Or perhaps you have a different take! At any rate, I highly recommend the following article, and hope that it, and the other resources I have sent out this year, make for a thought-provoking and rich Passover!

The Jewish Theological Seminary – Parashat Aharei Mot / Shabbat Hagadol.

This article by Jay Michaelson at the Forward reviews several new Passover Haggadot – including the amazing new website Haggadot.com.

I found this article on Mormon Seders particularly fascinating.

This article by Rabbi Jason Miller on the Four Children of the seder as applied to special education was thought-provoking and moving.

Moses Rap

Dayenu/Coming Home

Youtube’s Shalom Sesame Channel has many Passover videos

20 Things To Do With Matzah

Google Exodus

The sale of hametz is a legal contract on the part of buyer and seller. To execute it, please download, sign, and either fax back, scan and email, or give the form to me by Sunday evening, 4/17/11.  Please note that the hametz is sold for the entire eight days of Passover, and will not be owned by you until about an hour after the end of Pesach. This form is for a sale which will be in effect from late morning  on Monday, April 18th until Tuesday, April 26th , appx. 8:50 pm.

As you are avoiding substantial loss by using this form, I strongly urge you to make a contribution to an organization fighting hunger and poverty. One great example is Mazon. Another is the American Jewish World Service.

You can download the contract and explanation here: Selling chametz 2011.

Chag sameach!

recipes this year? Getting tips on what Passover cleaning is actually necessary (and unnecessary?) Look no further:

Passover Food and Cleaning

For basic information on what’s kosher for Passover and what’s not, see:
The Conservative Movement’s guide to Passover. (This is a PDF file)

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner has a take on Passover cleaning that may surprise those who think it needs to be oppressive and all-consuming. Take a look at:

How to Clean for Pesach in One Day.

Haggadah and Supplements

There is an amazing Passover resource site, Jewish Freeware, which has recipes, haggadot that you can print or customize, audio files, seder games, and a lot more. It has resources for all ages.

Another new site  lets you generate a personalized haggadah drawing from many different movements and traditions, as well as uploading and sharing your own haggadah material. It’s available at http://haggadot.com.

The Absolut Haggadah is new to me this year.

The Velveteen Rabbi has a new revision of her excellent haggadah available for download.

You can download audio of much of the Haggadah as well as most of the Shabbat prayer service at:
SiddurAudio.com

Uncle Eli’s Most Fun Ever Haggadah for Kids is nontraditional but a fun addendum to a seder with children.

There is a terrific set of seder learning activities at Morim.org.

Rabbi Barry Leff has assembled his own roundups of seder supplements this year:

Seder Supplements on Israel and Jewish Peoplehood – these are from a variety of political and apolitical perspectives.

Seder Supplements on Passover and Human Rights

For creative ritual ideas from a feminist vantage point, check out:
Ritualwell.org’s Passover section.

And finally, a moving reflection on our ideal seder vs. the reality of what we can manage each year:

Other Passover Roundups and Articles.

Moment Magazine has this article.

And this year in particular, as we observe the 150′s anniversary of the Civil War’s beginning, the following two pieces have struck me as relevant reminders of what slavery actually looked like.

How Slavery Really Ended in America

Best wishes for a happy and kosher Pesach to all!

In the meantime, a very happy weekend to all mothers out there — and particular thanks and love to my own mother, Marge Fessler, for her stereotype-defying, but always nurturing, presence in my life; and to Miriam, whose love and care for our children makes our journey of parenthood a blessed one.