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As more and more kibbutzim privatized over the past 40
years, these communities faced new challenges of how
to mark the holiday, communally or by family, with the
old Haggadah or with each family choosing for
themselves.
Tzur notes that today most of the kibbutzim use the
same Haggadot that were created in the past. He added
that with the establishment of the graduate movements
of HaNoar HaOved vHaLomed, Machanot HaOlim, and
Hashomer Hatzair, new chalutzic Haggadot are now
being written.
"They thought it was over, but it turns out that new
blessings and poems have begun to be written again,
which is a very, very interesting thing," he said.
On Seder night, in the traditional Haggadah, Jews ask
“ma nishtana” – "what has changed." Passover will
continue to be shaped by changes taking place in Jewish
history, as the kibbutz seder demonstrates.
The lasting influence of the kibbutz Haggadah on Israeli
Jewish culture can be felt in a renewed focus on self-
reflection and taking action. What is freedom today?
Where and how are we oppressed? What form of
slavery should we fight against, in our day and time?
