My People's Passover Haggadah Vol 1

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My People’s Passover Haggadah
Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries

In two volumes, this empowering resource for the spiritual revival of our times enables us to find deeper meaning in one of Judaism’s most beloved traditions, the Passover Seder. Rich Haggadah commentary adds layer upon layer of new insight to the age-old celebration of the journey from slavery to freedom—and makes its power accessible to all.

This diverse and exciting Passover resource features the traditional Haggadah Hebrew text with a new translation designed to let you know exactly what the Haggadah says. Introductory essays help you understand the historical roots of Passover, the development of the Haggadah, and how to make sense out of texts and customs that evolved from ancient times.

Framed with beautifully designed Talmud-style pages, My People’s Passover Haggadah features commentaries by scholars from all denominations of Judaism. You are treated to insights by experts in such fields as the Haggadah’s history; its biblical roots; its confrontation with modernity; and its relationship to rabbinic midrash and Jewish law, feminism, Chasidism, theology, and kabbalah.

No other resource provides such a wide-ranging exploration of the Haggadah, a reservoir of inspiration and information for creating meaningful Seders every year.

“The Haggadah is a book not just of the Jewish People, but of ordinary Jewish people. It is a book we all own, handle, store at home, and spill wine upon! Pick up a Siddur, and you have the history of our People writ large; pick up a Haggadah, and you have the same—but also the chronicle of Jewish life writ small: the story of families and friends whose Seders have become their very own local cultural legacy.... My People’s Passover Haggadah is for each and every person looking to enrich their annual experience of Passover in their own unique way.”

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK Lawrence A. Hoffman and David Arnow PART I CELEBRATING PASSOVER: CONTEXTUAL REFLECTIONS 1. WHAT IS THE HAGGADAH ANYWAY? Lawrence A. Hoffman 2. PASSOVER IN THE BIBLE AND BEFORE David Arnow 3. PASSOVER FOR THE EARLY RABBIS: FIXED AND FREE David Arnow 4. THIS BREAD: CHRISTIANITY AND THE SEDER Lawrence A. Hoffman 5. THE SEDER PLATE: THE WORLD ON A DISH David Arnow 6. PEOPLEHOOD WITH PURPOSE: THE AMERICAN SEDER AND CHANGING JEWISH IDENTITY Lawrence A. Hoffman 7. WHERE HAVE ALL THE WOMEN GONE? FEMINIST QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HAGGADAH Wendy I. Zierler 8. MOVING THROUGH THE MOVEMENTS: AMERICAN DENOMINATIONS AND THEIR HAGGADOT Carole B. Balin 9. "GOOD TO THE LAST DROP": THE PROLIFERATION OF THE MAXWELL HOUSE HAGGADAH Carole B. Balin PART II THE PASSOVER HAGGADAH A. SETTING THE STAGE 1. PREPARING THE HOME A. “THE CHECKING OF LEAVEN” (B'DIKAT CHAMETS) B. PERMISSION TO COOK FOR SHABBAT: “THE MIXING OF FOODS” (ERUV TAVSHILIN) C. ARRANGING THE SEDER PLATE 2. THE ORDER OF THE SEDER: KADESH URCHATS … 3. BEGINNING THE SEDER A. LIGHTING CANDLES B. DEFINING SACRED TIME (KIDDUSH AND THE FIRST CUP) C. DISTINGUISHING TIMES OF HOLINESS (HAVDALAH) D. GRATITUDE FOR BEING HERE (SHEHECHEYANU) E. THE FIRST WASHING (URCHATS) AND DIPPING KARPAS F. “BREAKING THE MATZAH” (YACHATS) AND RESERVING THE AFIKOMAN G. “BREAD OF AFFLICTION,” HA LACHMA ANYA: BEGIN MAGGID (“TELLING”) 4. QUESTIONS OF THE NIGHT: MAH NISHTANAH, “WHY IS THIS NIGHT DIFFERENT?” B. FROM ENSLAVEMENT … 5. A SHORT ANSWER: ENSLAVEMENT IS PHYSICAL— AVADIM HAYYINU, “WE WERE SLAVES” 6. HOW WE TELL THE TALE A. EVERYONE TELLS THE STORY: “EVEN IF ALL OF US WERE SMART …” B. TELLING AT LENGTH: THE FIVE SAGES’ SEDER C. TELLING AT NIGHT? “ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE …” D. TELLING THE NEXT GENERATION: THE FOUR CHILDREN E. TELLING AT THE PROPER TIME: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH? 7. A SHORT ANSWER: ENSLAVEMENT IS SPIRITUAL— WE WORSHIPED IDOLS 8. PROMISES—PAST AND PRESENT A. THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM: “BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO KEEPS HIS PROMISE …” B. THE PROMISE TO US: “THIS KEPT OUR ANCESTORS AND US GOING …” Notes List of Abbreviations Glossary About the Contributors

