Preparing for Passover

Passover requires a lot of work. Cleaning, cooking and planning a seder involve a great deal of time and labor. These poems, songs, and kavannot help us prepare our hearts as well as our homes.

Latest Rituals

Bo: Meeting Pharoah Within the Void

“What more can be said about plagues?”

plague

a person walkingthrough the desert, the sunset is ahead

It’s the Voice

“Do we see our world in the burning bush?”

Moses, narrow place, peace, social justice

Close-up of a crackling fire with bright orange flames and glowing logs in the darkness.

Shemot: Names of Lament

“A life saved by civil disobedience”

Moses

Sunset over a river with silhouettes of trees lining the horizon, reflecting on the calm water.

To Pharoah

“I never understood / why you couldn’t just / let my people go”

bathtub pandemic poems, seder

Close-up of an Egyptian pharaoh statue with intricate headdress and serene expression.

Exodus in a Time of Plague

“I used to whisper evening prayers / Now I recite statistics”

bathtub pandemic poems, seder

Three hikers with backpacks walk through a sunny, rocky desert landscape under a clear blue sky.

Passover 5780

“in this plague spring …”

bathtub pandemic poems, parent, seder

Hand wiping wooden table with yellow cloth, fruit bowl in foreground, cozy living room in background.

A Ritual for the Yizkor of Passover

Ritual using water, salt and stones to symbolize grief

grief, narrow place, seder, yizkor

A bowl of assorted stones with one stone engraved with the word Remember in the center.

Hinenu Haggadah Supplement for Pesach 5780

Haggadah supplement during pandemic

seder

Remember the Stranger

healing, social justice

A person helps another by extending a hand, both smiling and wearing outdoor gear.

Hear Our Prayer

healing, meditation, peace