Pesach

Featured: One Family: The Four Children and the Disparity of Wealth

A guide for discussing income disparity at your Passover seder through the lens of the "four children" story.

Type: Community Discussion Guide

Featured: Making Seder and Kiddush More Inclusive

Rabbi Richard Hirsh discusses the importance of providing grape juice in addition to wine at congregational and ritual gatherings.

Topics: Jewish Practice, Community Building, Congregational and Organizational Life, Family Issues, Holy Days and Rituals, Religious Values, Pesach, Building Community, Inclusive Communities

Type: Policy

Featured: Exodus in Our Time

Sheri Linder's re-figuring of the Exodus from Egypt is for children, "especially for those who will begin their journeys soon."

Topics: Reconstructionism Today, Holy Days and Rituals, Pesach

Type: RT Article

This audio program offers an overview of the structure, development and religious meanings of the haggadah and the Passover seder with Rabbis Joy Levitt and Richard Hirsh. It includes a special behind-the-scenes look at the Reconstructionist haggadah, A Night of Questions, and its accompanying music CD. This is an episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit.

Topics: Education, Holiday Resources, Art and Music, Jewish Practice, Pesach

Type: Audio Interview

Multicultural Haroset Recipes

Three haroset recipes from Ashkenazic, Morrocan and Egyptian traditions.

Topics: Education, Jewish Life, Holiday Resources, Jewish Cooking, Pesach

Type: Recipe

Hassal Siddur Pesach

Melody for the penultimate prayer in the Passover Haggadah, Hebrew text, transliteration, translation, and mp3 are provided.

Topics: Jewish Life, Art and Music, Jewish Practice, Holidays, Pesach, Harmoniyah Music Collection

Type: Music

Circles and Cycles: The Never-Ending Cycle of the Jewish Year

Last month we celebrated Purim with joy and abandon. This week we rejoice in freedom and redemption with a mixture of celebration and serious contemplation. As we sat at the seder table this past week ...

Topics: Divrei Torah, Pesach

Type: Dvar Torah

Tzedakah and the Jewish Holidays: Giving for Social Change

Ideas for giving opportunities throughout the Jewish year. Connects each Jewish holiday to the concept of tzedakah and recommends a relevant type of beneficiary to support.

Topics: Congregational Development, Jewish Life, Money and Values, Tikkun Olam, Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Simchat Torah, Shemini Atzeret, Sukkot, Hanukkah, Tu Bishvat, Purim, Pesach, Shavuot, Tisha B'av

Type: Program Description

Make Your own Haggadah and Seder Plate!

This lesson encourages youngsters to get creative and make their own guide to the Passover seder.

Topics: Education, Holidays, Pesach

Type: Class Activity

The Miracle of Freedom

Pesah occurs in the spring which "has always been suggestive of the beginning and the survival of the Jewish people. ... As the springtide of nature fills each creature with joy and hope, so Israel'...