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Haggadah of Pesach
• Passover
• Judaism
• Religion
• Haggada
• Pessa'h

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 05 mars 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781580236188
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

COMMENTATORS:
DAVID ARNOW: The World of Midrash
CAROLE B. BALIN: Modern Haggadot
MARC BRETTLER: Our Biblical Heritage
NEIL GILLMAN: Theologically Speaking
ALYSSA GRAY: Medieval Commentators
ARTHUR GREEN: Personal Spirituality
JOEL M. HOFFMAN: Translating the Haggadah
LAWRENCE A. HOFFMAN: History of the Haggadah
LAWRENCE KUSHNER AND NEHEMIA POLEN: Chasidic Voices
DANIEL LANDES: The Halakhah of the Seder
WENDY I. ZIERLER: Feminist Voices
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK
Lawrence A. Hoffman and David Arnow
PART I CELEBRATING PASSOVER: CONTEXTUAL REFLECTIONS
1. WHAT IS THE HAGGADAH ANYWAY?
Lawrence A. Hoffman
2. PASSOVER IN THE BIBLE AND BEFORE
David Arnow
3. PASSOVER FOR THE EARLY RABBIS: FIXED AND FREE
David Arnow
4. THIS BREAD: CHRISTIANITY AND THE SEDER
Lawrence A. Hoffman
5. THE SEDER PLATE: THE WORLD ON A DISH
David Arnow
6. PEOPLEHOOD WITH PURPOSE: THE AMERICAN SEDER AND CHANGING JEWISH IDENTITY
Lawrence A. Hoffman
7. WHERE HAVE ALL THE WOMEN GONE? FEMINIST QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HAGGADAH
Wendy I. Zierler
8. MOVING THROUGH THE MOVEMENTS: AMERICAN DENOMINATIONS AND THEIR HAGGADOT
Carole B. Balin
9. GOOD TO THE LAST DROP : THE PROLIFERATION OF THE MAXWELL HOUSE HAGGADAH
Carole B. Balin
PART II THE PASSOVER HAGGADAH
A. SETTING THE STAGE
1. PREPARING THE HOME
A. THE CHECKING OF LEAVEN (B DIKAT CHAMETS)
B. PERMISSION TO COOK FOR SHABBAT: THE MIXING OF FOODS (ERUV TAVSHILIN)
C. ARRANGING THE SEDER PLATE
2. THE ORDER OF THE SEDER: KADESH URCHATS …
3. BEGINNING THE SEDER
A. LIGHTING CANDLES
B. DEFINING SACRED TIME ( KIDDUSH AND THE FIRST CUP)
C. DISTINGUISHING TIMES OF HOLINESS (HAVDALAH)
D. GRATITUDE FOR BEING HERE (SHEHECHEYANU)
E. THE FIRST WASHING (URCHATS) AND DIPPING KARPAS
F. BREAKING THE MATZAH (YACHATS) AND RESERVING THE AFIKOMAN
G. BREAD OF AFFLICTION, HA LACHMA ANYA : BEGIN MAGGID ( TELLING )
4.QUESTIONS OF THE NIGHT: MAH NISHTANAH, WHY IS THIS NIGHT DIFFERENT?
B. FROM ENSLAVEMENT …
5.A SHORT ANSWER: ENSLAVEMENT IS PHYSICAL-AVADIM HAYYINU, WE WERE SLAVES
6. HOW WE TELL THE TALE
