دانلود کتاب Hagode shel Peysekh mit a Sotsyalistishe Nusekh

The Haggadah contains a fierce prophetic voice. In recalling our liberation from Egypt, it suggests that working Jews will free themselves from the yoke of their time because “we’ve already freed ourselves from the slave house once.” The Haggadah is also clear in its rejection of rabbinic authority. It portrays rabbis as collaborating with the Jewish upper classes to intentionally obfuscate Judaism’s true liberatory message. “What’s this!—[the rabbis and capitalists] say—slaves unite and free themselves! . . . What then would become of us in the world?” In its parody of “Chad Gadya,” titled “Chad Ovedyo”—“Ovedyo,” a mock Aramaic portmanteau between “gadyo” (kid), and “oyved” (worker)—the Haggadah blesses socialism as one would bless God. The inclusion of nonsense Aramaic words (Yiddish words with some Aramaic and Hebrew qualities) adds a playful and irreverent quality.

While Judaism provides the inspiration for this Haggadah’s call to revolution, it emphasizes repeatedly that Jewish ritual, however radical, does not a revolution make. “Only through violence were we liberated from Egypt, and so too only through violent struggle will we free ourselves today.” Whereas today many liberal Haggadahs interpret the ten plagues as social ills, the socialist Haggadah sees their violence as the necessary means to realize freedom from our oppressors.