A guide for discussing income disparity at your Passover seder through the lens of the "four children" story.
Topics: Pesach, Tikkun Olam
Type: Community Discussion Guide
Pesach
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
Sheri Linder's re-figuring of the Exodus from Egypt is for children, "especially for those who will begin their journeys soon."
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.
Type: Audio Interview
Multicultural Haroset Recipes
Three haroset recipes from Ashkenazic, Morrocan and Egyptian traditions.
Type: Recipe
Hassal Siddur Pesach
Melody for the penultimate prayer in the Passover Haggadah, Hebrew text, transliteration, translation, and mp3 are provided.
Type: Music
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
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
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'...
Topics: Divrei Torah, Pesach
Type: Dvar Torah
Make Your own Haggadah and Seder Plate!
This lesson encourages youngsters to get creative and make their own guide to the Passover seder.
Type: Class Activity