A. EVERYONE TELLS THE STORY: EVEN IF ALL OF US WERE SMART …
B. TELLING AT LENGTH: THE FIVE SAGES SEDER
C. TELLING AT NIGHT? ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE …
D. TELLING THE NEXT GENERATION: THE FOUR CHILDREN
E. TELLING AT THE PROPER TIME: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH?
7.A SHORT ANSWER: ENSLAVEMENT IS SPIRITUAL-WE WORSHIPED IDOLS
8. PROMISES-PAST AND PRESENT
A. THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM: BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO KEEPS HIS PROMISE …
B. THE PROMISE TO US: THIS KEPT OUR ANCESTORS AND US GOING …
Notes
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
About the Contributors
Copyright
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9.A LONG ANSWER: A MIDRASH ON MY FATHER WAS A WANDERING ARAMEAN …
10. THE ROLE OF GOD
A. GOD BROUGHT US OUT OF EGYPT-NOT BY AN ANGEL …
B. GOD S PUNISHING MIGHT: THE PLAGUES IN EGYPT AND AT THE SEA
C. GOD S SAVING MIGHT: DAYYENU
11. SUMMING IT ALL UP …
A. SYMBOLS OF THE NIGHT: PASSOVER, MATZAH, BITTER HERBS
B. THE ESSENCE OF THE NIGHT: IN EACH AND EVERY GENERATION …
C. … TO PRAISE AND REDEMPTION
12. PRAISE - HALLEL , PART ONE, PSALMS 113-114
A. AN INTRODUCTION TO HALLEL
B. PSALM 113
C. PSALM 114
13. REDEMPTION: BLESSING AND MEAL
A. THE BLESSING OF REDEMPTION AND THE SECOND CUP
B. BLESSINGS OVER THE MEAL: THE SECOND WASHING (ROCHTSAH) ; MOTSI ; MATZAH; MAROR ; AND HILLEL S SANDWICH ( KOREKH )
C. THE MEAL
D. CODA TO THE MEAL: THE HIDDEN AFIKOMAN (TSAFUN) ; GRACE AFTER MEALS (BAREKH) ; AND THE THIRD CUP
D. YEARNINGS AND HOPES
14. MEDIEVAL ADDITIONS
A. WELCOMING ELIJAH
B. GOD S TRIUMPH OVER EVIL: POUR OUT YOUR WRATH …
15. PRAISE - HALLEL , PART TWO, PSALMS 115-118, 136
A. PSALMS 115-118 AND CONCLUSION
B. PSALM 136 (THE GREAT HALLEL ) AND CONCLUSION
16. FORMAL CONCLUSION
A. THE FOURTH CUP AND FINAL BLESSING
B. PRAYER FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE SEDER (NIRTSAH)
C. A MESSIANIC HOPE: NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!
17. FOUR SEDER SONGS
A. KI LO NA EH, KI LO YA EH ( FOR IT FITS AND BEFITS HIM )
B. ADIR HU ( HE IS MIGHTY )
C. ECHAD MI YODE A ( WHO KNOWS ONE? )
D. CHAD GADYA ( ONE KID )
APPENDIX I Two Early Seders: Mishnah and Tosefta
APPENDIX II A Haggadah from the Cairo Genizah
Notes
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
Annotated Select Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index

