"The Shortest Seder" genre: Spiritual Easy Listening
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	On March 27, 2002, Twenty-nine people were killed and 140 injured - 20 seriously - in a suicide bombing in the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya, Israel in the midst of the Passover holiday seder with 250 guests. I needed to address the pain of this event, and did so by forming this song as a tribute and a memorial to the victims. The form this song took on reflects the Seder ritual. and the theme of "fours" that surround the Seder - four cups of wine, four questions, the four sons. I wanted the core feeling of this song to be victory and strength through adversity, not lamentation.
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	Story Behind the Song On March 27, 2002, Twenty-nine people were killed and 140 injured - 20 seriously - in a suicide bombing in the Park Hotel in the coastal city of Netanya, Israel in the midst of the Passover holiday seder with 250 guests. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. The terrorist walked into the dining room of the hotel, in the center of the city, and detonated an explosive device. In the seemingly unending blur of horrible terrorist attack news, this event affected me a great deal. Some of the victims at the Seder were Holocaust survivors. To die in this way is a tragedy on top of a tragedy. I needed to address the pain of this event, and did so by forming this song as a tribute and a memorial to the victims. The form this song took on reflects the Seder ritual. and the theme of "fours" that surround the Seder - four cups of wine, four questions, the four sons. The Torah uses four expressions of freedom or deliverance in connection with our liberation from Egypt (see Exodus 6:6-7). The four cups of wine correspond to the four distinct redemptions incorporated in the Exodus: Israel's physical removal from the geographical boundaries of Egypt; the delivery from Egyptian bondage; the creation of an inherently free people, immune to any future possibility of enslavement; and Israel's election as G-d's chosen people at Sinai seven weeks later on the festival of Shavuot. This song follows the theme of four as well. There are four main instruments involved in playing the themes - Piano, violin, flute, and guitar. One thing I did NOT want to do was make this a song of mourning, even though it was a sorrowful event. Tthe core feeling of the song had to be victory and strength through adversity, not lamentation. There are also four identifiable themes in the song: 1. The guests arrive. The usual pleasant chatter and anticipation of a warm social evening. 2. Sitting down to the Seder, becoming a group ready to recount the story of the Exodus from Egypt. 3. The telling of the story. The longest theme, reflecting the wandering in the desert (hamidbar). 4. A version of the second theme, but more "violent". The chaos after the terrorist's evil act, followed by resolve, and at the end, even a hope for peace Lyrics None - If you can come up with some that are appropriate, feel free.

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