Pesakh Resources, Writing, Seders, Rituals, Haggadot & More!

NEW THIS YEAR:

Apps

1) Haggadah App

by David Kraemer, Amichai Lau-Lavie and others

2) Rabbi David Seidenberg's

Omer-counting iPhone App

Writing & Resources

FROM RABBI ELLEN LIPPMANN: Walk Into Pesakh: Four Paths to Justice

GREEN YOUR PASSOVER
- Part One: Preparing for the Holiday
- Part Two: The Seders
- Part Three: We'll post when it goes up
T'RUAH (formerly Rabbis For Human Rights - NA) PASSOVER RESOURCES AND IDEAS
The Psalms and Passover, An Interfaith Healing Seder from Arthur Waskow
Rabbi David Seidenberg's Pesakh Drashot and Resources HERE on neohasid.org
PASSOVER 5773, a drash for AJWS by Congressperson Deborah Wasserman Schultz
Heschel-inspired Pesakh Haggadah Supplement, from the Heschel Center for Sustainability

Video

The Maccabeats, Les Miserables Passover

For Kids

Resources for Children and Families - from the Jewish Education Project
Good haggadot for families and children from kveller.com

New Seder Rituals

The Four Cups of Wine, VIDEO. A new ritual from Rabbi Vivie Mayer, with a chant by Rabbi Shefa Gold
Elijah's Cup of Redemption During your Seder, when you put out the Final Cup of wine for Elijah, read or adapt this text below.
Elijah’s Cup of Redemption – Bim’hera Yamainu Yavoh Eleinu As the harbinger of the Messiah, Elijah the prophet has long been associated with justice. Tradition teaches us that during the Passover Seder, a night devoted to the celebration of freedom, we must also remember that our world is still in need of redemption. We therefore diminish our own joy by filling and not drinking a cup of wine for Elijah as a reminder of all those who still face oppression. We sing with hope that, through Elijah, justice will “bim’hera yamainu yavo eleinu” / “come quickly to us, in our own days, and wash over us.” Jewish tradition teaches us that we must pray as if everything depended on God and act as if everything depended on us. As this Passover coincides with the Supreme Court’s review of the Defense of Marriage Act, Elijah’s undrunk cup takes on the further significance of the full cup of blessings and rights that LGBT couples are prevented from enjoying by this law. We pray that when we celebrate Passover next year, the world will be slightly closer to justice because this law has been repealed.
Mirrors On The Seder Table - from the Jewish Women's Archive
Ten Rituals For Passover from RitualWell.org

Count The Omer

1) Count The Omer With Locally Grown - Every Sunday for the seven weeks of the Omer-counting period between Passover, when we celebrate liberation, and Shavuot, when we celebrate receiving the Torah, Locally Grown is sending out Omer reflections, meditations, and teachings, from young Jewish leaders in Brooklyn. Sign up to receive words that will lead us on this path of wisdom and reflection.

2) Rabbi Yael Levy's Mindfulness Omer Count

3) Rabbi David Seidenberg's

Omer-counting iPhone App

Fundraising & Giving Opportunities

The Kolot Chayeinu Pesakh Appeal - if we are not for ourselves, who will be? Donate to Kolot HERE

The Hebron Matza Cover Initiative. This year, Project Hayei Sarah is using the holiday of Passover as an opportunity to support Palestinian friends in Hebron whose ability to take care of their families is severely harmed by the occupation. Project Chayei Sarah is a group of rabbinical students, rabbis, Jewish educators and lay-leaders who have spent time in Hebron and are grappling with the difficult realities they encountered there.

Masabia Soup Kitchen Get extra joy from your charoset by sharing with men, women and children in need! How will your charoset taste this year? Make it sweeter by sharing.

AJWS Passover Freedom Campaign

Seders, Actions & Events

Park Slope Hadassah Women's Passover Seder, Conducted by Rabbi Heidi Hoover Monday, March 18 2013, 7:00 P.M. at Temple Beth Emeth V’Ohr Progressive Shaari Zedek, 83 Marlborough Road, (Corner Church Avenue, Q or B train to Church Avenue) Contribution $36 ($40 at the door) Register HERE
Jewish Voice for Peace is hosting a communal 1st night seder, mostly for folks in their 20's and 30's, folks are encouraged to bring their own haggadot/source material if they have a reading they'd like to share. it's also a veggie potluck; everyone who comes should plan to bring a dish to share. NOTE: It is likely that there WILL be some non-pesadikh/sephardic food on the table. To RSVP contact Carolyn Klaasen (cskpickles@earthlink.net).
Chabad Community Passover Seder Monday March, 25 and Tuesday March, 26 at 7:45pm, Four Cups of Wine | Shmurah Matza | Gourmet Catered Meal, Adult - $40 | Child - $18 | Sponsor - $180, No one is ever turned away due to lack of funds. RSVP - WTChabad@gmail.com / 646-298-9909
Passover at the JCC in Manhattan