The Topf Haggadah 2009

The Starbucks Haggadah

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Publication of its Passover haggadah by the Joseph Jacobs Advertising Agency in 1933 made Maxwell House a household name among American Jews. Joseph Jacobs hired an rabbi to certify that the coffee bean was technically more a berry than a bean and, hence, kosher for Passover. “It seems a bit odd today that a religious text bears the name of a commercial concern, but back in the ’30s, it was exciting that a big corporate entity, not one owned by a Jewish family, literally put its name to a Haggadah. It affirmed the possibility of being Jewish in America.”— Jenna Joselit Jewish Theological Seminary professor Rabbi Visotsky says it "did more to codify Jewish liturgy than any force in history.” Over 75 years, some 50 million copies have been printed.

Introduction

Passover at the Topf’s Seder means order. We perform the same rituals, in the same order, year after year. This tradition reaches back to the second century AD. After the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD there was no centralized Jewish religion. Jews adapted to the loss of the Temple by creating a private religious service performed in the home. Tonight we continue this tradition, we fulfill God’s commandment that we remember the day he brought us out of Egypt and made us a free people. We remember the birth of our nation. The tribe of Abraham was small, an extended family and his followers. A number measured in dozens. We know the story of how Joseph, the great grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery and sent to Egypt. He prospers and goes from prisoner to Secretary of State. At this point in history the Tribe of Abraham numbers about 70 descendants. The Jews prospered in Egypt and multiplied. By the time Moses leads our people out of Egypt (220 years after Joseph arrived) and into the Sinai we number 600,000 adult men (Numbers 1:46). The seder tells the story of our transformation from slaves without any rights, to a proud free people.

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The Seder

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Kadeish ‫ קדש‬Reciting Kiddush and drinking the First Cup of Wine

Urchatz ‫ ורחץ‬Hand washing without a blessing

Karpas ‫ כרפס‬Dipping Karpas in salt water

Yachatz ‫ יחץ‬Breaking the middle matzo; the larger piece becomes the afikoman which is eaten later during the ritual of Tzafun 5. Maggid ‫ מגיד‬Retelling the Passover story, including the "Four Questions" and drinking the Second Cup of Wine 6. Rachtzah ‫ רחצה‬Second washing - with blessing 7. Motzi-Matzo ‫מצה‬-‫ מוציא‬Traditional blessing before eating bread products followed by the Blessing before eating matzo 8. Maror ‫ מרור‬Eating maror 9. Koreich ‫ כורך‬Eating a sandwich of matzo and maror 10.Shulchan Oreich ‫ שולחן עורך‬lit. "set table"—the holiday meal 11.Tzafun ‫ צפון‬Eating the afikoman 12.Bareich ‫ ברך‬Blessing after the meal and drinking the Third Cup of Wine 13.Hallel ‫ הלל‬Recital of the Hallel, traditionally recited on festivals; drinking the Fourth Cup of Wine 14.Nirtzah ‫ נירצה‬Conclusion 1. 2. 3. 4.

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INVOCATION It is one of life’s joys that each year Jews celebrate

the holiday of Pesach--its message of freedom



its response to suffering



its hope for renewed life

United with family and dear friends Jews celebrate

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the holiday of Pesach--with gratitude for blessings

















for love

















for freedom

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Lighting the candles May the festival lights we now kindle Inspire us to use our powers To heal and not to harm, To help and not to hinder, To bless and not to curse, To serve You O’ God of freedom. The candles are lit and the blessing is recited.

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Kiddush

The first marks the beginning: the joy of family gatherings; --Rabbi Joseph Klein, 2001

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Celebration of Spring Spring, the season of rebirth is celebrated on Pesach. Poets throughout history have written songs of joy at the wonder of nature’s beauty.

Beneath the crisp and wintry carpet hid A million buds stay their blossoming; And trustful birds have built their nests amid The shuddering boughs, and only wait to sing Till one soft shower from the south shall bid, And hither tempt the pilgrim step of Spring. –Robert Bridges

For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the dove is heard in our land; The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance. –Song of Songs 2:11-13

There is no time like Spring When life’s alive in everything. –Christina Rossetti

Parsley or watercress is the symbol of Spring on the Pesach Seder plate. Greens are distributed to everyone at the table who dip them in salt water, a reminder of bitter times in Jewish history.

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YACHATZ: A bond formed by breaking Bread The middle matzah on the special plate is now broken and the larger half, called the Afikomen, is hidden. The matzah plate is raised and so say we all:

Matzah is the bread of suffering,

the bread of poverty,





which our ancestors ate in Egypt.

