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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?

Karpas

A poem to be read before the karpas ritual at the Passover sede [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: karpas

Dipping Parsley into Waters of Tears: The Earth Cries Out to Us

Accompaniment to dipping the greens [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder, Preserving Creation

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Ur'chatz — Dip Hands

Why the blessing for washing hands is not used the first time [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: handwashing, Rabbi Rona Shapiro

Handwashing Reading

A reading for washing the hands without a blessing, from the Ma'yan [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

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The Four Cups: Women of Jewish History

While the four cups are central to the traditional [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder, Theme Seders

Tags: four cups, kadesh

The First Cup: In Honor of The Named and Unnamed Jewish Women of the Past

A reading for the first cup of the Passover seder honoring Jewish women in history. [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: kadesh

Second Cup: Women of Jewish History

The second cup of the Passover seder used here to honor Jewish women in history. [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: kadesh

The Third Cup: Contemporary Women of Valor

A cup for the women of valor in our own time. [more]

Found In: Passover

The Fourth Cup: Women Unnamed

A cup for nameless women in Jewish history. [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: kadesh

The Fourth Cup: Women in Every Generation

A cup to honor the women of our own families. [more]

Found In: Parts of the Seder

Tags: kadesh