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Night of Beginnings - A Passover Haggadah (Paperback)
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Night of Beginnings - A Passover Haggadah (Paperback)
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Night of Beginnings is a groundbreaking new haggadah for the
Passover seder from acclaimed poet, translator, and liturgist
Marcia Falk, beautifully designed and illustrated with original
color drawings by the author. Unlike both traditional and new
haggadahs, which do not contain a full recounting of the biblical
story, Night of Beginnings presents the Exodus narrative in its
entirety, providing a direct connection to the ancient origins of
the holiday. This retelling highlights the actions of its female
characters, including Moshe's sister, Miriam; Pharaoh's daughter,
who adopts the baby Moshe; and the midwives Shifrah and Pu'ah, who
save the Hebrew male infants. Falk's revolutionary new blessings,
in Hebrew and English, replace the traditional, patriarchal seder
blessings, and her kavanot-meditative directions for
prayer-introduce a genre new to the seder ritual. Poems, psalms,
and songs are arranged to give structural coherence to the
haggadah. A new commentary raises interpretive questions and
invites us to bring personal reflections into the discussion. Like
the author's widely acclaimed previous prayer books, The Book of
Blessings and The Days Between, Falk's poetic blessings for the
seder envision the divine as a Greater Whole of which we are an
inseparable part. The inclusive language of Falk's blessings makes
room for women to find and use their voices more full-throatedly
than they were able to do with the male-centered prayers inherited
from the early rabbis. Men, too, will encounter here a spiritually
moving and thought-provoking experience.
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