Teachings: Passover

What Would You Take with You?

a Moroccan Passover Ritual

   After asking the four questions, in some Moroccan families, the person leading the seder leaves the room and returns with the afikomen in a napkin draped over their shoulder (Tom Sawyer fashion, for Mark Twin fans) and then recounts the story of the exodus out of Egypt. This got me to thinking, if I was told overnight that I was leaving Egypt - what would I take with me? I recalled a Holocaust survivor showing me the little stack of photos she'd sewn into the leg of her pants just before she was taken prisoner......what would you take?

Free MP3 "Creating Space for God"

Guided Passover Imagery

Deepen your Passover preparations through a spiritual lens by means of this mp3 visualization by Rabbi Joyce Reinitz. Duration: 1.5 minutes. (Text of imagery is below)

Free MP3 "Creating Space for God"

Guided Passover Imagery

Deepen your Passover preparations through a spiritual lens by means of this mp3 visualization by Rabbi Joyce Reinitz. Duration: 1.5 minutes. (Text of imagery is below)

Passover Pesach Reclaiming Meaningful Depth for Seder Songs

The Sounds of Seder

New SOUNDS OF SEDER (to the tune of Sounds of Silence) to sing during Maror, addressing some of our current social/political concerns with heart, strength, and a shtikele humor. 


 

The Sounds of Seder
by Rabbi Goldie Milgram, ReclaimingJudaism.org
 

Melody: Sounds of Silence

Passover Pesach Reclaiming Meaningful Depth for Seder Songs

The Sounds of Seder

New SOUNDS OF SEDER (to the tune of Sounds of Silence) to sing during Maror, addressing some of our current social/political concerns with heart, strength, and a shtikele humor. 


 

The Sounds of Seder
by Rabbi Goldie Milgram, ReclaimingJudaism.org
 

Melody: Sounds of Silence

Free MP3 "Leap of Faith"

Guided Passover Imagery

Deepen your Passover preparations through a spiritual lens by means of this mp3 visualization, "Leap of Faith," by Rabbi Joyce Reinitz. Duration: 2 minutes.

Free MP3 "Leap of Faith"

Guided Passover Imagery

Deepen your Passover preparations through a spiritual lens by means of this mp3 visualization, "Leap of Faith," by Rabbi Joyce Reinitz. Duration: 2 minutes.

Free MP3 "Liberating Ourselves"

Guided Passover Imagery

Deepen your Passover preparations through a spiritual lens by means of this mp3 visualization, "Liberating Ourselves," by Rabbi Joyce Reinitz. Duration: 1.5 minutes. (Text is below)

Seder Song for Breaking the Middle Matzah

and Understanding the Afikoman

Middle Matzah and Afikomen Song
by Rabbi Goldie Milgram

Seder Song for Breaking the Middle Matzah

and Understanding the Afikoman

Middle Matzah and Afikomen Song
by Rabbi Goldie Milgram

Festival of Meaningful Song Seder Outline and Song Sheet

Festival of Meaningful Song Seder Outline and Songsheet
A careful mix of silly and serious, learning and celebrating.
Adapt as you wish. Blessings for a sweet and meaningful Passover!

Festival of Meaningful Song Seder Outline and Song Sheet

Festival of Meaningful Song Seder Outline and Songsheet
A careful mix of silly and serious, learning and celebrating.
Adapt as you wish. Blessings for a sweet and meaningful Passover!

Bedikat Chametz in Our Homes and in Our Relationships

The following story clarifies the traditional and spiritual elements of the process known as bedikat chametz, searching for chametz* in your home.

Bedikat Chametz in Our Homes and in Our Relationships

The following story clarifies the traditional and spiritual elements of the process known as bedikat chametz, searching for chametz* in your home.

Four Special Children

Four Special Children
by Rabbi Goldie Milgram and Barry Bub, MD

What does it mean when a child
is described as being wise?

Is she filled with wisdom based on life experience?
Not simply the first to raise her hand in response to a question,
But also imbued with awareness of when to answer first,
and when to hold back
When to respect others, those gifted with other forms of intelligence
that she may not have
such as the ability
to be

Reframing the Chanukkah Christmas Dilemma

A Creative Strategy involving a Passover Twist

When almost all your congregants raise their hands to the question "Do you have a Christmas tree up this season in your home?" it's quite unsettling for a rabbi. This happened to me back in 1989 in a rural pulpit. The Hanukkah-Christmas dilemma full-blown. What to do, if anything?

A creative program came to mind during a night of troubled dreams. The president of the congregation, ever a supporter of my tendency towards R&D on behalf of the Jewish future, organized everything perfectly to my specifications. And the congregants came, almost all of them.