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Jerusalem (Matisyahu, Slow Acoustic Version, abbreviated) In the ancient days, we will return with no delay, Picking up the bounty and the spoils on our way We've been traveling from state to state, And them don't understand what they say Three thousand years with no place to be, They want me to give up my milk and honey Don't you see, it's not about the land or the sea, Not the country but the dwelling of God'snmajesty 2x:  Jerusalem, if I...

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CHORUS: Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Oh baby! Let my people go! HUH! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Singin' Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Oh baby! Let my people go! HUH! Yeah yeah yeah yeah! A burnin' bush told me just the other day That I should come over here and stay. Gotta get my people outta Pharaoh's hands Gotta lead my people to the Promised Land. CHORUS The Nile turned to blood! There were darkened black skies! Gnats and frogs! There were locusts and flies! The first...

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Maggid:  Ha Lachma Anya Raise the tray with the matzot and say: הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִי אֲכָלוּ אַבְהָתָנָא בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם. כָּל דִכְפִין יֵיתֵי וְיֵיכֹל, כָּל דִצְרִיךְ יֵיתֵי וְיִפְסַח. הָשַׁתָּא הָכָא, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּאַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל. הָשַׁתָּא עַבְדֵי, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּנֵי חוֹרִין. Ha lachma anya dee achalu avhatana b'ara d'meetzrayeem. This is the bread of affliction, which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat. Let all who are in need, come and share the...

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NO EGYPT NO CRY (Sung to the tune of Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry" with lyrics by Rabbi Nadav Caine. Guitar chords are verses C-G-Am-F and chorus is C-G-Am-F then C-F-C-G.) No, Egypt, no cry (4x) The wise one asks, "What are the laws that God requires of thee?" Tell him there's a Seder, and an Afikomen, and in between we eat! The wicked one says, “What's this mean to you”? But not “to me”! The simple one adds, “What's...

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When doing the Seder on a night that is not the beginning or end of Pesach, recite only: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָפֶן Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha’olam, borei p'ri hagafen.

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Assign various participants the roles of goat, cat, dog, stick, fire, water, ox, butcher, and angel of death. Every time it's mentioned, they have to make the sound! (Baaa, meow...). After each line go to the line above to finish each telling. Along came the kid [ baaa] that my father bought for two zuzim, chad gadya, chad gadya! Then along came the cat [ meow !] that ate the goat [ baaa !], that my father... Then along came the...

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                 Maggid – Four Questions מַהנִּשְּׁתַּנָה ?מַה נִּשְּׁתַּנָה הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה מִכָּל הַלֵּילוֹת Mah nish-ta-na ha-lai-lah ha-zeh mikol ha-lei-lot? Why is this night of Passover different from all other nights of the year? שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין חָמֵץ וּמַצָּה, הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה - כּוּלוֹ מַצָּה She-b'chol ha-lei-lot anu och'lin cha-meitz u-matzah. Ha-laylah hazeh kulo matzah. On all other nights, we eat either leavened or unleavened bread, why on this night do we eat only matzah? שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין שְׁאָר יְרָקוֹת, - הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה...

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(This has worked amazingly well at every Seder I've ever done, since it was first taught to me by Prof. Ron Wolfson.) Preparation Before the Seder: Decide ahead of time where the Afikomen will be hidden. Choose a location outside of the search zone. (E.g. "refrigerator".) Make sure the name of the location is not too short: you want a long name like "Refrigerator" or "File Cabinet" or "Linen Closet" so that the number of letters is almost the same as...

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"Go Down Moses" (Late 19th Century African-American Spiritual) When Israel was in Egypt land: Let my people go!   Oppressed so hard they could not stand: Let my people go!  Go down, Moses way down in Egypt land.  Tell old Pharaoh To let my people go! Thus spoke the Lord, bold Moses said, Let my people go!  If not I'll strike your firstborn dead. Let my people go. Go down Moses, way down in Egypt land. Tell old Pharaoh: To let my...

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Reclining at dinner, drinking wine, and getting to eat karpas , a Greco-Roman appetizer, is freedom? Seriously? The first part of the seder is a wicked satire that mocks the fool's answer to the central question of the Seder, "What is freedom?" Imagine one of the great Rabbis of the Sanhedrin in antiquity, watching the Sages imprisoned and tortured by the Romans, watching senseless massacres of Jewish women and children by their Roman oppressors. Imagine him turning to a Roman citizen...

