Today's plagues may be less obvious or dramatic, but are no less insidious...and responsibility for their existence lies on our shoulders.

They include:

Apathy in the face of evil

Brutal torture of the helpless

Cruel mockery of the old and the weak

Despair of human goodness

Envy of the joy of others

Falsehood and deception corroding our faith

Greedy theft of earth’s resources

Hatred of learning and culture Instigation of war and aggression

Justice delayed, justice denied, justice mocked…

Shekhinah, soften our hearts and the hearts of our enemies. Help us to dream new paths to freedom, so that the next sea-opening is not also a drowning; so that our singing is never again their wailing. So that our freedom leaves no one orphaned, childless, gasping for air.


haggadah Section: -- Ten Plagues