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PassoverPassover is a major Jewish holiday that commemorates the Jewish people’s liberation from slavery and Exodus from Egypt. Its Hebrew name is Pesakh. Its name derives from the tenth plague, in which God “passed over” the homes of the Jewish firstborn, slaying only the Egyptian firstborn. Passover is celebrated for a week, and many diaspora Jews celebrate for eight days. The holiday begins at home at a seder meal and ritual the first (and sometimes second) night. Jews tell the story of the Exodus using a text called the haggadah, and eat specific food (matzah, maror, haroset, etc). requires a lot of work. Cleaning, cooking and planning a 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. involve a great deal of time and labor. These poems, songs, and kavannot help us prepare our hearts as well as our homes.
Text study for use before or after volunteering
“This is the season of freedom: / Of freedom from the will of tyrants, / Of freedom from the bondage of self”
A poem on discovering one’s personal Egypt
A reminder to prepare yourself to move into openness in order to experience the joy of the holiday
A kavannah for bedikat hametz, searching for hametz, or for burning the hametz
Fear can be paralyzing, but the season tells us it is time to go
This song, celebrating Miriam’s song at the sea, is great for the seder. Give everyone a tamborine!Â
A prayer, fashioned after traditional tekhinot, women’s prayers, consecrating the endless preparations for Passover
Preparing our internal homes—our bodies—for Passover
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