7/29/2019 Handmade Haggadah
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About this haggadah:
This haggadah was compiled from several different sources in
an
effort to tell a more round story of Passover: The Love and
Justice
haggadah, The Santa Cruz Haggadah, The Velveteen Rabbis Haggadah
for
Pesach, The Womens Seder Sourcebook, Bkol Dor vaDor: A
Family
Haggadah, and Rabbi Nathan Goldbergs Haggadah Shel Pesach. The
seders
I love have each guest using a different haggadah, telling a
different
story. This haggadah pulls from different sources to tell a
dynamic
story and hopefully prompt a lively seder.Quoting the Love and
Justice Haggadah from which I drew heavily,
questions are not only welcome during the course of the evening
but
are vital to tonights journey. Our obligation at this seder
involves
traveling from slavery to freedom, prodding ourselves from
apathy to
action, encouraging the transformation of silence into speech,
and
providing a space where all different levels of belief and
tradition
can co-exist safely. Because leaving Mitzrayim- the narrow
places, the
places that oppress us- is a personal as well as a communal
passage,
your participation and thoughts are welcome and encourag!ed.I
was nowhere near able to include all the beautiful poems,
prayers, and stories I found while making this. This is
certainly the
first of many haggadot, so please forgive spelling errors,
crowded
pages, and confusing layout.
This haggadah includes both the traditional prayers and order,
and
some modern interpretations of prayers. In particular is the
consideration of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, something I
think is
most fitting when discussion the freedom of Exodus. This subject
is
emotional, and hopefully will be considered respectfully during
the
seder. Also, the use of pronouns throughout the haggadah is
inconsistent, a conscious decision. Male, female, and neutral
pronouns
all make an appearance, with no deference to any pronoun
referring to
God.
So for this seder: speak up! Shout, yell, sing, argue, drink,
eat,
drink three more times, and sing some more!
Hag sameach, happy Passover!Ariana
We begin this seder by welcoming each other, introducing
ourselves by
name and indicating pronoun preference.
We say the shehecheyanu blessing to commemorate reaching a
special
moment.
Ba-ruch ata adonai elohainu melech haolam, shehecheyanu
v-keyamanu,
vhigiyanu lazman hazeh.
Blessed are you, Ruler of the universe, who has kept us
alive,
sustained us, and enabled us to reach this moment.
The shehecheyanu prayer is used to mark special events in ones
life as
well as to make the arrival of festivals throught the year. We
make
this blessing tonight in honor of this special occasionmay there
be
many more to come. -Stephanie Aaron
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