Leading The Passover Journey: The Seder's Meaning Revealed, The Haggadah's Story Retold

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 185 pages
• Published by: Jewish Lights Publishing February 15, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1580232116
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1580232111
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 15.2 ounces

From Publishers Weekly
From the opening pages, in which Rabbi Laufer shares a bit of his family's own history of enslavement and eventual liberation during the Holocaust, this book captures the emotional resonance of the Passover festival with its themes of exile, triumph and freedom. Laufer, who lectures widely in North America and Israel, suggests that readers take up the book thirty days before Passover as a way of gaining entry into the seder's traditions and understanding the spiritual issues behind them. Short chapters address "chametz" (the leavened bread that observant Jews eschew during the holiday), the order of the meal, sacred time and space, the symbolism of the various food items on the seder table, the nature of freedom and enslavement, and other issues. At the heart of the book is a long and thought-provoking chapter on the oral nature of seder storytelling, with Laufer walking readers through the Four Questions and the other parts of the "Maggid," or verbal narrative. This book is for anyone who wants to understand the seder in a more spiritual way, or to connect the diverse pieces of the ritual into "a single, meaningful, cohesive story."
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Product Description
Enrich Your Passover Seder with Renewed Meaning and Significance

Whether you are planning to participate in, contribute to, or lead a Passover Seder, Leading the Passover Journey will help you relive the Jewish People’s legacy of survival, hope, and redemption, and reconnect with the rich heritage celebrated in this special event.

Reclaim the hidden meaning of the Passover Seder. Connect the pieces of the Haggadah narrative into one meaningful, cohesive story. From preparing for Passover to understanding the order of the Seder, from eating the meal of freedom in the house of Slavery to reenacting the saga at the sea, this fascinating exploration of the texts and traditions surrounding the most celebrated event in the Jewish calendar will awaken latent knowledge and provide new understanding. It will empower you to fully understand and identify with the complete story of the Jewish People’s journey of liberation.

Reader Reviews
Rabbi Laufer shows his talent as a master-teacher. He explores the traditional Hagaddah giving it a fresh meaning and relevance to our lives, while linking it even more closely to the biblical text in a unique and coherent manner. This book will surely become a classic work.