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The first section of the commentary focuses on how our traditional Haggadah, born in the galut, would have been different had it been written today. The Hatikvah, prayer for Israel and prayer for the IDF and perhaps a fifth cup are included. As we read the traditional text, we read many commentaries relating the lessons of the traditional Haggadah to the lessons of modern Israel. But the Chinitz Zion Haggadah is not just a reinterpretation of the Haggadah. This Haggadah teaches the seder leader how to teach Zionism, and teaches the seder participants the desperate need for every Jew to participate in this Zionist dream. Passivity in our challenging times must be replaced by action. Passover seders will be very different in the coming years. Every seder should have an empty chair with picture and name of an Israeli brutalized on October 7, 2023. The very tenets of modern Israel are being challenged, especially by our youth. 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Our God, act for Your own sake, not ours; look at our condition, how low and destitute we are. Bring healing to a drifted leaf; have compassion on man who is mere dust and ashes. From the Piyutim recited after Maariv As helm in the hand of the seaman, who handles or abandons it at will, so are we in Your hand, gracious God; heed Your pact, heed not the Accuser. Morning Prayer Shacharit Extol the Lord with a harp; sing to Him with a ten-string lyre: Sing to Him a new song; skillfully play sounds of jubilation. We are Your Congregation and You are our Destiny; we are Your sheep and You are our Shepherd; we are Your vineyard and You are our Watchman; we are Your work and You are our Creator; we are Your faithful and You are our Beloved. Our Father Our King - Avinu Malkeinu Our Father, our King, we have sinned before You. Our Father, our King, tear up the evil sentence decreed against us. Our Father, our King, fill our storehouses with plenty. 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He was then given the golden vestments which he put on; he sanctified his hands and feet from a golden pitcher. Arousing within himself feelings of reverence, he entered the Holy of Holies, and when he reached the Ark, he set down the fire-pan between the staves of the Ark. He transferred all the incense from the ladle into his hands, put it on the glowing coals to the west side and waited there until the Holy of Holies became filled with smoke. He hastened and took the blood of the bullock from the stand whereon he had placed it, dipped his finger in the blood... and sprinkled from it upon the curtain... And thus he would count: One! One and one; one and two; one and three; one and four; one and five; one and six; one and seven! When the priests and the people standing in the Temple court heard God’s glorious and revered Name clearly expressed by the high priest with holiness and purity, they fell on their knees, prostrated themselves and worshiped; they fell upon their faces and responded: Blessed be the name of His glorious majesty forever and ever. …and he took off the golden vestments. His own garments were brought to him and he put them on; and they accompanied him to his house. He would celebrate a festive day for his coming out from the Holy of Holies in peace. How glorious indeed was the high priest when he safely left the holy of holies! Like the clearest canopy of heaven was the countenance of the priest. Like lightning flashing from benign angels was the countenance of the priest. Like the purest blue of the four fringes was the countenance of the priest. Like the wondrous rainbow of the bright cloud was the countenance of the priest. Like the splendor G-d gave the first creatures was the countenance of the priest. Like the rose in a beautiful garden was the countenance of the priest. Afternoon Prayer Make our sins white as snow and wool, as it is written: Come now, let us reason together—says the Lord— even if your sins will be as scarlet, they will become white as snow; even if they will be red as crimson, they will become [white] as wool. Ne’ila (Concluding) Prayer Open for us the gate of prayer, even at the closing of the gate, even now that the day has declined. When the day declines into sunset, let us enter into Your gates. Almighty King… O G-d, who instructed us to recite the thirteen divine qualities, remember, in our favor, the covenant of the thirteen qualities, as You revealed them to gentle Moses... Then the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed: Hashem, Hashem, G-d, Compassionate and Gracious, Slow to anger and Abundant in Kindness and Truth. Preserver of kindness for thousands of generations, Forgiver of iniquity, willful sin, and error, and Who cleanses. And seal all Your people of the covenant for a happy life. May we and all Israel Your people be remembered and sealed before You in the book of life and blessing, peace and prosperity, for a happy life and for peace. Shema Yisrael Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. Three times: Blessed be the name of his glorious majesty forever and ever. Seven times: The Lord is God! The shofar is sounded once. 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