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Passover 2020 Resources & Events
April 3, 2020 by templesinai • Passover, Rabbi's Blog •
It is strange to be celebrating Passover and liberation from bondage when so many of us are stuck in our homes due to a plague. As I saw on Facebook recently:
Jewish Irony: Passover Cancelled Due to PLAGUE
But let’s also remember that on the night of the first Passover, all the Israelites were stuck in their houses as well. So like our ancestors, we are staying in our homes to retell the story of our going from slavery to freedom and to remind ourselves that in this time when we are all focused so much on the epidemic, the issues of freedom haven’t gone away – they have grown. Around the world, people are still in bondage and slavery, and the issues of poverty, food insecurity, refugees and climate change now have the added threat of Covid-19. It will be hard not to be with our friends and family around the Seder table, but now more than ever, we need to remind ourselves of the values – and challenges – of freedom, and our responsibility as Jews to make sure freedom rings out over the voices of those who call for a Pharoah to save us. We call to God, and the divine spark within each of us that knows that freedom is the oxygen the spirit needs to breathe, and that all of us made in the image of the Divine deserve to be free.
Passover Song Links
A Passover Playlist
A YouTube playlist of Passover songs, many of them a capella parodies of popular songs, and some more recent tunes you might like.
Songs we often sing at Seder
Kadesh Ur’chatz / Order of Seder
Rabbi David Edleson
Vehi She’amda: Traditional Ashkenazi
Taken from the album “Passover Songs”
Vehi She’amda: Y. Razel Tune
Zion Dahan – Hayom Project
HaLachma Anya
Rabbi David Edleson
Chasal Siddur Pesach: Sephardic
Chasal Siddur Pesach/ L’Shana Haba’a · Deborah Katchko-Gray
Chasal Siddur Pesach: Ashkenazic
Chasal Sidur Pesach / L’shana Haba’a · Cindy Paley & Ann Brown (2009)
Avadim Hayinu
Rabbi David Edleson
Ozi V’Zimrat Yah
Ozi v’zimrat Yah va’yehi li li’shu’ah • My strength and God’s song – Mishkan Chicago, From the Song at the Sea. Tune adapted from Shefa Gold.
Dayeinu
Karaoke with Jason Mesches
Chad Gad Ya
Karaoke video by Jason Mesches
Echad Mi Yodea
Music by Tractor’s Revenge
Online Haggadot
- Rabbi Edleson’s 2019 Haggadah for Temple Sinai
- NEW UNION HAGGADAH – an online flip-book of the classic Reform Haggadah
- UJA-FEDERATION “Simple Seder” with explanations. A to-the-point, no frills online Haggadah
- A CHOCOLATE SEDER HAGGADAH – A seder for chocolate-lovers by ReformJudaism.org. Fun visuals and a very different take on Passover.
- UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM PASSOVER SEDER FOR YOUNG CHILDREN – Tips and a link to the PDF of a short Haggadah.
- SHARING THE JOURNEY HAGGADAH – an online flip-book of this lovely Reform Haggadah.
- INVISIBLE: A SOCIAL JUSTICE HAGGADAH – from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. And excellent Tikkun Olam focused Haggadah.
- AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE PASSOVER RESOURCES: This site has haggadot and readings focused on issues of social justice and helping those most vulnerable. A meaningful way to reflect on today’s greatest sources of oppression through the Seder.
- MAH NISHTANAH – AN LGBTQ AND ALLY HAGGADAH – Keshet. A queer-focused Haggadah from the Jewish LGBTQ Advocacy organization.
- SAY/DER – from Lab/Shul A super-simplified Seder, boiled down to four discussion questions, and four rituals actions, no Hebrew.
- AN INCREDIBLY SHORT SEDER – not pretty, but three to-the-point pages for the impatient to eat.
- Make YOUR OWN HAGGADAH
Especially for Kids
PJ Library Passover – a great site with lots of videos and ‘how-to’s for kids.
HAGGADAH Coloring Book – great for all ages!
JewBoston Passover Activities for Kids – ready to print and play.
Shira Kline Passover Songs – great fun songs in English.
Passover 2020 Schedule and Resources
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Rabbi’s weekly email – April 2, 2020
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Shabbat Greeting, Service and more!
March 27, 2020 by templesinai • Rabbi's Blog •
SHABBAT SHALOM!
My dear friend Dr. Hadar Ma’ayan made a “COVID-19 Homebound Bingo” for her teenagers stuck at home, and that inspired me to create this Jewish Self-Care Bingo for this time of social distancing. Every time you get a bingo, give yourself a reward. I hope we will see many of you at our ZOOM services tonight and tomorrow. It takes a little getting used to, but we are getting the hang of it, and Friday night’s service will include a variety of community members offering music and readings. It would be great to have you join us.
Rabbi’s weekly email – April 22, 2020
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