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My thoughts are as free, as wind o’er the ocean, And no one can see their form or their motion. No scholar can map them, no hunger can trap them, My lips may be still, but I think what I will.  (repeat line) I think as I please, and this gives me pleasure. My conscience decrees this right I must treasure. My thoughts will not cater, to duke or dictator, No captive I’ll be, for my spirit is free.  (repeat line)...

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Reader 37: The Afikomen is the last piece of matza to be eaten at the Seder. It is part of the middle matza that has been hidden at the beginning of the Seder. The Afikomen must be eaten before the Seder can be completed.  Reader 38: Traditionally, the children try to find it and are then in a good position to bargain with the leader to get it back. This symbolizes the right of children to be heard and to be...

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Reader 51: For centuries, at the Seder’s conclusion, Jews repeated the phrase “next year in Jerusalem”. They longed for their homeland. It would be comforting to end this story in the land of milk and honey. But, in fact, there will be no land of milk and honey until all groups can put aside their differences and come together in peace.

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Reader 1: This week Jews all over the world are observing Pesakh at their own Seders. The word "Seder" means "order", and "Hagada" means "The Telling." The traditional Hagada contains very specific rituals and readings. Our Hagada has been changed to include a secular content emphasizing the ideal of the struggle for freedom and human dignity. Reader 2: Pesakh has been observed by the Jewish people for more than 3,000 years. The holiday was celebrated by many: a slave in Herod's...

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Reader 48: Let us drink the third cup of wine to the heroism of the Jewish fighters who fought in the ghettos, the forests, on the war fronts together with the righteous gentiles and all of decent humanity to stop the curse of fascism from engulfing the earth. Let us be true to their memory by being ever vigilant to the cause of peace and freedom in our land and throughout the world. L'CHAIM! Reader 49: In the sacred memory of...

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Reader 50: Throughout time, groups have always fought and enslaved one another, physically and intellectually. Our history is one of constant struggle against repression. Throughout the centuries, Jews have been denied freedom. In every generation I must find my freedom again In every generation they rise up to destroy me In every generation there are those who would be masters of slaves. In every generation I was a slave I was a slave for Pharaoh in Egypt for Nebuchadnezzer in Babylon...

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(raise second cup of wine) ALL: The fate of every Jew is bound up with the fate of the Jewish people and the destiny of the Jewish people cannot be separated from the destiny of all humanity. Let us drink this cup of wine to symbolize our pledge to break the bonds of slavery for all who are not free. L'CHAIM! (Drink the second cup of wine) Reader 29: At this point in our festivity, let us reflect upon the significance...

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Reader 18: The story of the Exodus has been told to us by our parents, just as their parents told them. We now repeat the story in hopes that this will pass on to the next generation. The ancient Hebrews came to Egypt from their land to get provisions during a famine. They became a favored group in Egypt and prospered and multiplied there. Legend tells us that our ancestor Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his brothers, became valuable...

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Reader 48: Let us drink the third cup of wine to the heroism of the Jewish fighters who fought in the ghettos, the forests, on the war fronts together with the righteous gentiles and all of decent humanity to stop the curse of fascism from engulfing the earth. Let us be true to their memory by being ever vigilant to the cause of peace and freedom in our land and throughout the world. L'CHAIM! Reader 49: In the sacred memory of...

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ALL: Passover is the festival of life. It is the festival of Jewish survival. With this celebration we affirm that there is no force that can destroy our will to live. Reader 52: Khad Gadya is the symbolic little goat of Israel which others have sought to devour. But, in the end, they themselves have been devoured. KHAD GADYA Refrain:    Khad-gad-ya Khad-gad-ya (2) 1. The kid my father bought for two zuzim (refrain) 2. Then came the cat and ate the...