Type: Reading

A reading to begin the Passover seder about the journey toward freedom

A dialogue with an imaginary Israelite woman on the eve of the Exodus from Egypt

Describes the parallelism of Sarah’s oppression of Hagar, the Egyptian, and Pharaoh’s oppression of the Israelites

Two readers tell the story of the five courageous women who galvanized the exodus

The story of the liberation from the perspective of the women – Yocheved, Miriam, Shifrah, Puah, Batya and Tzipora

Some people choose to read at their seder tables all or part of this section of Exodus, which tells of the beginning of Israelite slavery 

Accompaniment to dipping the greens

A reading for washing the hands without a blessing, from the Ma’yan Haggadah

A meditation for the tasks ahead

A fanciful account, based on the Zohar, a mystical text, describing a baby’s life in the womb, during which time, a candle burns over the baby’s head enabling her to see from one end of the universe to the other and the angels teach her all of Torah.