Let the poor and hungry come and eat,

and all who are in need





celebrate the hope of Passover.

May the day of blessings soon arrive

when poverty will be gone





and there will be joy in Israel







and all human kind will be free.

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Ladies and gentlemen, young and old, this may seem an unusual procedure, speaking to you before the picture begins but we have an unusual subject, the story of the birth of freedom. The story of Moses. As many of you know, the Holy Bible omits some thirty-years of Moses' life, from the time he was a three month old baby and was found in the bull rushes by Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh and adopted into the court of Egypt until he learned that he was Hebrew and killed the Egyptian. To fill in those missing years we turn to ancient historians such as Josephus and Philo. Philo wrote at the time that Jesus of Nazareth walked the earth and Josephus wrote some 50 years later and watched the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. These historians had access to documents long since destroyed or perhaps lost like the Dead Sea Scrolls.* The theme of this picture is whether men are to be ruled by G-d's law or whether they are to be ruled by the whims of a dictator like Ramses? Are men the property of the state or are they free soles under G-d? This same battle continues throughout the world today. Our intension was not to create a story but to be worthy of the divinely inspired story created 3,000 years ago, The Five Books of Moses. The story takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to unfold there will be an intermission. Cecil B. DeMille's introduction to the Ten Commandments * Jesphus' information on Moses is contained in Jewsh Antiquities. Wikipedia described it thus:

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Beginning with the creation according to Genesis, he outlines Jewish history. Abraham taught science to the Egyptians, who in turn taught the Greeks. Moses set up a senatorial priestly aristocracy, which, like that of Rome, resisted monarchy. The great figures of the biblical stories are presented as ideal philosopher-leaders.

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The Plagues Dip your finger in your wine goblet and put a drop of wine on your plate while saying the name of each plague, Never forget them and do not rejoice in their recitation.

BLOOD FROGS LICE WILD BEASTS BLIGHT BOILS HAIL LOCUSTS DARKNESS SLAYING OF THE FIRSTBORN

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The Second Cup of Wine

The second concludes our review of the Passover story: offering thanks to G-d for saving us from Egyptian slavery; --Rabbi Joseph Klein, 2001

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The Seder Plate:

Matzah

The top piece of matzah is broken and distributed to everyone at the table. The matzah is held up. The Matzah or unleavened bread reminds us of our hasty departure from Egypt which prevented our bread from rising. We are asked to refrain from eating ordinary leavened bread for one week as to remember the hardships of our exodus. So say we all:

Blessed art Thou, O Eternal our God, Ruler of the World, who brings forth bread from the earth.

Blessed art Thou, O Eternal our God, Ruler of the World, who has sanctified us with Thy commandments and bidden us to eat unleavened bread. Eat the Matzah 28

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The Seder Plate:

Maror

The maror is displayed The maror or bitter herbs reminds us of the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt. The Pharoah made the Israelite’s lives bitter with hard toil whether they worked with mortar and brick or in the field. The maror is put on matzah and distributed to everyone. Do not lean like a free man while eating the maror.

The Hillel Sandwich A small portion of maror and charoset is placed between two pieces of matzah and distributed to everyone. Hillel, a great scholar who lived in the first century before the common era, used to eat matzah and maror in this manner fulfilling the biblical command, “Together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs shall we eat the peschal lamb.” Eat the Hillel sandwich.

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The meal is served

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Eating the Afikoman Dessert, Passover style After the kids return the Afikoman it is distributed to everyone at the table. The Afikoman is the last thing we eat at the sedar.

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The Third Cup of Wine The third cup of wine reminds us of the culminating theme of the passover seder -that redemption awaits us all: fulfillment in place of suffering. In thanksgiving for this excellent meal we have eaten, the camaraderie of friends and family with whom we have shared it, the beautiful safe shelter where we have celebrated the seder, for our inheritance of Torah from our ancestors we say:

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-olam borei p’ri ha-gafen.

Blessed art Thou, O Eternal our God, Ruler of the World, who creates the fruits of the vine!

Drink the third cup of wine.

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The Fourth Cup of Wine The third cup of wine reminds us that we have an obligation to live morally, to respect all peoples of the world, to give to others, to uphold our lives with sanctity, to be grateful for life’s blessings.

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-olam borei p’ri ha-gafen.

Blessed art Thou, O Eternal our God, Ruler of the World, who creates the fruits of the vine!

Drink the fourth cup of wine.

...and the fourth concludes the Seder: expressing our hope for a future redemption of humanity. --Rabbi Joseph Klein, 2001

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