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Death Don't Have No Mercy (Classic blues by the Reverend Gary Davis; Words by Rabbi Nadav Caine) Y'know death don't have no mercy in Egypt land Death don't have no mercy in Egypt land, Come to your house, blood and frogs on the floor, Lice and beasts coming through your door, I said death don't have no mercy in Egypt land. Death will leave you standing and crying in Egypt land, Death will leave you standing and crying in Egypt land,...

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Take the middle matzah and break it into two, one piece larger than the other. The larger piece is set aside to serve as Afikoman. This is traditionally hidden, by the leader of the Seder for the children to “steal” or “find” and then ransom for a something at the end of the Seder. The smaller piece is put back, between the two matzot. This smaller piece, along with the top matzah is what will be used for the “Motzi-Matzah” and...

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Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen (Recommended: His "Book of Mercy" and other of his psalms) Now, I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing hallelujah Halleluyah (4x) Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew...

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FROZEN Parody – Lyrics by Judy Caplan Ginsburgh The Jews smear blood on their doorposts tonight, This is the final straw Nine plagues haven’t softened Pharaoh’s heart, This is the final one. Things are about to change, the Jews will survive Hurry up and pack, we’ll run for our lives. So, one more time, Moses asks Pharaoh Will you let my people finally go? We’ve worked for years, we’ve done your tasks And now, I ask (Will you) Let us go,...

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Take the 3 matzot - the broken piece between the two whole ones – hold them in your hand and recite the following blessing: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, hamotzi lechem min ha-aretz. Praised are you, Adonai, Lord our God, Ruler of the universe, who provides sustenance from the earth. Before eating the matzah, put the bottom matzah back in its place and continue, reciting the following blessing while holding...

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The telling of our story is a failure if all it teaches is about the past and present, but not about the future. The goal of the seder is not just to know how we got free, but to embrace how we are to use that freedom, which is in in service of God. God redeemed us for a purpose, a purpose which requires us to use our freedom. These lyrics underscore the service in Oneness we are to use our...

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Dayenu דַּיֵינוּ אִלוּ הוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִצְרַים , וְלֹא נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַשַׁבָּת, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַשַׁבָּת,  וְלֹא נַָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ נַָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, וְלֹא הִכְנִיסָנוּ לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, דַּיֵינוּ. Ilu hotzi’anu mimitzrayim, v’lo  natan lanu et hashabbat , dayenu.... Ilu natan lanu et hashabbat, v'lo nata lanu et hatorah, dayenu.... Ilu natan lanu et hatorah, v’lo hichnisanu l’eretz Yisrael, dayenu! Had He brought us out of Egypt, and not given us Shabbat, – Dayyenu Had He given...

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As the Israelites suffered from being given more slave work than they could accomplish with the quota of bricks, and as they went hunrgy while their oppressors' bellies were full, God instructed Moses to go to Pharaoh and demand that the Israelites be allowed to go into the wilderness for a 3 day Dance Festival [the root meaning of "Chag" is "dance in a circle"] to Y-h-v-h (shortened by some to "Jah"). Them Belly Full (But We Hungry):  Music by Bob...

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"Go Down Moses" (Late 19th Century African-American Spiritual) When Israel was in Egypt land: Let my people go!   Oppressed so hard they could not stand: Let my people go!  Go down, Moses way down in Egypt land.  Tell old Pharaoh To let my people go! Thus spoke the Lord, bold Moses said, Let my people go!  If not I'll strike your firstborn dead. Let my people go. Go down Moses, way down in Egypt land. Tell old Pharaoh: To let my...

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Take the 3 matzot - the broken piece between the two whole ones – hold them in your hand and recite the following blessing: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, hamotzi lechem min ha-aretz. Praised are you, Adonai, Lord our God, Ruler of the universe, who provides sustenance from the earth. Before eating the matzah, put the bottom matzah back in its place and continue, reciting the following blessing while holding...

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Dayenu דַּיֵינוּ אִלוּ הוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִצְרַים , וְלֹא נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַשַׁבָּת, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַשַׁבָּת,  וְלֹא נַָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ נַָתַן לָנוּ אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, וְלֹא הִכְנִיסָנוּ לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, דַּיֵינוּ. Ilu hotzi’anu mimitzrayim, v’lo  natan lanu et hashabbat , dayenu.... Ilu natan lanu et hashabbat, v'lo nata lanu et hatorah, dayenu.... Ilu natan lanu et hatorah, v’lo hichnisanu l’eretz Yisrael, dayenu! Had He brought us out of Egypt, and not given us Shabbat, – Dayyenu Had He given...