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  • In ancient times, they said Dayenu It would have been enough to have been spared after the plagues. It would have been enough to have been freed of slavery, It would have been enough to have had food in the desert, Now we question, when will it be enough again? Dayenu Will it be enough to stay home?
    Opening | By Elizabeth Mount | April 6, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #COVID19, Generations, History, Judaism, Passover (Pesach), Tradition
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  • We are on a journey. We didn’t plan it. We didn’t have time for the bread to rise. We may find ourselves in the wilderness, hungry, thirsty, Doubting that we should have ever come. But look around: We are not alone. It is our journey together: A journey to our better selves, A journey to a...
    Closing | By Debra Haffner | July 4, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Beginnings, Community, Connections, Courage, Doubt, Journey, Judaism, Passover (Pesach)
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  • If we lived in another climate Our souls might speak other languages We might speak oasis or permafrost, dry season or monsoon But our souls speak spring Our souls speak green shoots pushing through last year’s leaves Our souls speak flower buds stretching to sun Our souls speak mud puddle and...
    Opening | By Evin Carvill Ziemer | March 23, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Direct Experience, Earth, Earth-Centered, Easter, Growth, Hope, Nature, Passover (Pesach), Spring, Vernal Equinox
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  • The day after the seder, reality shoves back in like a football player with lowered shoulder. Dishes to wash: the browned kugel pan, chopping knives, the eggbeater that whipped the whites for Eppie’s matzah balls, the gravy boats that held haroset, the glass bowls encrusted with salt. All day...
    Poetry | By Rabbi Rachel Barenblat | March 24, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Food, Judaism, Passover (Pesach), Prophetic Words & Deeds, Spiritual Practice, Tradition
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  • "So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls wrapped in their cloaks upon their shoulders." —Exodus 12:34 You’ll need to travel light. Take what you can carry: a book, a poem, a battered tin cup, your child strapped to your chest, clutching your necklace in one...
    Poetry | By Rabbi Rachel Barenblat | March 24, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Courage, Fear, Freedom, Judaism, Letting Go, Passover (Pesach), Tradition, Transformation
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  • Breakfast on kosher macaroons and Diet Pepsi in the car on the way to Price Chopper for lamb. Peel five pounds of onions and let the Cuisinart shred them while you push them down and weep....
    Poetry | By Rabbi Rachel Barenblat | March 24, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Direct Experience, Food, Freedom, Generations, Judaism, Passover (Pesach), Prophetic Words & Deeds, Spirituality, Tradition
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  • Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land to a good and broad land, a land...
    Meditation | By John Nichols | March 19, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Freedom, God, Integrity, Judaism, Passover (Pesach)
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  • When the escape from Egypt was certain, when the last furious wave had closed over their enemies' heads and the dangerous waters lay smooth again, when the Israelites could finally turn toward the future without fear that the past would snatch them back--what did they see before them? Not the...
    Meditation | By Kathleen McTigue | March 19, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Fear, Judaism, Passover (Pesach), Searching, Tradition, Transformation
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  • They had no idea where they were going, when they left that night, in the dark, without lights, without shoes, without bread, their children smothered against them so they would make no noise....
    Meditation | By Victoria Safford | March 19, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Courage, Faith, Freedom, Identity, Journey, Judaism, Passover (Pesach), Purpose, Searching, Tradition
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  • For holy days on which we recall the old stories, we light the flame. For Passover which reminds us of the courage and strength of those seeking freedom in the past, we light the flame. For Easter which reminds us that love is our greatest challenge, we light the flame....
    Chalice Lighting | By Dillman Baker Sorrells | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Challenge, Christianity, Community, Courage, Easter, Freedom, History, Judaism, Love, Passover (Pesach), Sacred, Searching, Strength, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism
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  • We listen to the wisdom of our inner hearts and minds as we join in meditation.
