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There's No Seder Like Our Seder(Sung to the tune of "There's no Business like Show business") There's no seder like our sederThere's no seder I knowEverything about it is halachic Nothing that the Torah won't allowListen how we read the whole HaggadahIt's all in Hebrew'Cause we know howThere's no Seder like our sederWe tell a tale that is swellMoses took the people out into the heatThey baked the matzahWhile on their feetNow isn't that a story That just can't be beat?Let's...

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Every year, Jews drink four cups of wine and then pour a fifth for Elijah. "The cup is poured, but not yet drunk. Yet the cup of hope is poured every year. Passover is the night for reckless dreams; for visions about what a human being can be, what society can be, what people can be, what history may become. That is the significance of 'Le-shanah ha-ba-a b'Yerushalayim' (Next year in Jerusalem)."

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After the meal we search for the afikoman. When the afikoman is found and returned to the leader, an olive-sized piece is distributed to each person, and all consume the afikoman with enthusiasm!

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(to the tune of "Just a spoon full of sugar")   Chorus: Just a tad of charoset helps the bitter herbs go down, The bitter herbs go down, the bitter herbs go down. Just a tad of charoset helps the bitter herbs go down, In the most disguising way.   Oh, back in Egypt long ago, The Jews were slaves under Pharaoh. They sweat and toiled and labored through the day. So when we gather Pesach night, We do what we think right....

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(to the tune of "Just a spoon full of sugar")   Chorus: Just a tad of charoset helps the bitter herbs go down, The bitter herbs go down, the bitter herbs go down. Just a tad of charoset helps the bitter herbs go down, In the most disguising way.   Oh, back in Egypt long ago, The Jews were slaves under Pharaoh. They sweat and toiled and labored through the day. So when we gather Pesach night, We do what we think right....

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Our passover things(Sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music)Cleaning and cooking and so many dishesOut with the hametz no pasta no knishesFish thats gefillted Horseradish that stingsThese are a few of our Passover things.ChorusMatzah and karpas and chopped up harosetShankbones and kiddish and Yiddish neurosesTante who kvetches andUncle who singsThese are a few of our Passover things.ChorusMatzi and marror and trouble with pharoahsFamines and locusts and slaves with wheelbaarrowsMatzah balls floating and Eggshell that clingsThese...

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Four times the Torah commands us to tell our children about the Exodus from Egypt and because of this, traditional Haggadot speak of four kinds of sons. The Hebrew word for “children” is the same word as “sons” and either can be used. Our sages teach that perhaps there is really a part of each of the four children in us all. The wise child questions, “What is the meaning of the laws and observanc- es which the Lord, our God,...

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 DAYENUIlu ho-tzi hotzi-a-nuho-tzi-a-nu-mi-mitz-ra-yimho-tzi-a-nu-mi-mitz-ra-yimday-en-u  (CHORUS:)Day-day-en-uDay-day-en-uDay-day-en-uDay-en-u, day-en-uIl-lu-na-tan na-tan la-nuna-tan la-nu et ha-sha-batna-tan la-nu et ha-sha-batday-en-u( CHORUS)I-lu na-tan na-tan la-nuna-tan la-nu et ha-to-rahna-tan la-nu et ha-to-rahDay-en-u(CHORUS)SECOND CUP OF WINE(All raise glasses and say:)We shall never forget the slavery of Egypt or any other enslaved people, past or presentWe shall be mindful always of the need for freedom for all, and the joy of liberation.Boruch atto adonoi elohenu melech ho'olom bore p'ri haggofenBlessed are You, Lord our God, King of the University, who creates the...

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The blessing over the meal and matzah | motzi matzah | מוֹצִיא מַצָּה The familiar hamotzi blessing marks the formal start of the meal. Because we are using matzah instead of bread, we add a blessing celebrating this mitzvah. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, הַמּוֹצִיא לֶֽחֶם מִן הָאָֽרֶץ Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, hamotzi lechem min ha-aretz. We praise God, Ruler of Everything, who brings bread from the land. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתַָיו וְצִוָּֽנוּ...

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("This Old Man” by Craig) Then God sent,Plague number one, Turned the Nile into blood. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!" Then God sent, Plague number two, Jumping frogs all over you. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low They told Pharaoh "Let them Go!" Then God sent, Plague number three, Swarms of gnats from head to knee. All the people in Egypt were feeling pretty low They told Pharaoh...

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Thank you for joining us as we gather tonight to read the words of this Haggadah that has been designed to tell the story of Passover, guide us as we hear of the how the Jewish people were freed from being slaves in Egypt and engage us to think about our very own freedom. For over 2000 years, the Jewish people have celebrated the Exodus from Egypt. Back nearly 4000 years ago, our people were slaves in the land of Egypt....

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Praised are you, Adonai, our God, sovereign of the universe, who has taught us the way of holiness through commandments, commanding us to wash our hands.

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Bareich Our Seder's joyous interludeour celebration must soon concludewe look toward the day o comewhen songs of freedom all will hum (Raise wine glasses)Ba-ruch A-tah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ha-o-lamBo-rei, pe-ree ha-ga-fen.O Holy One of Blessing, Your Presence fills creation,We praise you for creating the fruit of the vine.(drink third glass of wine)

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The Seder PlateThe items on the seder plate are symbols of the past. By placing the seder plate on our table, we link the past with the present and look with hope toward the future.The matzo is a symbol of suffering and affliction but also of liberation.  The bitter herbs symbolize the bitterness of our lives as slaves in Egypt and the bitter lives of those exploited today.The parsley and the salt water we will dip it in remind us that...

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Tonight we dip our bitterness in the sweetness of charoset. Charoset, the sweet mixture of fruits and nuts, symbolizes the mortar of the bricks of the Israelites. It is also the mortar of commitment and interdependence that enabled the Jewish community to survive through those centuries of oppression. It is the building blocks of hope and tradition, which are sweet. We take our maror of fear, and by dipping it into the sweetness we create a new model that honors the...

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There's No Seder Like Our Seder(Sung to the tune of "There's no Business like Show business") There's no seder like our sederThere's no seder I knowEverything about it is halachic Nothing that the Torah won't allowListen how we read the whole HaggadahIt's all in Hebrew'Cause we know howThere's no Seder like our sederWe tell a tale that is swellMoses took the people out into the heatThey baked the matzahWhile on their feetNow isn't that a story That just can't be beat?Let's...

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Maggid means retelling the story of the exodus from Egypt.In every generation, we must see ourselves as if we personally were liberated from Egypt. We gather tonight to tell the ancient story of a people's liberation from Egyptian slavery. This is the story of our origins as a people. It is from these events that we gain our ethics, our vision of history, our dreams for the future. We gather tonight, as two hundred generations of Jewish families have before us,...

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Kiddush(Source: The Rheingold Family Haggadah)The joy of Passover is the joy of love; the hope of Passover is the hope of love.Our ancestors suffered the coldness of hate and dreamed of the warmth of human kindness and universal love. And then, after the long winter of their bondage, freedom burst forth upon them like spring. In the rich sweetness of this wine, we celebrate in kinship the love and faith that give life. Love, freedom, and faith in life - these...