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tag: haggadah supplements Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? The color of beets, which never leaves our hands, symbolizes the teachings of the sages, which are still passed down. And the redness symbolizes the blood of the covenant, still there after all these years. Categories: Tags: 3rd century C.E., 41st century A.M., beets, haggadah supplements, סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, symbolic foods Contributor(s): This is a variation of the “Baugesang,” a variation of the piyyut Adir Hu sung in German translation. Better known in form found in the 1769 Selig Haggadah, this is a variation published in 1717 by Paul Christian Kirchner. Categories: Tags: 18th century C.E., 56th century A.M., אדיר הוא Adir Hu, Christian Hebraism, German vernacular prayer, haggadah supplements, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Temple restoration, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): יחץ (מנהג גרבא) | Liturgical Additions for Yaḥats, in the practice of the Jewish community of DjerbaIn many communities, the practice of Yaḥats, or breaking the matsah before maggid, is done with liturgical and ritual additions. The additions included here are one practice out of many variants as found in the practice of Djerba, the island off the coast of Tunisia. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The following piyyut seems to have been customarily used in some Babylonian communities as an extensive replacement for the “creator of the vine-fruit” opening of the kiddush. Rav Saadia Gaon forbade it for being an alteration of the talmudic formula, but his successor Rav Hai Gaon permitted it for its cherished status. No communities today have preserved a custom of reciting it, but in 1947 Naphtali Wieder (zçl) published a text he found in the Cairo Geniza, which is replicated and translated below. Daniel Goldschmidt (zçl) suggests that it may be in it of itself a compilation of two different rites. The conjunction point is marked below with a black line. Categories: Tags: 47th century A.M., 9th century C.E., Geonic prayers, haggadah supplements, קידוש ḳiddush, Needing Source Images, Wine Contributor(s): 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: Tags: 10th century C.E., 47th century A.M., Geonic prayers, haggadah supplements, miriam's fish, סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, symbolic foods Contributor(s): I wrote this back in 2023 when it was pointed out to me that none of the attested mnemonics for the seder follow the Maimonidean practice, which lacks breaking the matzo. According to the Rambam, the matzo is only divided right before the blessings. This means that Yemenites recite a mnemonic that doesn’t follow their practice! I decided that was unfair and wrote an alternative that follows the Rambam’s instructions. (That being said, I’m still doing yaḥatz at mine.) Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This is a German translation of the Passover table-song Ḥad Gadya as translated by Paul Christian Kirchner in 1717. Categories: Tags: 18th century C.E., 56th century A.M., Aramaic, Christian Hebraism, German vernacular prayer, חד גדיא Ḥad Gadya, haggadah supplements, פיוטים piyyuṭim, predation, salvation, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): This is a German translation of the first nine stanzas of the counting song popularly sung at the Passover seder, made by Paul Christian Kirchner in 1717. Categories: Tags: 16th century C.E., 53rd century A.M., Christian Hebraism, counting songs, אחד מי יודע eḥad mi Yodéaʼ, German translation, haggadah supplements, פיוטים piyyuṭim, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): A series of ten short couplets describing the ten plagues afflicting the Egyptians in Egypt, written in Judeo-Italian and first published in the famous 1609 Venice Haggadah of Isaac Gershon. The Italian used in the Venice Haggadah lacks a lot of the most divergent aspects of the Judeo-Italian languages, sticking to a more mainline Tuscan grammatical norm, but there are enough obsolete, poetic, or dialectal forms that several footnotes have been included to explain them. Also included is an original English-language rhyming translation! A series of fourteen short couplets describing the fourteen traditional stages of the Haggadah, written in Judeo-Italian and first published in the famous 1609 Venice Haggadah of Isaac Gershon. The Italian used in the Venice Haggadah lacks a lot of the most divergent aspects of the Judeo-Italian languages, sticking to a more mainline Tuscan grammatical norm, but there are enough obsolete, poetic, or dialectal forms that several footnotes have been included to explain them. Also included is an original English-language rhyming translation! Born into Judaism, Paul Christian Kirchner was baptized a Christian in 1713. In 1717, he first published the word “Jüdisches Ceremoniel” or “Jewish Ceremony,” for which he is most well