We wanted regularly to credit scholarly sources, but given the need to limit footnotes, we were unable to do so. The nature of this work, a commentary, would have required our listing several names of prominent authors over and over again, on virtually every page, making it impossible for readers to negotiate the text. We want here, therefore, to thank those who provided comprehensive scholarly treatments that we drew upon with regularity:
Baruch M. Bokser. The Origins of the Seder. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984.
E. Daniel Goldschmidt. Haggadah shel Pesach V toldoteha. Jerusalem: Bialik Press, 1960.
Heinrich Guggenheimer. The Scholar s Haggadah. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1998.
Menachem Kasher. Haggadah Sh lemah. Jerusalem: Torah Sh lemah, 1967.
Joshua Kulp. The Historical Haggadah , rev. ed. (Jerusalem: Schecter Institute of Jewish Studies, forthcoming).
Shmuel and Ze ev Safrai. Haggadat Chazal. Jerusalem: Karta, 1998.
Joseph Tabori,The Passover Haggadah. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2008 (forthcoming).
________. Pesach Dorot. Israel: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1996.
To learn more about their works, please see our annotated bibliography.
The authors of the commentaries represent a panoply of contemporary scholars, all students of the Haggadah text, and all committed to a life of prayer, but representative of left, right, and center in the Jewish world. As editors, we could not ask for a more scholarly and helpful group of colleagues; we are indebted to every one of them, who, together, have made the editing of this Haggadah a joy.
These wonderful colleagues are matched by the many others who have been of help. Stephen P. Durchslag opened up his massive private collection of Haggadot to us, providing many of the illustrations in these pages; more, he shared his knowledge of and love for them. We hope we have conveyed both in these pages. Laurel Wolfson, at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) Klau Library provided Haggadah illustrations from the library holdings. We are grateful to her and to the Klau Library for sharing these resources, especially during a period of library transition when time to help anyone was indeed scarce. Thanks also to Avner Moriah, illuminator of The Moriah Haggadah; Rabbi Marc D. Angel and KTAV Publishing House, who graciously permitted use of Rabbi Angel s rendering of Bendigamos that was published in A Sephardic Passover Haggadah (Hoboken, NJ: KTAV Publishing House, 1988); and Ruth Weisberg, illustrator of The Open Door: A Passover Haggadah , for generously permitting us to reproduce some of their work. We also appreciate the help of Dr. Jay Rovner, manuscript bibliographer at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, in understanding a fascinating but complex caption in an illuminated manuscript we ve reproduced as an illustration. Student rabbis Jill Cozen Harel and Rachel Kort were superb and reliable research assistants. Tamara Arnow, Zevik Zehavi, and Rabbi Reena Spicehandler provided invaluable assistance in proofreading the Hebrew text of the Haggadah. Rabbi Miles B. Cohen helped refine the text with his careful eye and profound understanding of Hebrew grammar and typographical conventions.
Some of the contributors to My People s Passover Haggadah would like to acknowledge assistance they received from particular individuals.
Carole B. Balin acknowledges: Drs. David Ellenson, Eric Friedland and Wendy Zierler for their guidance and suggestions; Tina Weiss at the New York Campus and Daniel J. Rettberg at the Cincinnati Campus of the Klau Library HUC-JIR; Dean Ruth Weisberg for her willingness to let us reproduce her image of the Four Children from Sue Levi Elwell, ed., The Open Door: A Passover Haggadah (New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2002), and for giving generously of her time. Thanks to the mighty staff at Joseph Jacobs Advertising Co., especially Elie Rosenfeld and David Koch; and to Stephen P. Durchslag, for use of his first rate Haggadah collection.
Daniel Landes acknowledges: Aaron Katchen, member of the Pardes Kollel, and Trudy Greener.
Wendy Zierler acknowledges: Marcie Lenk, who as a study partner explored a variety of sources that appear in this work; Debra Griboff, research assistant; Dan Rettberg and Tina Weiss of the HUC-JIR libraries; and the students of her seminar on Exodus and the Haggadah, HUC-JIR, Spring 2007.
Lawrence Hoffman thanks Dr. Blake Leyerle for insights on the Greek symposium; Drs. Paul F. Bradshaw, Frank Henderson, and Gordon Lathrop, who provided generous help regarding the relationship, historical and theological, between the Passover Seder and early Christian liturgy; and his teachers who introduced him to the Haggadah while he was a student: Drs. Leon Liebreich, Eugene Mihaly, and Jakob Petuchowski, zikhronam liv rakhah .
David Arnow acknowledges the invaluable assistance of Rabbis Elie Kaunfer, Jeffrey Hoffman, Burton L. Visotzky, and of Gloria Jackel, Barry R. Mark and Elliott Malki, student rabbi Noah A