Had Gadya - Igbo Jewish (Nigerian) version | Passover Haggadah by Remy Ilona

What happened to the tortoise?
The tortoise, the tortoise
A breadfruit fell on the tortoise
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to the breadfruit?
The tortoise, the tortoise
A stake pierced the breadfruit
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to the staff?
The tortoise, the tortoise
Termite ate up the staff
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to the termite?
The tortoise, the tortoise
A fowl ate the termite
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to the fowl?
The tortoise, the tortoise
A kite/hawk carried the fowl
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to the kite/hawk?
The tortoise, the tortoise
A gun killed the kite/hawk
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to the gun?
The tortoise, the tortoise
Fire burnt the gun
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to the fire?
The tortoise, the tortoise
Water quenched the fire
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to the water?
The tortoise, the tortoise
The ground soaked up the water
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to the ground?
The tortoise, the tortoise
The Lord (Chukwu Abiama) created the ground
The tortoise, the tortoise

What happened to Chukwu Abiama?
The tortoise, the tortoise
Nothing happened to Chukwu Abiama
The tortoise, the tortoise

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The Journey, In Gerangl

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Yehuda Amichai Poem "Passover"

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The Eleventh and Twelfth Commandments: Don't Chage! Chage By Yehuda Amichai My father was a god and did not know it. He gave me The Ten Commandments neither in thunder nor in furry; neither in fire nor in cloud But rather in gentleness and love. And he added caresses and kind words and he added “I beg You,” and “please.” And he sang “keep” and “remember” the Shabbat In a single melody And he pleaded and cried quietly between one utterance...

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Iraqi Passover Haggadah, 1902

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Spain, Italy, Sicily, Morocco, Tunisia, Sardinia, and Hungary

by Asher Ellis and Jonathan Ramis

Jews from Spain, Italy, Sicily, Morocco, Tunisia, and Sardinia would bring the Seder plate to the table with ceremony. Sometimes, they would cover it with a nice scarf and sing as it arrived to the table. They would pass it from person to person around the table, and place it on each head for a moment. This demonstrates that we were once slaves in Egypt and carried heavy burdens on our heads. In Hungary, they go even further by decorating the...

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Fun Fact

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Karpas from Seth

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Four Questions (sephardi)

by Sara Smith

Sephardim recite the Four Questions in the following order: 1. "On all other nights, we do not dip even once. Why on this night do we dip twice?" 2. "On all other nights we eat bread or matzah. Why on this night do we eat only matzah? 3. "On all other nights, we eat all kinds of herbs. Why on this night do we eat only maror? 4. "On all other nights, we eat either sitting or reclining. Why on this...

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Four Questions Yiddish

by Ron Heidt

YiddishTate ich vil bei dir fregen di fir kashes:Vos iz Anderesh fun der Nacht fun Pesach fun ale necht fun a gants yor?1) Di ershte kashe iz,Ale necht fun a gants yor tunken mir nisht ayn afileh eyn mol, ober di nacht fun peysach, tunken mir ayn tsvey mol — ayn mol karpas in zaltz vasser, di tsveyte mol maror in charoses.2) Di tsveyte kashe iz,Ale necht fun a gants yor esn mir chomets ader matseh, ober di nakht fun peysakh,...

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Las Cuatro Preguntas (Ladino)

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Below the Four Questions with a translation into Ladino (Medieval Spanish) Abajo las <<Cuatro Preguntas>> traducidas en Ladino (el judio-espaÃnol medieval) “Kuanto fue demudada la noshada a esta mas ke todas las noshadas? Ke en todas las noshadas non mos entinyentes afilu vez unaÂ la noshada la esta dos vezes. Ke en todas las noshadas mos komientes levdo o sesenya i la noshada la esta todo el sesenya. Ke en todas las nohadas mos komientes resto de vedruras i la noshada...

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The Four Questions in Ladino

by craig ginsburg

Kuanto fue demudada la noche la esta mas ke todas las noches? Ke en todas las noches non nos entinyentes afilu vez una, i la noche la esta dos vezes? Ke en todas las noches nos comientes levdo o sesenya i la noche la esta todo el sesenya? Ke en todas las noches nos comientes resto de vedruras i la noche la esta lechugua? Ke en todas las noches nos comientes i bevientes tanto asentados i tanto arescovdados i la noche...

-- Four Questions

Ma Nishtana in Luganda

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Ma Nishtana in Luganda Tranlated by Gershom Sizomu Compiled by Murray F. Spiegel and Rickey Stein Lwakyi ekyiro kyino kyanjawulo kubiro ebilala byonna? Mubiro ebilala byonna tulya emigati emizimbulukuse oba egitali Mizimbulukuse; mukyiro kyino tulya emigati egitali mizimbulukuse zokka Mubiro ebilala byonna tulya enva zonna zonna; mukyiro kyino tulya enva Ezikawa zokka. Mubiro ebilala byonna tetukoza omulundi nogumu mukyiro kyino tukoza emirundi ebiri. Mubiro ebilala byonna tulya tutudde oba nga tweganzise; mukyiro kyino tulya tweganzise. Why is this night different from...

-- Four Questions

Four Questions in Spanish

by Sara Smith

¿Qué hace diferente a esta noche de todas las [demás] noches? ¿Ma nishtaná haláila hazé micól haleilót... 1) En todas las noches no precisamos sumergir ni siquiera una vez, ¡y en esta noche lo hacemos dos veces! ...shebejól haleilót éin ánumatbilín afílu paám eját, haláila hazé shtéi peamím? 2) En todas las noches comemos jametz o matzá, ¡en esta noche solamente matzá! ...shebejól haleilót ánu ojlín jamétz umatzá, haláila hazé kuló matzá? 3) En todas las noches comemos cualquier clase de...

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Multi Lingual Four Questions

by Sara Rubin

English What makes this night different from all [other] nights? 1) On all nights we need not dip even once, on this night we do so twice? 2) On all nights we eat chametz or matzah, and on this night only matzah? 3) On all nights we eat any kind of vegetables, and on this night maror? 4) On all nights we eat sitting upright or reclining, and on this night we all recline? Hebrew Mah nishtanah halyla hazeh mikol halaylot...

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