SAY/SING:
A breath: in the Presence of the Infinite, we pause with gratitude, honoring all the journeys that have brought us to the here and now.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu ruach ha’olam shehecheyanu v’ki’manu, v’higianu laz’man hazeh
DO: Honor the losses of this past year: Invite guests to name who’s missing, or to take a minute in silence in honor of the empty chairs. Showcase the Seder plate(s). Compare notes! Anybody have a new addition? Now’s the time to share.
Invite our invisible prophets to Seder: Pour a glass of wine for Elijah and a glass of water for Miriam.
Fill your own glasses with juice or wine.
SAY: Passover is an exercise in collective optimism, which is another word for faith. Faith is not necessarily the same thing as believing in a God with a muscular arm and outstretched fingers. Faith can be a commitment to the unprovable proposition that it’s worth the struggle to cross the next impossible barrier, to seek meaning in our lives, to try, try again and do justly and build another peace. We raise the cup, we rephrase our enslavement and liberation, we sing, turning disaster into dramaturgy.
– Anita Diamant
SAY: Tonight we ask four new questions. Each question is also a chance for a toast as we raise our glasses in blessing each other. The first one is about what we are grateful for.
Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat maror.
[…]
They did not mean to kill the children.
They meant to.
Too many kids got in the way
of precisely imprecise
one-ton bombs
dropped a thousand and one times
over the children’s nights.
They will not forgive the children this sin.
They wanted to save them from future sins.
Or send them wrapped lifetimes
of reconstructive
surgical hours pro bono,
mental anguish to pass down
to their offspring.
Will the children have offspring?
This is what the bomb-droppers
did not know they wanted:
to see if others will be like them
after unquantifiable suffering.
They wanted to lead
their own study, but forgot
that not all suffering worships power
after survival. What childhood does
a destroyed childhood beget?
My parents showed me the way.
Your essential everybody-friendly Zoom Seder
+ 4 new questions for now.
Read less. Say more.
Welcome back to Passover – mid-Pandemic. This night,
different from so many previous Passover nights we’ve known,
invites us to keep showing up, committed to continuity,
connection, and care. In the midst of grave uncertainty,
isolation, illness and loss, we gather online to retell our sacred
journey as a people in constant formation.
The ancient Exodus saga and our contemporary dire straits inform each other and help
us transform this night into a sacred, stubborn, and delicious celebration.
Sayder includes highlights from the Passover Haggadah, links to readings, songs and
activities, simple directions for the Sayder host and interactive cues for all participants.
Sayder is everybody-friendly—designed for all varieties of Jew/ish—the people we live
and love with, friends and guests.
Sayder uses Lab/Shul’s God-Optional poetic and non-gendered translations of the
traditional liturgy. Choose your own adventure, customize your metaphors and focus
on what matters most to you tonight—with joy.
We’ve got this. Welcome to Sayder.
Matzah embodies the enduring spirit of liberation that breathes life into our world. Just as it nourished those fleeing Mitzrayim, today it calls us to witness and act in solidarity with all who face oppression in Palestine, Turtle Island, and beyond.
Baruch atah adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam ha-motzi lechem min ha-retz.
Blessed are you, Compassionate one, who has given us the Blessing of eating this matzah.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ
Blessed are you, Compassionate one, who has given us the Blessing of eating this matzah.
Baruch atah adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam asher kid-shanu b-mitzvotav vitzivanu al akhilat matzah.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ, בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצוָּנוּ, עַל אֲכִילַת מַצָּה.
Blessed are you, Sustainer of all Life, who brings forth bread from the Earth.
SAY/SING:
A breath: in the Presence of the Infinite, we pause with gratitude, honoring all the journeys that have brought us to the here and now.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu ruach ha’olam shehecheyanu v’ki’manu, v’higianu laz’man hazeh
DO: Honor the losses of this past year: Invite guests to name who’s missing, or to take a minute in silence in honor of the empty chairs. Showcase the Seder plate(s). Compare notes! Anybody have a new addition? Now’s the time to share.
Invite our invisible prophets to Seder: Pour a glass of wine for Elijah and a glass of water for Miriam.
Fill your own glasses with juice or wine.
SAY: Passover is an exercise in collective optimism, which is another word for faith. Faith is not necessarily the same thing as believing in a God with a muscular arm and outstretched fingers. Faith can be a commitment to the unprovable proposition that it’s worth the struggle to cross the next impossible barrier, to seek meaning in our lives, to try, try again and do justly and build another peace. We raise the cup, we rephrase our enslavement and liberation, we sing, turning disaster into dramaturgy.
– Anita Diamant
SAY: Tonight we ask four new questions. Each question is also a chance for a toast as we raise our glasses in blessing each other. The first one is about what we are grateful for.
Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat maror.
[…]
They did not mean to kill the children.
They meant to.
Too many kids got in the way
of precisely imprecise
one-ton bombs
dropped a thousand and one times
over the children’s nights.
They will not forgive the children this sin.
They wanted to save them from future sins.
Or send them wrapped lifetimes
of reconstructive
surgical hours pro bono,
mental anguish to pass down
to their offspring.
Will the children have offspring?
This is what the bomb-droppers
did not know they wanted:
to see if others will be like them
after unquantifiable suffering.
They wanted to lead
their own study, but forgot
that not all suffering worships power
after survival. What childhood does
a destroyed childhood beget?
My parents showed me the way.
Your essential everybody-friendly Zoom Seder
+ 4 new questions for now.
Read less. Say more.
Welcome back to Passover – mid-Pandemic. This night,
different from so many previous Passover nights we’ve known,
invites us to keep showing up, committed to continuity,
connection, and care. In the midst of grave uncertainty,
isolation, illness and loss, we gather online to retell our sacred
journey as a people in constant formation.
The ancient Exodus saga and our contemporary dire straits inform each other and help
us transform this night into a sacred, stubborn, and delicious celebration.
Sayder includes highlights from the Passover Haggadah, links to readings, songs and
activities, simple directions for the Sayder host and interactive cues for all participants.
Sayder is everybody-friendly—designed for all varieties of Jew/ish—the people we live
and love with, friends and guests.
Sayder uses Lab/Shul’s God-Optional poetic and non-gendered translations of the
traditional liturgy. Choose your own adventure, customize your metaphors and focus
on what matters most to you tonight—with joy.
We’ve got this. Welcome to Sayder.
Matzah embodies the enduring spirit of liberation that breathes life into our world. Just as it nourished those fleeing Mitzrayim, today it calls us to witness and act in solidarity with all who face oppression in Palestine, Turtle Island, and beyond.
Baruch atah adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam ha-motzi lechem min ha-retz.
Blessed are you, Compassionate one, who has given us the Blessing of eating this matzah.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ
Blessed are you, Compassionate one, who has given us the Blessing of eating this matzah.
Baruch atah adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam asher kid-shanu b-mitzvotav vitzivanu al akhilat matzah.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ, בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצוָּנוּ, עַל אֲכִילַת מַצָּה.
Blessed are you, Sustainer of all Life, who brings forth bread from the Earth.
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