Recommendations for a Passover Haggadah?
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forestofgloryI'm planning on hosting a seder this year. I've never really done one by myself. If I had all the time in the world I'd write my own Haggadah, but since I'm going to be spending the week before the holiday doing archival research I don't think this will be possible. So I'd like some recommendations.
My ideal Haggadah would:
Be in English with transliterations for any Hebrew
Not refer to God as male only
Include and orange on the seder plate and Miriam's cup
Not focus too much on the story of the exodus
Focus on the social justice aspects of the seder
include that bit about the hand of god and the finger of god that my dad and my uncle both love
Not be too long
I doubt there is something out there that meets all of these criteria, but if you know of something close, please tell me about it.
Honestly reading from fixed text can be problematic. Last year I went to someone else's Seder and she had a customized Haggadah, which I liked the text of, but I keep wanting to go of scrip and just talk about things, but didn't really feel able. So I don't want that, but I'm not sure what other options there are. When I've been at Seders with multiple Haggadot generally people converse while someone is trying to find the next bit.
My ideal Haggadah would:
Be in English with transliterations for any Hebrew
Not refer to God as male only
Include and orange on the seder plate and Miriam's cup
Not focus too much on the story of the exodus
Focus on the social justice aspects of the seder
include that bit about the hand of god and the finger of god that my dad and my uncle both love
Not be too long
I doubt there is something out there that meets all of these criteria, but if you know of something close, please tell me about it.
Honestly reading from fixed text can be problematic. Last year I went to someone else's Seder and she had a customized Haggadah, which I liked the text of, but I keep wanting to go of scrip and just talk about things, but didn't really feel able. So I don't want that, but I'm not sure what other options there are. When I've been at Seders with multiple Haggadot generally people converse while someone is trying to find the next bit.
