Kosi R'vayah-My Cup Runneth Over [Video]

Watch this video or download the MP3's to learn this chant by Rabbi Shefa Gold [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: four cups, kiddush, Rabbi Shefa Gold

Fear and Overcoming – Breathing in a strong spirit

Praying for strength to emerge from our narrow places in order to enter into the promised land [more]

Found In: Torah Portion: Parashah, Hard Times, Parts of the Seder, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

Tags: B'shalach, maggid, Mi Chamocha

Elijah Comes Tonight

A fun rendition for welcoming Elijah into your home [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals, Ending Shabbat: Havdalah, Songs at the Seder Table

Tags: Elijah

The Four Cups

An invitation for each of the four cups to move us from the narrow places [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: four cups, Rabbi Yael Levy