“Review of Night of Beginnings: A Passover Haggadah“, Ariel Evan Mayse, Stanford University
Reviewed by Ariel Evan Mayse, this review discusses Marcia Falk’s Night of Beginnings, a reimagined Passover Haggadah designed to inspire contemplative practice. Falk combines poetic liturgy, gender-inclusive language, and mystical reflections to offer new interpretations of traditional Jewish texts. She emphasizes the importance of personal and communal transformation, focusing on connection, humility, and compassion rather than power and exclusion. Through her creative blessings, storytelling, and visual art, Falk invites readers to experience the Passover Seder as a dynamic ritual filled with beauty, renewal, and spiritual depth.
Keywords: Jewish mysticism, the Haggadah, poetry, storytelling, Passover, liturgy, ritual
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.57010/XIKB3576