There are many "recipes" for charoset, all found in the Song of Songs - which mentions raisins and quinces, nuts and wine, a profusion of spices. We are taught to chant this Song Beyond All Songs during the week of Pesach, for the Song beckons us to the vision of an ahcievable future for which Passover is one working model. A future not absolutely perfect but one in which the ethic of love and equal dignity for all human beings with each other and between Earth and human earthlings has become written in almost every heart. The Garden of Eden for a loving, grown-up human race in a loving, peaceful Earth. With holy charoset in our bowls and sacred grape juice in our cups, we turn toward the Blessings that we intend to create in the world. 

CHAROSET

[ALL RECITE ALOUD]

Blessed be the Breath of Life whose Charoset embodies the Song, and whose Song embodies Pesach. 

10 BLESSINGS

[ALL RECITE TOGETHER. AFTER EACH BLESSING, DRINK A SIP OF GRAPE JUICE AND EAT A SPOONFUL OF CHAROSET]

1. Many solar co-ops in every neighborhood

2. Universal access to pure drinking water

3. Interurban light rail networks

4. Reforestation everywhere

5. Restorative agriculture and urban farms

6. Energy-conserving retrofits for homes and businesses

7. Restoration for all endangered species

8. Pollinator meadows

9. Free, quality health care for all

10. Ecological worldview everywhere


haggadah Section: Koreich