Enrich Your Passover Seder with Renewed Meaning and Significance

Whether you are planning to participate in, contribute to, or lead a Passover Seder, "Leading the Passover Journey" will help you relive the Jewish People s legacy of survival, hope, and redemption, and reconnect with the rich heritage celebrated in this special event.

Reclaim the hidden meaning of the Passover Seder. Connect the pieces of the Haggadah narrative into one meaningful, cohesive story. From preparing for Passover to understanding the order of the Seder, from eating the meal of freedom in the house of slavery to reenacting the saga at the sea, this fascinating exploration of the texts and traditions surrounding the most celebrated event in the Jewish calendar will awaken latent knowledge and provide new understanding. It will empower you to fully understand and identify with the complete story of the Jewish People s journey of liberation.

The rich lessons of the Bible can be your leadership guidebook.

Successful leaders don t rely solely on natural charisma and organizational authority as their tickets to success. Successful leadership is a learned art form and a developed discipline. You can master the art of leadership by examining the pitfalls and achievements of past leaders and penetrating the stories of our cultural and religious heritage. The Bible is the ultimate resource for learning by example: its stories of family relationships, political beginnings and even divine encounters provide valuable lessons about leading effectively.

In this empowering guidebook, Nathan Laufer walks you through the stories at the very beginning of the Bible to examine the portraits of leadership success and failure they contain. He reveals the life-affirming values that the Bible uses to measure its leaders beginning in the Garden of Eden; analyzes the ups and downs in Abraham s, and later Joseph s, leadership journeys; and scrutinizes the many challenges faced by Moses and God in the books of Exodus and Numbers.

Laufer draws out from Bible stories the lessons we can use every day lessons not only of exemplary leadership, but also of failing to lead, leading with no direction and leading in the wrong direction or to a destructive destination. Through Laufer s interpretive lenses, these ancient stories come alive to inform and inspire our leadership today and offer us direction for the future.

Nathan Laufer helps us see the stories of the Bible] in new ways, he turns them into universal paradigms that relate to situations we all face every day, and he distills his insights into practical and powerful guidelines. There is no algorithm for leadership, no cookbook recipe, but it is hard to imagine a leader at any level of an enterprise whose capabilities will not be enhanced by studying this book. from the Preface by Dr. Michael Hammer

The rich lessons of the Bible can be your leadership guidebook. Successful leaders don't rely solely on natural charisma and organizational authority as their tickets to success. Successful leadership is a learned art form and a developed discipline. You can master the art of leadership by examining the pitfalls and achievements of past leaders and penetrating the stories of our cultural and religious heritage. The Bible is the ultimate resource for learning by example: its stories of family relationships, political beginnings and even divine encounters provide valuable lessons about leading effectively. In this empowering guidebook, Nathan Laufer walks you through the stories at the very beginning of the Bible to examine the portraits of leadership success—and failure—they contain. He reveals the life-affirming values that the Bible uses to measure its leaders beginning in the Garden of Eden; analyzes the ups and downs in Abraham’s, and later Joseph’s, leadership journeys; and scrutinizes the many challenges faced by Moses—and God—in the books of Exodus and Numbers. Laufer draws out from Bible stories the lessons we can use every day—lessons not only of exemplary leadership, but also of failing to lead, leading with no direction and leading in the wrong direction or to a destructive destination. Through Laufer’s interpretive lenses, these ancient stories come alive to inform and inspire our leadership today and offer us direction for the future. "Nathan Laufer helps us see the stories of the [Bible] in new ways, he turns them into universal paradigms that relate to situations we all face every day, and he distills his insights into practical and powerful guidelines. There is no algorithm for leadership, no cookbook recipe, but it is hard to imagine a leader at any level of an enterprise whose capabilities will not be enhanced by studying this book." —from the Preface by Dr. Michael Hammer

The Passover seder is the most celebrated event in the Jewish calendar. But often the true meaning of this celebration is lost amid the many rituals and customs of the night and the long complex text of the Passover Haggadah. In this intriguing and enlightening exploration of the Passover Seder, Rabbi Laufer uncovers the hidden meaning of the Seder's rituals and customs and brings an original, accessible yet scholarly perspective to understanding the Haggadah text. Unlike other books on the Seder which offer only fragmentary insights about this or that item of the Seder or this or that phrase in the Passover Haggadah, Leading the Passover Journey reveals the unifying theory connecting the fifteen pieces of the Seder and our own experiencing of the Passover story. It turns out that the order of the Seder is crucial to reliving and re-experiencing the transformative moments of the Jewish People's journey from slavery to freedom. Leading the Passover Journey was written for anyone who plans to participate in, contribute to, or lead a Passover Seder. Whether an average layperson or an already well-educated scholar, the reader of this book will come away with a deeper understanding and a more passionate appreciation of the Passover Seder experience. Leading the Passover Journey will transform one's family and friends from reluctant bystanders at the Passover Seder who repeatedly ask: "When are we going to eat already?" to enthusiastic, knowledgeable participants in our people's journey toward redemption.