We cheer on the Davids who fight
a Goliathan war machine, while we
grieve with cousins known and unknown.
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We admire these fighters whose faces
and bodies remind us of our grandpas,
who blessed us by fleeing their homelands.
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We cheer on the fearless Deborahs, who
speak English with our grandmas’ accents,
mix up vile Molotov cocktails to fling.
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Rattled mothers hum lullabies underground
while those overhead defy guns with folk songs,
hoping soldiers will lay down arms.
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At this sederLit. Order. The festive meal conducted on Passover night, in a specific order with specific rituals to symbolize aspects of the Exodus from Egypt. It is conducted following the haggadah, a book for this purpose. Additionally, there an ancient tradition to have a seder on Rosh Hashanah, which has been practiced in particular by Sephardi communities. This seder involves the blessing and eating of simanim, or symbolic foods. The mystics of Sefat also created a seder for Tu B'shvat, the new year of the trees., we pray for peace and our
battling unknown cousins — oppressing and
defending — all under a Pharoah’s rule.
