{"product_id":"night-of-beginnings-a-passover-haggadah-by-a-poet-artist-marcia-falk","title":"Night of Beginnings: A Passover Haggadah By a Poet Artist Marcia Falk","description":"\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eNight of Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e is a groundbreaking new haggadah for the Passover seder from acclaimed poet, translator, and liturgist Marcia Falk, beautifully designed and illustrated with original watercolor drawings by the author.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e              \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eUnlike both traditional and new haggadahs, which do not contain a full recounting of the biblical story, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eNight of Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e presents the Exodus narrative in its entirety, providing a direct connection to the ancient origins of the holiday. This retelling highlights the actions of its female characters, including Miriam; Pharaoh's daughter, who adopts the baby Moshe; and the midwives Shifrah and Pu'ah, who save the Hebrew male infants. Falk's revolutionary new blessings, in Hebrew and English, replace the traditional, patriarchal seder blessings, and her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003ekavanot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e—meditative directions for prayer—introduce a genre new to the seder ritual. Poems, psalms, and songs are arranged to give structural coherence to the haggadah. A new commentary raises interpretive questions and invites us to bring personal reflections into the discussion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eLike the author's widely acclaimed previous prayer books, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eThe Book of Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eThe Days Between\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e, Falk's poetic blessings for the seder envision the divine as a Greater Whole of which we are an inseparable part. The inclusive language of Falk's blessings makes room for women to find and use their voices more full-throatedly than they were able to do with the male-centered prayers inherited from the early rabbis. Men, too, will encounter here a spiritually moving and thought-provoking experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eMarcia Falk \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eis a poet, translator, liturgist, and artist known widely for her groundbreaking prayer books \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eThe Book of Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eThe Days Between\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e, which re-create Hebrew and English prayer from an inclusive, nonpatriarchal perspective. Falk is also the creator of a volume combining her art and poetry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eInner East: Illuminated Poems and Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e, and other books of poetry and translation, including a now-classic translation of the Song of Songs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42254313816229,"sku":"978-0827615519","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/978-0827615519.jpg?v=1725093855","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/night-of-beginnings-a-passover-haggadah-by-a-poet-artist-marcia-falk","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}