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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?

Miriam's Song

This song, celebrating Miriam's song at the sea, is great for the seder. Give everyone a tamborine! Music and lyrics by Debbie Friedman z"l, based on Exodus 15: 20-21 [more]

Found In: Torah Portion: Parashah, Preparing for Passover

Tags: B'shalach, Debbie Friedman, Miriam's cup

Seder Lichvod Yetzi'at Meitzarim

A coming-out ceremony based upon the Passover seder to celebrate and honor liberation from the mitzrayim (narrow places) of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender secrecy [more]

Found In: Coming Out , Theme Seders

Tags: LGBTIQ, mi sheberakh

Rosh Chodesh Nisan: March-April

An extensive ritual for Rosh Chodesh Nisan, focusing on Miriam and the crossing of the Sea of Reeds [more]

Found In: Rosh Chodesh Nisan: March-April, Passover

Miriam's Well

A poem about the legend of Miriam's well. Miriam is said to have died in the month of Nisan. [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder, Rosh Chodesh Nisan: March-April

Tags: Miriam's cup

How Does the Journey to Freedom Continue?

A reading for the conclusion of the Passover seder about the ongoing journey toward liberation [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: nirtzah, Tamara Cohen

Sh’foch Chamat’cha

An explanation of these angry words and a current context for their use [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: pour out your wrath

We Remember Idit

Honoring Lot's wife, anonymous no more [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: Elijah's cup, pour out your wrath, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

Reflections on Shefoch Chamatcha: Pour Out Your Wrath

On the necessity and difficulty of expressing anger, then using it for the greater good [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder, Healing from Trauma & Abuse

Tags: pour out your wrath

Opening the Door for Elijah the Prophet

An invocation for the equal inclusion of girls, boys, women, and men [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: Elijah's cup

Tzafun

A reading about the power hidden in what appears to be a children's game. [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: afikomen