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(to the tune of “I Could Have Danced All Night”) I could have eaten more, I could have eaten more, but it’s afikomen time. The Seder rituals and all those victuals, the evening was sublime. I had my matzo with charoset and matzo dipped in chocolate too. I drank down all my wine and now I’m feeling fine. How good to share this meal with you!

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At this point in the Seder, traditional Jews would open the door and literally shout angry words at their enemies: " Sh'foch ha-Matcha... May God pour out His wrath on them!" It was directed toward those who had persecuted them and had accused the Jewish community of a blood libel -- of making matzoh with the blood of Christian children. Opening the door at this juncture gave the Jewish family the excuse to open the door to show that there was...

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(To the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame!") Take me out to the Seder, take me out to the crowd. Feed me some soup with a matzah ball I don't care for the parsley at all And let's, root, root, root for the leader, that he will finish his spiel Oh it's one, two, ten plagues you're out at the Seder meal! Take me out to the Seder, take me out to the crowd. Maror and matzah and charoset...

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As we now transition from the formal telling of the Passover story to the celebratory meal, we once again wash our hands to prepare ourselves. In Judaism, a good meal together with friends and family is itself a sacred act, so we prepare for it just as we prepared for our holiday ritual, recalling the way ancient priests once prepared for service in the Temple. Some people distinguish between washing to prepare for prayer and washing to prepare for food by...

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At our Passover Seder, we celebrate the story of Moses and the people he led out of slavery 3,000 years ago. Group says: ּעֲבָדִים הָיִינוּ הָיִינו. עַתָּה בְּנֵי חוֹרִין Avadim hayinu hayinu. Ata b’nei chorin. We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt. Now we are free. Had our ancestors not escaped the chains of bondage, then even today we and our children and our grandchildren might still be slaves. Even if all of us were wise, all of us understanding, all...