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Elijah’s cup and Miriam’s well

Posted on 2026/03/26 by davka

Excerpt­ed from “A Grow­ing Hag­gadah” Fill the Cup of Eli­jah Our Seder draws to an end but Redemp­tion is not yet com­plete. Our activ­i­ties here tonight recall us to our covenant with the Eter­nal One, to the tasks that still … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Plagues Suck (or: Passover in a time of plague)

Posted on 2020/04/08 by davka

A friend called me the oth­er day won­der­ing why the Hebrew word ״מַכּוֹת״ in the phrase: “אֵלּוּ עֶשֶׂר מַכּוֹת שֶׁהֵבִיא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עַל הַמִּצְרִים בְּמִצְרַיִם, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן:” is trans­lat­ed as “plagues”. He, an Israeli whose orig­i­nal lan­guage is Hebrew … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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