Seder
means Order
It’s time to offer up some Passover material. The images are all from the Sarajevo Haggadah, another obsession. I tell what is known of it in the first person, in the voice of the Haggadah, I’ll offer that up during the holiday. For now, the Seder opens with the Order of the ritual, I sing it in an enchanted melody gathered from Old Salonika. I am influenced in this piece from studying Rav Kook’s always expansive treatments of our traditions. It turned into a kind of [Petrarchan] sonnet.
Seder means Order Sung to melody from Salonika Make everything holy Kadesh Wash yourself clean U-R’chatz Eat something green Karpas Separate physics from spirit Yachatz Tell a good story Maggid Get more clean Rachtzah Bring back spirit into physics Motzi Matzah Spit out your hurt Maror Make an Everything sandwich Korekh Have tea together Shulchan ‘Orekh Pay attention to endings Tzafun Find your gratitude bone Barekh Make someone happy at home Hallel Summa-rise Nirtzah