May We All Be Liberated Soon
Usually, on Passover, we ask “How is this night different from all other nights?”. This year, many of us are asking, “How does this Passover resemble any we’ve ever experienced?” While social distancing has seemingly changed everything, Passover is still about telling the story of going from oppression to freedom.
Posted on April 3, 2020 by
Rabbi
Deborah Waxman
Ph.D.
A Hasidic Lens on Parashat Bo
In this short talk, Rabbi Lester Bronstein brings 18th and 19th-century Hasidic thought into dialogue with contemporary Reconstructionist theology.
Posted on December 1, 2016 by
Rabbi
Les Bronstein
At The Sea: A Selection of Midrashim
This selection of midrashim on the crossing of the Red Sea provides a window into the tradition’s ethical concerns surrounding this well-known story.
Posted on December 1, 2016 by
Rabbi
Toba Spitzer
The Midwives of Exodus: An Interfaith Text Study
An easily-accessible text study about the ethnic ambiguity that the Torah presents us with regarding the midwives who refused to obey Pharaoh's orders.
Posted on November 29, 2016 by
Rabbi
Maurice Harris
Making Pesakh Personal
This study sheet provides a variety of sources on the spiritual practices surrounding Passover (Pesakh).
Posted on November 17, 2016 by
Rabbi
Toba Spitzer
Next Year in Jerusalem?
A resource for exploring values and commitments around Israel, seen through the lens of the phrase “Next year in Jerusalem” at the close of the Passover seder
Posted on April 25, 2016 by
Leslie Brenner
Exodus in Our Time
A creative meditation on liberation from Egypt
Posted on April 21, 2016 by
Sheri Lindner
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solomon_northup_passover_supplement.pdf
