Slaves to Materialism  Readings for the seder table.  Print this
page Print this page  Their land is full of silver and gold,
there is no limit to their treasure. Their land is full of
horses, there is not limit to their chariots. And so their land
is full of idols: they bow down to the work of their hands, to
what their own fingers have wrought. -Isaiah 2:7-9  The upper
classes in any society are more satisfied with their lives than
the lower classes are, but they are no more satisfied than the
upper classes of much poorer societies--nor than the upper
classes were in the less affluent past. Consumption is thus a
treadmill, with everyone judging their status by who is ahead
and who is behind. -Michael Argyle, The Psychology of Happiness
Readings for the Seder Table  The following readings are
designed for use during the seder to supplement the Haggadah
that you are using. Each of the readings corresponds to a
traditional part of the seder.   The Torah (Deuteronomy 16:3)
calls matzah "lechem oni", which is c