known — a firsthand recollection (and, to be honest, criticism) of Jewish practices throughout the year and life cycle. While the work is written by an apostate for a Christian audience, and thus it is certainly not an unbiased source — and it had been almost a decade since he left the community so some of his memories are a bit muddled — it is still a fascinating work if only for its depiction of Jewish practices otherwise forgotten. In this portion of Kirchner’s description of the Seder night, he describes a ritual somewhat similar to the one still practiced in many North African communities to this day along with six — count ’em, six! — questions asked by the eldest (‽) child to the father. Categories: Tags: 18th century C.E., 56th century A.M., Christian Hebraism, Four Questions, German vernacular prayer, haggadah supplements, liberation, paraliturgical Contributor(s): In the early 1980s, while speaking at Oberlin College Hillel, Susannah Heschel was introduced to an early feminist haggadah that suggested adding a crust of bread on the seder plate, as a sign of solidarity with Jewish lesbians (suggesting that there’s as much room for a lesbian in Judaism as there is for a crust of bread on the seder plate). Heschel felt that to put bread on the seder plate would be to accept that Jewish lesbians and gay men violate Judaism like ḥamets violates Passover. So, at her next seder, she chose an orange as a symbol of inclusion of gays and lesbians and others who are marginalized within the Jewish community. She offered the orange as a symbol of the fruitfulness for all Jews when lesbians and gay men are contributing and active members of Jewish life. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., haggadah supplements, inclusion, inclusion and exclusion, LGBTQIA+, oranges, סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, symbolic foods Contributor(s): “A Prayer for Peace” by Rabbi Douglas Krantz was originally circulated as a Passover Haggadah supplement by Americans for Peace Now, Pesaḥ 5763 (2003). Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, haggadah supplements, Second Intifada Contributor(s): We are hereby ready to fulfill our obligation of K’vod Habriot, respect for the dignity of every human being. We pray that our fellow citizens shall not be the source of suffering in others. We commit ourselves to raise our voices in support of universal human rights, to know the heart of the stranger, and to feel compassion for those whose humanity is denied. May our compassion lead us to fight for justice. Blessed is the Source of Life, who redeemed our ancestors from Egypt and brought us together this night of Passover to tell the story of freedom. May God bring us security and peace, enabling us to celebrate together year after year. Praised are you, Source of Righteousness, who redeems the world and loves justice and freedom. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Freedom, haggadah supplements, North America, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof Contributor(s): There it sits on the Seder plate: ḥaroset, a delicious paste of chopped nuts, chopped fruits, spices, and wine. So the question would seem obvious: “Why is there ḥaroset on the Seder plate?” That’s the most secret Question at the Seder – so secret nobody even asks it. And it’s got the most secret answer: none. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): Traditionally each cup in the Passover Seder is liked to a promise made by God in these verses, Exodus 6:6-7. The four cups can also be associated with the Four Freedoms first articulated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941, which were an inspiration for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and were explicitly incorporated into its preamble. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Four Cups, Four Freedoms, Freedom, haggadah supplements, North America, Wine Contributor(s): A haggadah supplement for suicide awareness and prevention offered at the Passover seder where Elijah the prophet is directly referenced, and the valence of personal and communal despair and distress are explicitly invoked. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., community support, אליהו הנביא Eliyahu haNavi, haggadah supplements, Needing Vocalization, North America, Psychopomp, still small voice, suicide, suicide awareness, suicide prevention Contributor(s): A meditation which can be used to prepare for Pesaḥ, or for sharing at the Seder, to deepen the experience of liberation for yourself and others. A Passover seder supplement containing seven additional symbolic foods and their associated ritual presentations, along with their collective organization on a second seder plate. An acknowledgement that the land we are conducting our religious ceremonies on is the sacred and traditional land of Indigenous people. It involves a kavvanah and study verses as well as the land acknowledgement. | ||
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