Passover in 2025: Judaism Unbound Episode 478 - Marques Hollie, Daniel Spiro
Happy Passover! Chag Sameach! The holiday known simultaneously as Pesach (Passover), Chag HaMatzot (Matzah-Fest), Z'man Cheruteinu (Time of our freedom), and Chag Ha-Aviv (Spring/Barley-Fest) has arrived. Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg, co-hosts of Judaism Unbound, are joined by guests Daniel Spiro and Marques Hollie for a conversation that explores how we can get more wacky and creative with our Passover seders (traditional ritualized Passover meals) -- along with how we might play with the rest of the holiday, once the seder(s) have concluded.
[1] New UnYeshiva mini-courses, beginning just after Passover, are now open for registration! Learn more about Jewish Theology Unbound, Untangling Tselem Elohim, and Moses, Tzipporah and Us (Powerful Interfaith Families, Past and Present) by heading to JudaismUnbound.com/classes.
[2] For a whole library of Judaism Unbound's Passover resources, including past podcast episodes, digital afikoman hunts, seder supplements, videos, and more...just head to JudaismUnbound.com/passover.
[3] Learn more about Marques Hollie by heading to MarquesHollie.com, and learn more about Daniel Spiro by heading to his substack — Living T(a)orah.
[5] Check out excerpts from Marques Hollie’s Go Down, Moshe! For a video of them singing “This Night (Ma Nishtana),” click here. For “Harriet’s Niggun,” a melody inspired by the words Harriet Tubman sang when she escaped the Poplar Neck plantation (this melody bookends Go Down, Moshe), click here.
[6] Hollie references a Seder that connected Passover to contemporary forms of human trafficking. For more on this, listen in to Episode 209: Wait…Soft Matzah? - Barry Dolinger, Naomi Baine.
