Tag: Not A Haggadah 2024

The Secrets of Matzah

There are so many secrets hidden away within Matzah that ask to be uncovered, offering us spiritual wisdom.

Rabbi Mordechai Rackover March 27, 2024 Holidays Passover

Every Year We Must See Ourselves As If We Were There

Every year at Passover, we must see ourselves as If we were there in Egypt and take on what that means for ourselves.

Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 27, 2024 Holidays Passover

B’khol Dor Vador—In Every Generation

What does "b'khol dor vador—in every generation" mean in light of the events of October 7? How does this connect us to Passover?

Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal March 27, 2024 Holidays Passover

Why Couldn’t Moses Enter the Promised Land?

Current events help us understand why Moses couldn't enter the Promised Land and remind us the importance of innocent lives.

Rav Shai Cherry March 27, 2024 Holidays Passover

How a Show Like “Succession” Illuminates the Four Children

How can a show like "Succession" illuminate the Seder? Compare the Four Children of our haggadah with the four Roy children.

Rabbi Adam J. Rosenbaum March 27, 2024 Holidays Passover

Back to Our Roots

Learn about the Wicked Child of the Four Children by going back to our roots and looking at the meaning of the Hebrew word itself.

Rabbi Adir Yolkut March 27, 2024 Holidays Passover

The Living Room Seder

Hosting a living room Seder can allow us to experience a Seder closer to the way that the rabbis thought of it.

Melissa Werbow March 27, 2024 Holidays Passover

Dip Your Karpas in Salt Water and Honey?

Dipping Karpas into salt water at the Passover Seder has a mysterious history that invites us to create new dipping and meaning opportunities!

Rabbi Jeremy Markiz March 27, 2024 Holidays How to observe Passover

On Passover, We Are All Jews-By-Choice

On Passover, we are all Jews-by-Choice when we choose to remember what it is that brings us together for the holiday.

Andi Kahclamat March 27, 2024 Conversion Holidays

The Magic of Bedikat Hametz

Use this guide to bring the magic of bedikat hametz to your children. It can be a fun ritual with your kids, of any age.

Rabbi Julie Schwarzwald March 27, 2024 Holidays How to observe Passover

Slavery, Social Justice, and Family History

Reflecting on a "Pilgrimage to the South" on a Movement social justice trip as a Black Jew and how it has changed who I am.

Rabbi Heather Miller March 27, 2024 Holidays Passover

All Who Are Hungry and In Need, Come Celebrate Pesach

Through the seder, we learn the importance of hospitality and inviting all who are hungry and in need, to come celebrate Pesach.

Rabbi Daniel J. Isaak March 27, 2024 Holidays How to observe Passover

The Seder as a Lived Experience

We use the Seder as a lived experience by reenacting the exodus, not just recounting it. Therefore, we can all connect to Passover.

Rabbi Lauren Tuchman March 27, 2024 Holidays Passover

Embracing Change: A Call to Rethink the Passover Seder Plate

How and why can you create a plant-based seder plate? We embrace change during Passover, especially in rethinking the seder plate.

Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard, Executive Director - Jewish Initiative for Animals, Kayla Kaplan, M.S. March 13, 2024 Holidays Passover

Fury and Fermentation

Learn about fury and fermentation, the concept that our anger could be spiritual hametz during Pesach and all year-round.

Rabbi Dan Ornstein March 13, 2024 Every Day Holidays

Engaging Kids of All Ages in the Passover Seder

Engaging kids of all ages in the Passover seder can feel daunting. Here are my top five tips for engaging everyone at the seder.

Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal March 13, 2024 Holidays Passover

How to Incorporate Kitniyot into Your Passover

Though the Conservative Movement has allowed eating kitniyot on Passover, many still do not. How can we incorporate kitniyot this year?

Nathalie Ross February 29, 2024 Every Day Food

The Passover Preparation Checklist

We know that preparing for Passover can feel like a daunting task. With this handy checklist, you will be ready for Passover in no time!

Exploring Judaism February 28, 2024 Holidays Passover

This is the Bread of Affliction

This is the bread of affliction: Matzah adorns our Seder plates and nourishes our souls, as well—this food is fulfilling.

Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman December 26, 2023 Food Holidays

Climate Disruption and Passover

Let’s do more than remember our refugee origin story and include how climate change and disruption are leading to new refugees.

Yaira Robinson April 3, 2023 Climate and Environment Climate change

Passover Torah Readings: An Explainer

Though Pesach is thought of as the quintessential home-based holiday, the Torah is read on each of the mornings of Pesach in the synagogue.

Rabbi Lauren Tuchman April 13, 2022 Intermediate Days of Passover Passover

How to Make a Seder for Everyone

The key to hosting a successful seder for everyone is to articulate a bold purpose in gathering and map the journey.

Rabbi Lauren Henderson April 5, 2022 Passover Preparing for Passover

Passover: An Invitation to Get Free

Spiritually preparing for Passover not an intellectual exercise. It’s a spiritual invitation to ask ourselves: am I willing to get free?

Rabbi Kerry Chaplin April 3, 2022 Passover Preparing for Passover