
The Tree of Life Haggadah and Songbook
EXCERPT: PRELUDE TO THE SEDER
The days, weeks and months have passed and we enter the spring season once again. Though we pass through the same festivals in the same seasons year after year, we move not in a circle, but in a spiral. Unlike the circle that repeats infinitely, the spiral is additive and each time we pass through the same season, it is with spiritual breadth and expansion acquired in the year past. It is our prayer to understand and experience gratitude for the gifts that come with this spiritual expansion.
EXCERPT: MAGGID
The story of Passover can be illuminated by imagining the voices of those who participated in the journey.
ABRAHAM:
I was born in the land of Ur Kasdim and lived a simple life until one day I heard the voice of God calling me to leave. I took my wife Sarah, my nephew Lot and all my animals and belongings… (cont’d)
JACOB:
I heard the voice of God call me: “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will go with you, and I will surely bring you back again” (Genesis 46: 3-4)…(cont’d)
JOSEPH:
“With seventy souls we went down to Egypt, and now God has made us as numerous as the stars of heaven” (Deuteronomy 10:22). Things were good for my family while I served as Vizier to the Pharoah….(cont’d)
MIRIAM:
But even with the heavy handed labor afflicted upon us, we did multiply and gain strength…(cont’d)
MOSES:
My people suffered and were tortured in Egypt. “And we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers and God heard our voice and saw our affliction and our travail” (Deuteronomy 26:7)“…(cont’d)
TZIPORA:
My husband Moses wanted to be sure that he could carry out the decree of God and he asked: “What if they do not believe me..(cont’d)
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EXCERPT: PRELUDE TO THE SEDER
The days, weeks and months have passed and we enter the spring season once again. Though we pass through the same festivals in the same seasons year after year, we move not in a circle, but in a spiral. Unlike the circle that repeats infinitely, the spiral is additive and each time we pass through the same season, it is with spiritual breadth and expansion acquired in the year past. It is our prayer to understand and experience gratitude for the gifts that come with this spiritual expansion.
EXCERPT: MAGGID
The story of Passover can be illuminated by imagining the voices of those who participated in the journey.
ABRAHAM:
I was born in the land of Ur Kasdim and lived a simple life until one day I heard the voice of God calling me to leave. I took my wife Sarah, my nephew Lot and all my animals and belongings… (cont’d)
JACOB:
I heard the voice of God call me: “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will go with you, and I will surely bring you back again” (Genesis 46: 3-4)…(cont’d)
JOSEPH:
“With seventy souls we went down to Egypt, and now God has made us as numerous as the stars of heaven” (Deuteronomy 10:22). Things were good for my family while I served as Vizier to the Pharoah….(cont’d)
MIRIAM:
But even with the heavy handed labor afflicted upon us, we did multiply and gain strength…(cont’d)
MOSES:
My people suffered and were tortured in Egypt. “And we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers and God heard our voice and saw our affliction and our travail” (Deuteronomy 26:7)“…(cont’d)
TZIPORA:
My husband Moses wanted to be sure that he could carry out the decree of God and he asked: “What if they do not believe me..(cont’d)













