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The four Adopteess. (Read aloud by turn the following paragraphs based on "The four sons" section of traditional haggadot.) Blessed be God whose writer will speak of four different characters of Adoptees: The Inquisitive Adoptee
4444 4444 4444 4444 1. The inquisitive Adoptee asks: "What is the meaning of the rules, laws and customs which the Eternal our god has commanded us?" You shall explain to him all the laws of Passover, to the very last detail of the Search for Afikomen. And you shall refer to his experience of being lost and then saved from the dark waters of the Nile to explain welcoming the stranger, the widow, and the orphan to this table because they have also known those dark waters. 2. The hostile, threatened Adoptee asks: "What is the meaning of this seder to you?" This Adoptee may even act to prevent other Adoptees from carrying out their own Searches for origins and may lobby to maintain sealed adoption records. To this Adoptee you say: "Because even Moses fled to Midian for years, I can accept your state of denial, but you have no right to prevent our temporary return to Egypt and reunion with the Hebrews." 3. The non-adopted child asks: "What is this?" This child takes his birthright and contact with birth kin so for granted that you must explain the "need to know." 4. As for the Adoptee who has not been told they are adopted, you must assure them that their instincts are correct, their suspicions are not crazy, and you must tell their parents not only the story of Moses, but also the story of his adoptive mother, Batyah. 4444 4444 4444 4444 |
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