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CONTENTS

      The Seder—A Foreword

vii

      The Union Haggadah

viii

      Rites and Symbols of the Seder

xi

      Directions for Setting the Table

xiv

      Order of the Service

xvi

THE SEDER SERVICE

 

   A. Before the Meal

 

      Lighting of the Festival Lights

3

      Kiddush—text and music

4

      The Festive Cup, music

14

      The Spring-tide of the Year, music

17

      The Four Questions

18

      The Four Sons

20

      The Story of the Oppression

24

      Dayenu

28

      The Passover Symbol

34

      The Watchnight of the Eternal

38

      Psalms CXIII and CXIV—text and music

42

      Blessings

48

B. After the Meal

 

   To Thee Above, music

54

      Grace after the Meal

56

      Psalms CXVII and CXVIII: 1-4—text and music

62

      Psalms CXVIII: 5-29—text and music

70

      The Final Benediction

78

      God of Might, music

80

      Addir Hu, music

81

      Our Souls We Raise, music

82

      Ki Lo Noeh, music

84

      A Madrigal of Numbers—text and music

86

      Ḥad Gadyo—text and music

94

      Vay’hi Baḥatzi Halay’loh

115

      En Kelohenu, music

118

      America, music

120

THE PASSOVER IN HISTORY, LITERATURE AND ART

 

   History of the Passover

 

      A. The Festival of the Shepherds

125

      B. The Farmer's Spring Festival

127

      C. The Feast of Israel's Birth

129

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      D. The National Celebration

 

         1. The Passover during the Second Temple

130

         2. The Passover Sacrifice

131

      E. The Feast of Freedom

133

      The Ethical Significance of the Passover

134

      Moses

137

   Preparation for the Passover

 

      A. Time of the Feast

139

      B. Matzo-Baking

140

      C. Removing the Leaven

141

      D. Kashering the Utensils

142

   Survivals of the Ancient Passover

 

      A. The Samaritan Passover

143

      B. The Passover as observed by the Falashas

145

   Passover and Christendom

 

      A. Passover and Easter

147

      B. Passover and Prejudice

148

      C. Blood Accusation

148

      D. Christian Protests

149

   Reform Judaism and Passover

151

      Israel's Journey

152

      Freedom

152

      The Season of Joy

153

      The Secret of the Feast

153

   The Haggadah

 

      A. Growth of its Literature

155

      B. Reform Judaism and the Haggadah

157

      C. Illuminated Haggadahs

159


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