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Miriam's Cup: A Supplemental Reading for the Passover Haggadah
For many of us, we look to pay tribute to the girls and women, past and present, who make such important contributions to our lives and to Judaism as a whole. We do this by including Miriam’s Cup in our seder.
How to Connect Your Wedding to Your Congregational Community
An aufruf is a blessing offered for an engaged couple during a synagogue service shortly before the wedding.
There's More to the Haggadah Than Meets the Eye
The Passover Haggadah can be read in the simplest form without much interpretation, but, in fact, the Haggadah is itself interpretation, or midrash.
To Revolt or Not? Deciphering Passover's Secret Code
Because Passover commemorates the liberation of our ancestors from slavery in Egypt, one might think the seder would more likely resemble an ancient Egyptian meal. The seder, in fact, replicates the feast of a later oppressor – the Romans – from reclining, washing hands, beginning with an egg, dipping in salt water, wine libations, and discussions of the afikomen (Greek for “revelry”).
4 Ways to Create Your Most Welcoming Passover Seder Ever
Because Judaism compels us to welcome guests into our “open tent,” it’s important to ensure that your seder is warm, inviting, and audaciously hospitable.
7 Great Haggadot if You Have Young Children at Your Seder
For Passover's ideas to be accessible to even the youngest children, everyone tastes, touches, smells, hears, and sees symbols from the story, using a guide book called a Haggadah.
A Day in the Life of a Rabbi: Nine Students, a Baby, and a Wedding
Not every day in the life of a rabbi is as busy as today was for me, but days like this one remind me why I love my job. The day included teaching in our congregation’s religious school, leading the conversion of a six-month-old baby, participating in an interfaith dialogue group, and officiating at a wedding.
How to Create an Inclusive Jewish Wedding Ceremony
Here are 10 ways you can recognize and honor both partners’ backgrounds in your wedding ceremony and celebration.
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah -- Tazria: Healing the Spirit
In this week's Torah portion, Parashat Tazria, we learn about tza'ra'at, or leprosy. The weekly Mi Shebeirach prayer asks for healing, and we view prayer and visiting as part of the healing process. But is healing the same thing as a physical cure?
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Stories We Tell: The Power of Shabbat
A man walking on Shabbat comes across a bag of gold. Again and again, the bag of gold pleads with the man to take him home - how much good he could do with it! But the man refuses. Why would he do that and what does he end up with as his reward? And is there something you care about so much that you would miss a golden opportunity? This story is shared by Rabbi Leora Kaye, Director of Program for the Union For Reform Judaism.
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