Robin Silberman is a Technical Writer/ Systems Analyst who met Ann Wigmore at the first Whole Life Expo in San Francisco in 1983. She studied with "Dr. Ann" in Boston, and became her San Francisco contact for all Living Foods events on the west coast, preparing Living Foods for Dr. Ann's workshops at the Expos. She became Dr. Ann's secretary at the Ann Wigmore Institute in Puerto Rico in 1991, and after Ann's passing, continued to work on archiving her writings and correspondence. Robin helped start the first San Francisco Living Foods Support Group, which later became San Francisco Living Foods Enthusiasts, the oldest living foods support group in the country, and has actively served as newsletter writer/editor. Robin continues to teach Living Foods classes from an Ann Wigmore perspective, and is working on a Living Foods for Hanukkah menu, incorporating Potato Latkes, Matzah Balls, Suvganiyot, and Mock Gefilte Fish recipes.

A Living Foods Passover Haggadah
with recipes for the Seder
by Robin Silberman
$12.50

Booklet - 87 pages

The traditional Jewish Passover Seder retells the story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt - a recounting of the history of the Jews in Egypt, how they became slaves, and what they were willing to sacrifice to be free.

The traditional Seder encompasses 14 rituals, which sets the "order" of the Seder. This is the format of the Seder throughout the international Jewish community. Whether the participants are Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrachi, or Aravi'im, unification of all Jews is recognized in the celebration of Passover through the Seder.

In this Haggadah, we also follow the 14 rituals that format the traditional Seder. But because we are celebrating our freedom from fired food - our particular "societal slavery" - the blessings, the Maggid (the Telling), and the other pertinent rituals and songs are Jewish Living Food practitioners, this Seder is a double blessing; we celebrate our freedom from slavery in Egypt, and our new freedom from fired food.

Passover, as celebrated by Jews, is one of the most honored Jewish celebrations. It has been celebrated for more than 3,000 years. It is a holiday celebrated as a family gathering where good spirits mingle with the retelling of our history, and with passing on this legacy to our children and friends. As Living Food practitioners, we are a family as well, a community who has chosen to forgo typical eating, to celebrate our connection to each other as people who eat Living Foods.

Seders progress as the family changes. So too has the Haggadah, which has been continually interpreted in new ways for communities who gather and change. The Seder is an ever-present changing ritual for those people who choose to celebrate the event of freedom.