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Resources &  Links
The Seder Leader's Haggadah
  1. Draft version on the section Preparations for the Seder

English Books
  1. The Exodus You Almost Passed Over by Rabbi David Fohrman of AlephBeta.org
  2. Let My Nation Go by Yosef Deutsch (I haven't read it yet but it was recommended by Rabbi Weberman)


Haggadot
  1. Rabbi David Bashevkin wrote the NCSY Just One Haggadah
  2. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Haggadah. Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Z"L is the former chief Rabbi of United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013


Free Haggadot and companion documents to download and print
  1. The NCSY QuaranTEEN Haggadah which includes all the critical elements for the Seder along with great explanations and insights
  2. You can download the Breslov Haggadah for free. The layout is messed up, but the insights are amazing!
  3. Skokie Chabad provides a version for those that follow the Lubavitch customs (essentially the same as Ashkenaz but without Nirtzah
  4. The Jewish Braille Institute has available in "large print", Haggadot in multiple languages for download or to order
  5. Rabbi David Fohrman of AlephBeta.org provides this fascinating guide on How to Read the Haggadah
  6. My friend Stephen Beker created a version of Bingo called PINGO which is a fun way to keep kids and adults paying attention during the Seder

Online Classes
These classes are for all levels
  1. Rabbi Milevsky of B'nai Torah give amazing classes on everything. If you visit this Bnai Torah site you can search the page for the word Pesach and you will find his various videos. They are also available here on YouTube
  2. Rabbi Tatz is exceptional and all his classes are recommended. To hear his classes on Pesach you can visit his site www.akivatatz.com and you can find some additional classes at www.simpletoremember.com
  3. Just last year Rabbi Ari Bergmann became known to me. His website has all types of fascinating classes including many on Pesach

These classes are more advanced. They are in English but not all Hebrew words are translated and they are often involved in the details of Halachot.
  1. Everything and I mean everything by Rabbi Moshe Gordon available at ou.org
  2. Rabbi Yisroel Belsky's Pesach Classes can be found here at www.mp3shiur.com 
  3. Rabbi Yechiel Weberman on making Pesach more fun for the kids (but really for all of us) from yu.org (specifically starting at 28:30 but the whole class is worthwhile listen)
Merchandise
  1. AliExpress for (mostly) cheap and often funny Passover items (I am most amused by the t-shirts)
  2. Dollar Stores like Dolllarama & Dollar Tree have tons of items you can use for props (toy wild animals, frogs, etc.) Just use your imagination.
Amazing Pesach Sites
  1. The title says it all. This is (or was) Rabbi Weberman's all inclusive Awesome Pesach website



The Exodus You Almost Past Over
Is there an Exodus story that we almost passed over? Every year we read the story of the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt. It seems like something we already know. But do we? Questions haunt the careful reader. Among them: Doesn't the name Passover seem a bit strange? Why not just call it Freedom Day, or Independence Day? And did the Exodus have to be so complicated? Couldn't an All-Powerful deity have teleported the Israelites out of Egypt and spared everyone the arduous process of the Ten Plagues? Then there's the uncomfortable parts of the Exodus: Why, exactly, did God have to harden Pharaoh's heart? Was that really fair? In this book, Rabbi Fohrman invites us to look at the Exodus story with fresh eyes
Coming Soon
Yes I know it's more of a tree than a bush. I didn't create it and it does look pretty cool.
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