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Passover Resources for 2025

A collection of T'ruah's resources for Pesach/Passover 2025.

“Project Esther”: Exploiting Jewish Fear to Advance Dangerous Policy

Created in collaboration with The Nexus Project. Learn what Project Esther is, why it’s dangerous, how it’s showing up in policy right now, and what Jewish leaders can do about it. Plus: Texts related to the biblical Esther to explore with your communities and inspire your resistance. The perfect tool for pre-Purim text study or learning throughout the month of Adar.

A person wearing a kippah that says end the war.

A Prayer for Gaza and to Preserve Our Humanity

By Rabbis Felicia Sol and Roly Matalon of B’nai Jeshurun in New York City.

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Texts and Resources for Tisha B’Av: Jews Say Free Them All

Prayer for Tisha B’Av Actions A prayer by Rabbi Mónica Gomery designed to be read preceding or following the sounding of the shofar at a collective protest on Tisha B’Av. The use of this resource has helped unify Tisha B’Av events across the country. T’ruah’s Past Tisha B’Av Divrei Torah Commentaries by Rabbis Edward C. Bernstein, Ruhi Sophia...
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What Holds Us Back?

by Rabbi Josh Whinston
Rabbi Josh Whinston calls for moral scouts in our own times.
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The Torah of Criticism

by Rabbi Micah Liben
Rabbi Micah Liben calls us to resist complacency and to remain vigilant when our rights are in danger.
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“What’s Love Got To Do With It?”

by Rabbi Dr. Jenny Solomon
Rabbi Dr. Jenny Solomon discusses the importance of blessing with love.
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Each Person, A Letter of Torah

by Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen
Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen writes on Bamidbar and making every person count.
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Ruth: An Immigration Story

by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld and Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson
This text sheet uses excerpts from the Book of Ruth to begin a conversation about U.S. immigration policy. It is designed to segue into “The Sin of Sodom,” a text study that appears in the revised and expanded Mikdash handbook (p. 30-31). The second page of this resource contains a prayer for immigrant children and...
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The Hope of Israel

by Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann
Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann writes on guarding ourselves against hopelessness.
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Justice for the Land and Its Inhabitants

by Rabbi Jill Hammer
Commentary on Parshat Behar (Leviticus 25:1 – 26:2) In Leviticus 25, the Torah famously explains the practice of the sabbatical year (shmitah) and the jubilee year (yovel), in which those who work the land refrain from farming in order to let the land rest. It’s not hard to see a connection between the ancient practice...
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Praying With Our Feet

by Rabbi Laurie Green
“Praying for freedom never did me any good ‘til I started praying with my feet.” – Frederik Douglas “On the seventh day there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred occasion.  You shall do no work.” – Leviticus 23:2-3 (Parshat Emor) We are blessed to live in a thriving democracy.  Though American and...
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Ritual and Regulation: A Priestly Corrective to Prophecy

by Rabbi Leonard Gordon
Commentary on Parshat Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27) In the Bible, there are two traditions, the prophetic and the priestly, both of which aim at building a good society, but do so taking very different approaches. In the Haftarah read on Yom Kippur the prophet Isaiah famously demands: “Is such the fast I desire, a...
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