The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #205, Crystal Haggadah, 16

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The Eternal Jew’s Tale
A Pesakh Montage, The Crystal Haggadah
Ten Steps of the Seder

1. Blessings

1. Blessing over candles
2. Pesakh blessings
3. Shehekheyanu
4. Blessing over wine, first cup
5. Personal offerings: blessings, thanks, memories, accomplishments of others
6. Al netilat yadiyim — ritual hand washing

2. Descent into History — Haggadah 1

1. Looking backward
2. Oppressions
3. Eras of justice and prosperity

3. Questions — Haggadah 2

1. The four, or many, questions
2. The four, or many, personalities and attitudes (to family, tradition, faith, God)

4. Traditions — Haggadah 3

1. Blessing over wine, second cup
2. Blessing over matzah; eat a piece/bite of matzah
3. Moror with matzah
4. Kharoset, plus the Hillel sandwich of matzah, moror, and kharoset
5. Snacks — traditional and new

5. Introspections — Haggadah 4

1. Looking inward
2. Elijah
3. Midrash
4. Personal enslavements
5. Personal ways and means to freedom and glory
6. Our creativity
7. Memories and confessions

6. Revelations — Haggadah 5

1. Looking outward
2. New possibilities
3. New insights and hopes
4. Blessing over wine, third cup
5. Snacks

7. Ascents — Haggadah 6

1. Looking forward
2. Steps toward a better world
3. First step, and its positive and negative consequences
4. What changes are in the pipeline:

1. Politics
2. Technology
3. Arts
4. Religion/philosophy

8. Meal (discussions and study rarely continue after the meal)

9. Sweets and Afikomen

1. Desserts
2. Blessing over wine, forth cup
3. Jokes and humor
4. Children’s skits

10. Blessings and Thanksgiving

1. Birkat
2. Hallel
3. Personal Blessings

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In the next episode we begin The Messiah Tractates, a montage of men who claimed to be a messiah.