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Musical 4 Questions: Redemption Song

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Rav Nadav's Musical Reggae-Blues Seder Experience

Contributed by Rabbi Nadav Caine

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To start the process of answering "Why is this night different?" we begin with a frame for the Seder: these are redemption songs that teach us our identity.

Redemption Song
(Music by Bob Marley; Words by Rabbi Nadav Caine)

Old Midianites, says the Rabbi,
Sold Joseph to Egypt
Minutes after they took him
From the bottomless pit
But his hand was made strong
By the (outstretched) hand of the Almighty
We recount in this generation, triumphantly
Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom?
'Cause all we ever have
are Redemption songs, Redemption songs

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
We Jews must free our minds
Have no fear of being Jewish
Don't say you have no time
How long shall we ignore our prophets
While they stand aside and look?
We'll build a new Jerusalem
We've got to fulfill the Book
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom?
'Cause all we ever have
Redemption songs (3x)

Our ancestors survived the Holocaust
Pogroms and oppression,
We have to stand up for justice
Teach the world our lesson.
How long shall we ignore our prophets
While they stand aside and look?
They tell us what God wants from us, We've got to fulfill the book

Won't you help me sing these songs of freedom?
'Cause all we ever had, Redemption songs
All we ever had, Redemption songs
These songs of freedom, Songs of freedom

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Reggae Four Children: No Egypt, No Cry!

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Musical "Let it Go"

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Musical Maggid: "Whodu' Thunk It? Ha Lachma Anya!"

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A Leonard Cohen Hallel

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-- Exodus Story

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Maror and Korech

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Chad Gadya Animal Sing-a-Long

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-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

Concluding Musical Maggid: U2's "One"

by Rabbi Nadav Caine

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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-- Four Questions

Traditional - Four Questions

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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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-- Exodus Story

Pharaoh! Pharaoh! (To "Louie Louie")

by Rabbi Nadav Caine

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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-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

Dayyenu Song (Really Short Version)

by Rabbi Nadav Caine

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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First Cup (on a non-holiday night)

by Rabbi Nadav Caine

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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Chad Gadya Animal Sing-a-Long

by Rabbi Nadav Caine

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 - Beginning

Musical Maggid: "Whodu' Thunk It? Ha Lachma Anya!"

by Rabbi Nadav Caine

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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-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

Cup #2 & Dayenu (Short Version)

by Rabbi Nadav Caine

Dayenu דַּיֵינוּ אִלוּ הוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִצְרַים, וְלֹא עָשָׂה בָּהֶם שְׁפָטִים, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ עָשָׂה בָּהֶם שְׁפָטִים, וְלֹא עָשָׂה בֵאלֹהֵיהֶם, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ עָשָׂה בֵאלֹהֵיהֶם, וְלֹא הָרַג אֶת בְּכוֹרֵיהֶם, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ הָרַג אֶת בְּכוֹרֵיהֶם, וְלֹא נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת מָמוֹנָם, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ נָתַן לָנוּ אֶת מָמוֹנָם, וְלֹא קָרַע לָנוּ אֶת הַיָּם, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ קָרַע לָנוּ אֶת הַיָּם, וְלֹא הֶעֱבֵירָנוּ בְּתוֹכוֹ בֶּחָרָבָה, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ הֶעֱבֵירָנוּ בְּתוֹכוֹ בֶּחָרָבָה, וְלֹא שְׁקַע צָרֵנוּ בְּתוֹכוֹ, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ שִׁקַע צָרֵנוּ בְּתוֹכוֹ, וְלֹא סִפֵּק צָרְכֵּנוּ בּמִדְבָּר אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, דַּיֵינוּ. אִלוּ סִפֵּק צָרְכֵּנוּ בּמִדְבָּר...

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