    Meditation | By Anne E Treadwell | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Christianity, Easter, Judaism, Passover (Pesach)
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  • Code Switch - This NPR blog is one of the best places for new takes on race and culture, particularly the intersection of race with other identities and issues (like gender and class). >> npr.org/blogs/codeswitch Colorlineshttp://colorlines.com/archives/2011/11/jay_smooths_ted_talk_on_how_he_l…...
    By Carey McDonald | December 4, 2013 | From Guides and Tools
    Tagged as: Activism, Equity, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Judaism, Leadership, Passover (Pesach), Secular, Spiritual Practice, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, Social Justice, Worship
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  • humorcomplexRowan Atkinson claims that people can be funny in three ways: by behaving in an unusual way, being in an unusual place, or being the wrong size.[*...
    By Ted Resnikoff | December 1, 2013 | From Stories and Voices
    Tagged as: Activism, Community, Identity, Judaism, Passover (Pesach), Secular, Spiritual Practice, Thanksgiving, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Multiculturalism, News, Worship
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  • Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, getting a new multigenerational tradition started. In Peoria, Illinois the This reflection on the complexities of grief, grace and gratitude comes from the Rev. Julia Corbett-Hemeyer at the This blogpost by Rev....
    By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | November 30, 2013 | From Stories and Voices
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Faith, Identity, Interdependence, Judaism, Leadership, Meaning, Passover (Pesach), Purpose, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Faith Development, Personal Inspiration, UUA Headquarters, Worship
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  • By Jeremie Bateman | November 29, 2013 | From Stories and Voices
    Tagged as: Connections, Growth, Identity, Judaism, Meaning, Passover (Pesach), Spiritual Practice, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Faith Development, Personal Inspiration, Worship
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  • https://www.google.com/search?q=menurkey&client=firefox-a&hs=V7…; Adorable.
    By Deborah Neisel-Sanders | November 28, 2013 | From Stories and Voices
    Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Community, Faith, Identity, Judaism, Passover (Pesach), Spiritual Practice, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Multiculturalism, Faith Development, Vision for UUism, Worship
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  • Rabbi David Kudan asks, ReformJudiasm.orgHanukkahhttp://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2013/10/15/looking-perfect-thanksgivu… one from Jewish cooking expert Tina Wasserman) featuring foods like latkes with cranberry sauce, and the term...
    By Ted Resnikoff | November 27, 2013 | From Future of Faith
    Tagged as: Identity, Judaism, Multigenerational Faith Development, Passover (Pesach), Spiritual Practice, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Faith Development, Worship
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  • Guest post by Stephanie Carey-Marron. – Ed. This year, for the first time in our lifetime, Thanksgiving (November 28) coincides with the first day of Hanukkah (the evening of November 27 through the night of November 28). For most of us, it’s exciting. If you’re my husband, well…let’s...
    By Ted Resnikoff | November 27, 2013 | From Stories and Voices
    Tagged as: Connections, Growth, Identity, Judaism, Meaning, Passover (Pesach), Spiritual Practice, Thanksgiving, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Faith Development, Personal Inspiration, Worship
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  • A founding story of American Thanksgiving, reflected by the History Channel claims, " In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies."(Read source hereIndian Country Toda...
    By Ted Resnikoff | November 26, 2013 | From Guides and Tools
    Tagged as: Activism, Community, Equity, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Judaism, Leadership, Passover (Pesach), Secular, Spiritual Practice, Thanksgiving, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Anti-Oppression, Multiculturalism, News, Social Justice, Worship
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  • Blue Boat of Youth and Young Adult Ministries is doing something special to celebrate the unusual confluence of …; and Hanukkahcloud-spaceGregorian calendar while Hanukkah follows the lunisolarHebrew calendar. But, hey – http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/2343364/jewish/…...
    By Ted Resnikoff | November 26, 2013 | From Issues and Trends
    Tagged as: Activism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Beliefs & Principles, Faith, Identity, Judaism, Leadership, Nourishing the Spirit, Passover (Pesach), Secular, Spiritual Practice, Thanksgiving, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, News, Worship
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