The Holistic Haggadah: How Will You Be Different This Passover Night?
The Holistic Haggadah presents a contemporary spiritual commentary on the meaning of freedom and its relationship to serving God.
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The Holistic Haggadah presents a contemporary spiritual commentary on the meaning of freedom and its relationship to serving God. Publishers Weekly "How is this night different from all other nights?" is the traditional Passover question. But Kagan (who describes himself as an "ortho-practicing, but unorthodox, Jew") wants seder participants to look beyond the obvious and ask themselves a different question: "How will this night change me?" Using the Exodus story as an allegory of an individual's spiritual slavery and redemption, Kagan advocates a holistic approach to Judaism that merges the worlds of action, emotion, intellect and spirit. Readers are asked to reflect upon what is keeping them enslaved in their "inner Mitzraim" (Egypt). Kagan spiritualizes the various elements of Passover observance; burning the hametz (leavened bread), for example, symbolizes a willingness to let go of attachments and anything that puffs us up. (Mar.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
1Introductions to the holistic Haggadah52In the beginning - between Purim and Pesah223B'dikat Hametz - searching for Hametz : searching for inner spoilage244Biur Hametz - burning of Hametz : willingness to let go of attachments265Lighting the candles : bringing in the light286Blessing the children : for they are our future307The fifteen steps - order out of chaos348The songs2089The counting of the Omer22810Afterword : the journey from Pesah to Shavuot239
\ Publishers Weekly"How is this night different from all other nights?" is the traditional Passover question. But Kagan (who describes himself as an "ortho-practicing, but unorthodox, Jew") wants seder participants to look beyond the obvious and ask themselves a different question: "How will this night change me?" Using the Exodus story as an allegory of an individual's spiritual slavery and redemption, Kagan advocates a holistic approach to Judaism that merges the worlds of action, emotion, intellect and spirit. Readers are asked to reflect upon what is keeping them enslaved in their "inner Mitzraim" (Egypt). Kagan spiritualizes the various elements of Passover observance; burning the hametz (leavened bread), for example, symbolizes a willingness to let go of attachments and anything that puffs us up. (Mar.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\ \
