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Seder

Local and Online Resources for Passover

March 15, 2021 by Gillian Jackson 3 Comments

A Photo from Leora Druckman’s Virtual Seder Last Year.

This time around for our ‘virtual’ seders, we have compiled a list of COVID-safe options for catered meals, curbside pickup grocery, and online haggadot. Enjoy the list and if you have any suggestions, please add them in the comments!

Restaurants Catering Passover Meals:

Plum Market: Visit plummarket.com/springcatering to see their Passover Menu.

Zola Bistro: Visit https://www.bistrozola.com/family-passover-celebration-menu/ to see their catered meal and seder plate.

Zingermans Deli: Visit https://www.zingermanscatering.com/passover/#Passover-Menu to see Zingerman’s catered seder plate, seder meal for one, and seder meal for the family.

Cornman Farms: Visit https://shop.zingermanscornmanfarms.com to see their catered meal for two.

Grocery Stores with Passover Supplies:

Plum Market North and West has your regular Passover fare including matzoh, gefilte fish, and Manischewitz cookies in a can!

Kroger on Washtenaw has an online Passover selection you can find here.

Meijer locations in Ann Arbor are currently having a sale on many Kosher for Passover items. You can order these items online and pickup curbside!

Online Haggadah Resources:

If you’re looking for something simple and ready-made, download this Zoom-gaddah, a ready-to-use Powerpoint Haggadah!

Haggadot.com has an online tutorial and many resources for creating your own Haggadah online.

Clare Kinberg compiled an excellent list of creative themed Haggadot in 2018, and Avodah put together an extensive list of Haggadot and seder supplements for adults and kids; the list includes rituals and readings for COVID, immigrant rights, food justice, racial justice, gender justice, and more.

And of course we would be remiss to discuss Haggadot without mentioning our own Carol Levin’s beautiful family Haggadah.

If you have some resources you would like to add to the list, please comment below!

Filed Under: Upcoming Activities Tagged With: haggadah, kosher, Passover, Seder

AARC Resilience Apparent in Virtual Seders!

April 12, 2020 by Gillian Jackson Leave a Comment

Jews have a long history of taking rough stones and polishing them into jewels. At one of our recent virtual check-ins, Rabbi Ora mentioned our collective tendency to manifest reliance, selected for by generations of adversity. This trait is much in evidence this Passover!

Leora Druckman’s virtual seder table

The weeks leading up to Passover were marked with not-so-subtle correlations: the scarcity of wheat, the presence of plague, etc. … But in true Reconstructionist style, we used what we had and produced seders that were gems of both levity and gratitude – and virtual ingenuity! Please enjoy these AARC members’ reflections on their seders:

“For what it’s worth, I actually quite liked it a lot. It should’ve felt cold, I suppose, but for some reason it felt extra special to see everyone do extra work to still make it happen, but also by making sure to connect with each other online against the quarantining in these times. That meant a lot for so many and was not taken for granted. It felt like it reaffirmed relationships, values, our holiday … It felt like that extra special desire to still connect and meet anyway we could, was also in our kids. This Pesach really held extra special meaning none of us could’ve ever appreciated on such a level before.”

– Mark Dieve

“It was nice to talk with family we don’t normally get to see this time of year. I took a pic of our table from the angle of the camera before we sat down.”

– Amie Ritchie

“I shared flowers (via Carole Caplan) and food with several people who usually attend our seder. Two of the three chose to attend other seders – so it was just my brother’s family and my mother sharing ours. That’s good because it took us 20 minutes to connect via Google Meet – chosen because it gave my 85 year old mother closed captions.

“Food deliveries included flowers, matzah ball soup, salads, charoset, chicken dinner ready for the oven, and all the fixings for my mother’s seder plate. She made us brisket. We did a physical distanced food exchange and visited in the sunshine with her for a bit. She was very grateful to have a seder with us.

“The computer was placed at the far end of the Seder Table.”

– Carol Lessure
Carol Lessure’s seder plate delivery package!
Carol Lessure’s seder table
Carol Lessure’s flower delivery via Carole Caplan

“The Eisbruch family enjoyed being able to join with family members and friends in time zones from Israel to California. That was a very special treat.”

– Emily Eisbruch
Deb Kraus’s cat drinking from Miriam’s cup (on cue)

So many members were able to make the most of the day and find ways to share in the depth and joy of the seder in unique and meaningful ways. How was your virtual Passover? Please share in the comments!

Filed Under: Event writeups Tagged With: covid-19, Passover, Seder

AARC Seder, 5776

March 27, 2016 by Margo Schlanger

 

From Allison Stupka and Harry Fried

Moses said to Pharaoh, “Let my people go”….. to the AARC 3rd Day of Passover Seder Potluck!!!! And Moses should know, after all he had a burning desire to make this day happen.

Attending our family-friendly Seder on Sunday, April 24, at  4:30pm at the JCC (should end at about 7:30 pm) is nowhere near as difficult as hardening Pharaoh’s heart or parting the Red Sea. In fact, it’s easy.

Just click on this link to our sign-up page and sign up; all the pieces we need are there. Even Pharaoh couldn’t stop you, and that’s saying a lot.

Allison and I have been organizing AARC’s seders, with others, for at least the past eight years. This year is going to be even better since we get to recline in the JCC’s lounges, rather than on our (beloved but acoustically challenging) basketball court!

We look forward to seeing everyone and celebrating this most important and enjoyable service.

Want to help plan?  What is your vision for the AARC Seder? Special food? Special songs? Something else? Please email us to help put together our communal celebration.

Passover has many different interpretations. Even if you’re not helping plan, what does Passover mean to you? Do you have special memories about this holiday? If you want to, please bring a poem, a short written thought, a picture or a special song or food to share with the group. Let’s make this celebration communal and intellectually stimulating! Please email us with any questions if you feel the need to run an idea by someone before the Seder.

Beit Sefer Kids at Seder 2013

Filed Under: Posts by Members, Upcoming Activities Tagged With: Passover, Seder

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