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Lo Dayenu (for Passover 5784)

“If we gather around the Seder table in joy and don’t make room for tears, lo dayenu…”
  • by Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife
Gaza, Israel, passover, peace, seder, war
the sun rises over the desert

‘A Way In’ Passover Guide to Honor and Heal our Broken Hearts, 2024/5784

Rabbi Yael Levy shares a Jewish mindfulness approach to this year’s seder.
  • by Rabbi Yael Levy
mindfulness, passover, peace, seder
a blue flower spring up from brown rocks

Passover Seder Ideas for Time of War and Crisis

Rabbi Judith Edelman-Green shares new rituals for this Passover.
  • by Rabbi Judith Edelman-Green
children, Israel, passover, peace, seder, war
two people sit at the Seder table

The Retelling

“The annual retelling is like the sharing of all hard stories, / never told the same way twice.”
  • by Ellen Blum Barish
passover, seder
a wine glass and the hand of someone holding a Haggadah

The Fig: A Seder Plate Symbol of Peace

Rabbi Lisa S. Greene shares an addition to the seder plate for 2024/5784.
  • by Rabbi Lisa S. Greene
peace, seder
closeup of a fig growing on a tree

Dressing the Seder Table

“All of the marriages, promises all the lives and deaths behind us all the way back to the Red Sea’s crossing…”
  • by Beth Kanell
family, Miriam, passover, seder
A drawing of Miram dances with a timbrel, set against a oink backdrop.

Four Rituals for Passover in a Time of War

Adva Chattler adapts four Passover rituals to mark the holiday during this time of war.
  • by Adva Chattler
Israel, passover, peace, seder, war
a collage of passover symbols with a yellow ribbon in the center

Union Haggadah (Revised 1923): A Found Poem

The text is taken completely from the source, but arranged as a found poem.
  • by Andrea
history, seder
a plate of matzah and spring flowers

Seder Plate

“Pesakh’s blue plate, / a strange / and yet familiar / gathering of ingredients”
  • by Rabbi Diane Elliot
seder
seder plate with greens, egg, shank bone, haroset, maror

The Freedom Haggadah: A Story of Protest and Hope

Passover haggadah expressing the hope to protect Israeli democracy and freedom in 2023
  • by Benny Barabash, Yaara Shehori and Dov Elboim, Sigal Naim
freedom, Israel, seder
Photo by Erez Harodi of Israel democracy protest in 2023. Photo shows a large crowd of people holding Israeli flags. A large sign in the front reads "The state of Israel will be founded on freedom, justice, and peace" in both English and Hebrew. Another protest sign reads, "SOS Bibi wants to destroy Israel."

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