A 2024/5784 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. plate additionÂ
I don’t have a fig tree
but I really want one,
so that maybe if I sit under it
war will end,
hostages will come home,
and exiles will sit at their dinner tables again.
I want a fig tree,
for if I had one
maybe no one would bother me
or any other Jew on the street or anywhere else,
and I could really sit under it without being scared
like the prophet Micah said a long time ago. Â
Meantime I go to the grocery store
and buy a bag of figs.
I’ll put one on the seder plate,
and grasp the hope of peace
like the tiny seeds inside
that I will plant to grow a tree.
