Passover 2024
Passover Service Schedule at Temple Beth-El
Haggadot and Seder Materials
New for 2024:
The following lists of 2024 Passover haggadah supplements was compiled by the JTA and posted on the Forward's website - the full article is here.
- Under the direction of Rabbi Mishael Zion, the Hartman Institute produced an extensive supplement that includes contributions from people directly affected by Oct. 7 and an essay by prominent Israeli author David Grossman.
- Rabbi Menachem Creditor and Ora Horn Prouser, the CEO and dean of the Academy of Jewish Religion, edited a supplement that begins, “I am at the seder, but my heart is in October.”
- The Schechter Rabbinical Assembly in Israel crafted a supplement that is available in Hebrew and English and includes poetry written during a daylong conference about adapting Passover for the current moment.
- A digital supplement by New York City’s Reform Central Synagogue centers poetry written by Israeli poets since Oct. 7; while the Reform movement has released its own.
- The Hostage and Missing Families Forum has created a full haggadah that features those who remain hostages in Gaza; donations from the sale of the digital version benefit the advocacy organization.
- Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership issued a supplement with a specific Oct. 7-related teaching or question for each step of the seder.
- The Pardes Institute’s supplement challenges users to draw direct parallels between Pharaoh and Hamas.
- Rabbi Joshua Kulp created a supplement that draws on the haggadahs produced in Israel’s early years by its kibbutz communities, some of which were attacked on Oct. 7.
- An international coalition of what its members call “the religious left” put out a reader meditating on the themes of the seder through a leftist, anti-occupation lens.
- The supplement from Bayit includes several poems including one that reimagines the four children of the haggadah as contemporary Jews: “Today the Four Children are a Zionist, a Palestinian solidarity activist, a peacenik, and one who doesn’t know what to even dream.”
- Anyone who has picked up the Kveller Haggadah from JTA's families-focused sister site over the last four years since it was published will want to sign up to get the Oct. 7 supplement with seven ways to address the crisis at their seders.
Returning Favorites:
Haggadahs-R-Us is a good source of a variety of haggadot.
Haggadot.com lets you compile your own custom haggadah.
Velveteen Rabbi's Haggadah for Pesach by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat
HIAS Haggadah with material on Passover and refugees
T'ruah's Human Rights Haggadah can be used as a seder companion or source of readings as well.
The Israeli liberal Orthodox group Tzohar has released a guide for celebrating Pesach and the seder with loved ones with dementia. (Note that if you scroll down below the document preview, there is a Download button to obtain the entire PDF.) While some of its concerns are specific to Orthodox and strictly-observant Conservative practice, there are also compassionate and helpful suggestions that are broadly applicable.
Poems around the Seder Table: Rachel Korazim curated this collection of poetry from many sources for the seder - attributions are within.
National Council of Jewish Women has published The Five Women of the Exodus: A Feminist Supplement to the Haggadah
The stunning Haggadat Herut / Freedom Haggadah published in Israel last week has been translated into English and is available as a flipbook here.
General Passover Resources
Exploring Judaism.org is a new website from the Conservative movement with a wealth of accessible information. Their Passover landing page is here.
MyJewishLearning's Passover resources are rich, with something for everyone.
Hadar's Passover supplement this year has thought-provoking essays as well as activities for kids and families.
The Hartman Institute has articles, videos, and podcasts on Passover.
Recipes
The Nosher's collection of Passover recipes.
Vegetarian and vegan Passover recipes from MayIHaveThatRecipe.com
Guidance on Passover Cleaning and Kashrut
Passover Guide from Rabbinical Assembly for 5784. This is a mainstream guide to Passover practice that sticks to what is actually required under Jewish law, rather than stringent customs that make holiday preparation unnecessarily challenging.
This document by Rabbi Aaron Alexander contains further detail about the thinking going into some of the Passover Guide's approach as well as some further helpful information.
Sephardic Brotherhood of North America Pesah Guide for 2024 (pdf)
Sale of Chametz through Temple Beth-El
Second Seder at Temple Beth-El