Download “Garlic on the Seder Plate” from Dori Midnight and Sol Weiss to bring the sweet stink of garlic to your seder table. The supplement includes garlic art and teachings, and a ritual to include garlic in your seder as a symbol of ancestral healing and dedication to collective liberation.
EXCERPT:
“Jews have identified ourselves as “Garlic Eaters” for thousands of years. Jewish folk wisdom from throughout the diaspora tells us that cloves of garlic were tucked into pockets and pouches, hung on windows and doors, placed under the pillow in labor, and strung onto necklaces for protection.
Domination seeks to sever the webs of life, by separating people from each other, the land, traditions for sustenance and a sense of belonging. In the face of separation and oppression, Liberation means countering these behaviors and connecting to that which sustains life.
Garlic teaches us this. Life-affirming protection, a symbol of ancestral healing in service to collective liberation and abolition that holds all life as precious. We place garlic on our seder plates this year as remembrance, weaving practices old and new for a shared commitment to safety rooted in aliveness and connection, to collective care, and to freedom for everyone, everywhere.”
