Theme Seders

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The traditional Passover seder tells a story of liberation and freedom. Theme seders take this core narrative and apply it contemporary struggles for equality and basic human rights.

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A renditon of the traditional Passover song, Dayeinu, from the perspective of Jewish women

Dayeinu from the perspective of the biblical matriarchs

Acknowledging the plagues of battered women and children who live within our midst

A reading placing the traditional four children in the context of four daughters and their attitude toward a women’s seder

Questions of the wise, irreverent, and assimilated daughter and the son who is unable to ask

A Passover reading using four daughters instead of the traditional four sons

Four thought-provoking questions about women’s liberation from the Baltimore Federation’s Women’s Seder

Four thought-provoking questions about women

A woman’s answer to the fourth question, “Why do we recline?”

Many feminist seders connect the four cups to women in Jewish history. These readings link each of God’s four promises to specific women in Jewish history.

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