Passover Resources

Below are resources related to Passover from our Resources Database. Purchase or get more information on our Night of Questions Haggadah by Michael Strassfeld and Joy Levitt. Also check out Pasover-related news articles, recent and past.
  • Article: Next Year In Jerusalem?
    By Leslie Brenner, Rabbi Jeffrey Schein
    An article and dicussion questions reflecting on possible interpretations of the phrase that ends the Passover seder: "L'shanah haba'ah biyerushalayim -- Next Year in Jerusalem."

  • Audio Interview: Passover: The Holiday
    By Rabbi Jacob Staub, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
    Rabbis Jacob Staub and Shawn Zevit discuss the basis for the holiday of Passover, how it developed over the centuries to become the most celebrated Jewish festival today, the major themes that the exodus and Passover convey to us from a Reconstructionist perspective. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.

  • Audio Interview: Passover: The Seder
    By Rabbi Richard Hirsh, Rabbi Joy Levitt, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
    An overview of the structure, development and religious meanings of the haggadah and the Passover seder with Rabbis Joy Levitt and Richard Hirsh. Includes a special behind-the-scenes look at the new Reconstructionist Haggadah A Night of Questions and accompanying music CD. An episode of Heart, Mind and Spirit, the first regularly scheduled Reconstructionist radio show in the history of the movement.

  • Class Activity: Hebrew Slaves And Israeli Foreign Workers
    By Rabbi Amy Klein
    Torah text and newspaper articles draw connections between contemporary Israeli foreign workers and ancient Hebrew slaves. Includes discussion questions and links to Israeli human rights organizations' websites.

  • Class Activity: Make Your Own Haggadah And Seder Plate!
    By Rabbi Amy Klein
    Encourages kids to get creative and make their own guide to the Passover seder.

  • Dvar Torah: Circles and Cycles
    By Rabbi Steven Pik-Nathan
    Last month we celebrated Purim with joy and abandon. This week we rejoice in freedom and redemption with a mixture of celebration and serious contemplation. As we sat at the seder table this past week ...

  • Dvar Torah: Family at the Root of Passover Commandments
    By Aaron Seidman
    How can we explain why some people observe Passover so strictly even when they don't observe much else? Aaron Seidman argues that it is the home-based family nature of the holiday that creates the commandment that people are more willing to follow.

  • Dvar Torah: The Miracle of Freedom
    By Rabbi Emanuel S. Goldsmith
    Pesah occurs in the spring which "has always been suggestive of the beginning and the survival of the Jewish people. ... As the springtide of nature fills each creature with joy and hope, so Israel'...

  • Dvar Torah: The Tension Between Law and Redemption on Passover
    By Rabbi Shai Gluskin
    Rabbi Gluskin argues that the tension between law and rebellion, between status quo and the desire to bring redemption now, is played out richly and artfully in the liturgy of the Passover Seder. Specific references to the text are explained in this light.

  • Lesson Plan: Aytz Hayim We: Song of Songs Lesson
    By Rabbi Erin Hirsh, Rabbi Jeffrey Schein
    Lesson Two from the Aytz Hayim We: Song of Songs adult education curriculum. The full curriculum is available for purchase from the JRF Press. This lesson helps participants get "on the same page" and then set off on an exploratory journey that includes midrash, secular writings, expository analysis of the text and lots of questions.

  • Music: Hassal Siddur Pesach
    By JRF
    Melody for the penultimate prayer in the Passover Haggadah, Hebrew text, transliteration, translation, and mp3 are provided.

  • Music: Kiddush for Passover
    By Shabbat Unplugged
    Recording of the kiddush sanctification prayer said at the beginning of major holiday.

  • Program Description: Tzedakah And The Jewish Holidays: Giving For Social Change
    By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
    Ideas for giving opportunities throughout the Jewish year. Connects each Jewish holiday to the concept of tzedakah and recommends a relevant type of benficiary to support.

  • Recipe: Multicultural Haroset Recipes
    By Rabbi Amy Klein
    Three haroset recipes from Ashkenazic, Morrocan and Egyptian traditions.

  • Ritual: Passover Reading on Darfur Genocide
    By Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
    Written for the April 30, 2006 rally to stop the genocide in Darfur, this prayer is a riff on the Passover song, "Who Knows One?" Each verse delineates another horror taking place in Sudan. Our knowledge of these facts cannot be denied. Action is the only alternative.

  • RT Article: Exodus in Our Time
    By Sheri Linder
    Sheri Linder's re-figuring of the Exodus from Egypt is for children, "especially for those who will begin their journeys soon."

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