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This is an archive of prayers, songs, and other individual works relevant to the fifth course of the seder for Pesaḥ (Passover): Magid, the core of the Haggadah containing its midrash aggadah.

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דָּג לְמִרְיָם | Items for the Second Seder Plate: Miriam’s Fish, recorded by Rav Sherira Gaon in 10th-century Iraq

A millennium-old tradition, recorded by Rav Sherira Gaon in 10th-century Iraq. He would always have three cooked foods on the seder plate. The egg, a product of the birds of the sky, a sign of renewal and rebirth, represented Moses, the law, the heavens, and the revelational aspects of faith. The shankbone, a product of the animals of the field, a commemoration of the original Pesaḥ sacrifice, represented Aaron, the priesthood, the earth, and the ritual aspects of faith. And the fish, representing the constant flowing nature of water, represented Miriam, prophecy, the waters, and the spiritual aspects of faith. . . .

Categories: Symbolic Foods, Magid

Tags: 10th century C.E., 47th century A.M., Geonic prayers, haggadah supplements, miriam's fish, סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, symbolic foods

Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

כְּרֵשׁוֹת | Items for the Second Seder Plate: Leeks

An old Persian tradition involves hitting each other with leeks during the recitation of Dayenu. Nowadays this is replaced with a gentle tap with a scallion for safety reasons. . . .

Categories: Symbolic Foods, Magid

Tags: דיינו Daiyenu, haggadah supplements, leeks, סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, symbolic foods

Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

אַרְבָּעָה בָּנִים | The Four Children — an alternative take by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

This variation on the discourse of the four children in the Haggadah was (barring minor edits) first composed for my family’s experimental small-scale seder in 2019, my second time ever leading a seder. I had come to the conclusion that for a text whose entire ikkar is for the children to learn, the Four Children narrative shows some shockingly bad pedagogy. So I decided to write a subversive take on it, where I applied its framework to some of the most serious problems facing the Jewish community today, and the mainline Jewish community’s failings in dealing with them. . . .

Categories: Magid

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., children, disagreement, Four Children, haggadah supplements, paraliturgical, pedagogy, satire

Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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