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Trade Review“Rabbi Cohen has written an engaging companion to the Haggadah that is at once original, thought provoking, erudite, and humane. A modern sensibility meets an ancient text, and the result is a series of interpretations that will give every reader something new to think about on the timeless yet always timely themes of exodus, freedom, and responsibility.” -Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Britain and the Commonwealth -- Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, United Hebrew Congregation of the British Commonwealth
“Rabbi Cohen’s essays provide readable, informative, and inspiring guidance to a number of intriguing and often confusing, Passover customs … His novel insights are carefully argued.” -Stefan C. Reif Professor of Medieval Hebrew Studies and Director of Genizah Research, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom -- Stephan C Reif, Professor of Medieval Hebrew Studies and Director of Genziah Research, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Foreword 1. The Fertility of the Early Israelites 2. Why We Were Slaves in Egypt 3. Is Freedom a Jewish Concept? 4. A Nation of Survivors! 5. Searching for the Chametz and the Origin of Pesach 6. The Symbolism of the Paschal Lamb 7. Why Moses is Not Mentioned in the Haggadah 8. The Four Cups of Wine 9. Four Sons or One? 10. The Son without Questions 11. Dislodging the Wicked Son’s Teeth 12. “Not Just Once, but in Every Generation…” 13. R. Eleazar’s Dispute with the Sages 14. A Problem Verse in Dayyenu 15. Rabban Gamaliel Used to Say… 16. The Message of Hillel’s Sandwich 17. The Spirit of the Shirah 18. Marital Lessons from Shir Hashirim 19. The Challenge of the Omer Period 20. Lag b’Omer and World Reconciliation Index
