2000 Ford Focus wagon, rear tail light assembly, changing the turn signal bulb

2000 Ford Focus wagon, rear tail light assembly, changing the turn signal bulb. (I used a Philips 3157 Long Life, comparable to the Sylvania that was in there originally.)

Once you open the rear hatch, there are two visible Philips head screws. What is not visible is a metal clip about 2/3 of the way down between those two screws, and two plastic posts on the opposite side of the assembly. Instructions elsewhere say to just keep pulling it straight out, but do not specify that the direction "straight out" is straight toward the side of the car, not straight back from the car.

Once the assembly is out, you just twist the light housing a little and then pull it straight out. The bulb pulls straight out from its housing, and the new one clips into place. You may want to take a moment now to check that the new bulb works.

The light housing has to go back on in exactly the right orientation (look at the plastic molding of the housing and line up the gaps), then twists a bit to stay in place. The entire assembly then goes back on with a bit of effort to get the clip reattached once everything is lined up correctly. Then put the screws back in.

Non-wagon versions of the Ford Focus 2000-2007 also have thumb screws for this tail light assembly which you access from inside the trunk or inside the hatch for the hatchback, but the 2000 wagon doesn't. No idea about the 2001-2007 wagon.

If you pull straight back instead of to the side, you risk breaking off one of the two pins on the far side of the assembly from the screw holes. As long as one pin remains, that seems sufficient to keep the assembly firmly attached when you put it back together.

Release your wrath redux

Some musings this week, not well organized and with no conclusions.

Back in 2015, I wrote about the "Release your wrath" passage in the haggadah:

https://houseoutoffocus.blogspot.com/2015/03/release-your-wrath.html

I want to collect here some references of other thoughts about this passage.

First, some questions:

1. Is there agreement in modern haggadahs about when Elijah's cup is filled?

2. Is there agreement in modern haggadahs about when the 4th cup is filled?

Discussion of a simply inverted passage from curse to blessing, connections to searching for chametz:

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/105867?lang=bi

Legitimacy of anger at injustice and oppression:

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/pour-out-your-wrath-the-legitimacy-of-anger-at-injustice/

History of the passage:

https://images.shulcloud.com/634/uploads/Shabbat-Hagadol-2017-Cup-of-Wrath-Web-Edition.pdf

Perspectives from rabbis of different movements:

https://momentmag.com/ask-the-rabbis-should-jews-at-the-seder-ask-god-to-smite-our-enemies/

Someone who wants it removed entirely:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/offensive-liturgy-passove_b_521009

A response defending keeping it:

http://lady-light.blogspot.com/2010/04/pour-out-thy-wrath.html

I think it's worth looking at the entirety of Psalm 79, which provides context for the start of this passage extracted from Psalm 79. How different does this passage sound if you know the entire psalm? What is the right way to recognize that many people today do not have that context, and instead have the context of broad strokes history of recent and contemporary antisemitism and the horrors it has led to? Do we add explanation? Add context? Change the passage? Provide alternatives in the haggadah?

Do we point out the reasons why we might feel this passage in our bones? The reasons we might reject it? Do we point out that the passage asks for God to act, not for us to act on God's behalf? Is that any comfort to those who are distressed or repelled by the passage?

Do we hope to spark questions and discussion at the seder? If we do, what do we include in the haggadah to best accomplish this goal?