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Passover Originated in Poetic Vision

In this Passover poem, Harvey Shapiro traces the movement from direct encounter with God to the Passover story.

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Choosing the Desert over Bondage

Marge Piercy’s “Maggid” is a powerful Passover poem about the courage it takes to abandon what is familiar.

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Passover: A Ritual for Wanderers

Henry Weinfield is deeply skeptical of a fixed Jewish identity but captures the wandering spirit in this Passover poem.

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