Making Passover Meaningful with Haggadah Supplements

The problem with the Haggadah is that it has not been updated for centuries, and consequently, it has lost its appeal to the modern man and woman. There are, however, many Haggadah supplements on the web that can make the reading of the Haggadah a lively ritual, applying the age-old ideas to modern problems and issues.

Specifically, check out Haggadah supplements at the Velveteen Rabbi

and Tikkun Magazine.

Here is a suggested Opening Prayer from Velveteen Rabbi Haggadah:

We read responsively:

Long ago at this season, our people set out on a journey.

On such a night as this, Israel went from degradation to joy.

We give thanks for the liberation of days gone by.

And we pray for all who are still bound.

Eternal God, may all who hunger come to rejoice in a new Passover.

Let all the human family sit at Your table, drink the wine of deliverance, eat the bread of freedom:

Freedom from bondage and freedom from oppression

Freedom from hunger and freedom from want

Freedom from hatred and freedom from fear

Freedom to think and freedom to speak

Freedom to teach and freedom to learn

Freedom to love and freedom to share

Freedom to hope and freedom to rejoice

Soon, in our days Amen.