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We are grateful that we are together on this night as a family ~ DayenuWe are grateful that we are together to share this moment ~ DayenuWe are grateful that we are together, alive and healthy ~ DayenuWe are grateful that we are able to eat together ~ DayenuWe are grateful that we have a light shining upon us ~ DayenuWe are grateful for everything and everyone that we have ~ DayenuWe are grateful for all that has touched our lives...

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On the Seder night, we open the door for Elijah the Prophet, and we place a cup of wine on the table especially for him. Our hopes have long been centered around Elijah since legends suggest that he will herald the time of complete human freedom. But he will come only when people have prepared the way for him. This simply means that we, the all, are Elijah. We must liberate ourselves from prejudice and injustice. We must truly listen to...

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מה נשתנה הלילה הזה מכל הלילותWhy is this night different from all other nights?שבכל הלילות אנו אוכלין חמץ ומצה הלילה הזה כלו מצהWhy is it that on all other nights during the year we eat bread or matzah, but on this night we eat matzah?שבכל הלילות אנו אוכלין שאר ירקות הלילה הזה מרורWhy is it that on all other nights we eat all kinds of vegetables, but on this night we eat bitter herbs?שבכל הלילות אין אנו מטבילין אפילו פעם אחת...

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The Seder PlateThink of the Seder Plate as a “combination plate” dinner that formed the meal in ancient days. The foods were not merely symbolic, but were eaten—from the plate. As the Seder menu changed, the foods on the Seder Plate required explanation. (clockwise from the upper-right-of-center)Zeroa (shankbone), represents the Passover offering made in Temple times.Beitzah(boiled or roasted egg), represents the holiday offering made in the days of the Temple.Maror (bitter herbs), is horseradish and represents the bitterness of slavery in...

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Now, we're going to take the wine/juice that we've poured and each add to Elijah's cup.Now let's do the same from our water glasses to fill Miriam's cup.Combining our actions together is what will help Elijah come to ourworld. We set an extra place for Elijah and we'll open the door and invite him in later. Miriam was Moses's sister and we honor her for how she helped Moses wich made our story possible today.

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On all other nights, we get biscuits and rolls, Fluffy and puffy and full of air holes. Why on this night, why, tell me why, Only this flat stuff that’s always so dry. On all other nights, we eat all kinds of greens, And I’m starting to like them – except lima beans. Why on this night, I ask on my knees, Do we eat stuff so bitter it makes grownups wheeze? On all other nights, we dip vegies just once...

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Dayenu means "it would have been enough."  And not in a kvetchy/sarcastic way!  Dayenu is a sincere expression of gratitude, of the Jewish people's cup overfloweth.  There are many any verses in the Hebrew proclaiming how it would have been enough just to be brought out from slavery in Egpyt, to get the Torah, to be gifted Shabbat, etc... In this version, you may sing some, all or none of the traditional verses, but then open it up so Dayenu can...

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One Little Goat - חַד גַּדְיָאA long time ago there was a little goatWhich my father bought for two zuzim.Chad gadya, chad gadya,Then came the cat, and ate the goat,Which my father bought for two zuzim.Chad gadya, chad gadya,Then came the dog, and bit the cat, that ate the goat,Which father bought for two zuzim.Chad gadya, chad gadya,Then came the stick, and beat the dog,that bit the cat, that ate the goat,Which father bought for two zuzim.Chad gadya, chad gadya,Then came...

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Lighting of the Holiday CandlesMay these candles, lighted on the Festival of Freedom, bring light into our hearts and minds. May they renew our courage to act for justice and freedom here and now. May they illumine the path to truth, justice and peace. And so we repeat the ancient blessing:ברוך אתה יי אלהינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להדליק נר של יום טובBaruch atah Adonai Elohaynoo melech ha-olam, asher keedshanoo b’meetzvotav v’tzeevanoo l’hadleek ner shel (Shabbat v’shel) yom tov.Praised...

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This Passover reading, for children ages 7-11, is part of a series of three Passover readings for children and adults created by American Jewish World Service (AJWS) to connect the holiday of Passover to the theme “from disaster to development.” As the recent earthquake in Haiti reminds us, we cannot only respond to disasters immediately after they happen, but we must support communities in their long-term efforts to recover and rebuild. Indeed, the Passover story itself contains this message—liberation from the...

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מַה נִּשְׁתַּנָּה הַלַּֽיְלָה הַזֶּה מִכָּל הַלֵּילותMa nishtana halaila hazeh mikol haleilot?Why is this night different from all other nights?:שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָֽנוּ אוֹכלין חָמֵץ וּמַצָּה  הַלַּֽיְלָה הַזֶּה כֻּלּוֹ מצה  Shebichol haleilot anu ochlin chameitz u-matzah. Halaila hazeh kulo matzah.On all other nights we eat both leavened bread and matzah. Tonight we only eat matzah.שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָֽנוּ אוֹכְלִין שְׁאָר יְרָקוֹת הַלַּֽיְלָה הַזֶּה מָרוֹר:Shebichol haleilot anu ochlin shi’ar yirakot haleila hazeh maror.On all other nights we eat all kinds of vegetables, but tonight we...

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Seder Table by Matt Waldman and Ana Fuchs "I'll read the poems out loud, and you guess what on the Seder table I am rhyming about!" Matzah, Carpas, an Egg and Maror Haroset and shank bone for marking the door Six items there are, and as you can see They symbolize Pesach and tell our story ...Seder Plate! We light them on Shabbat And sometimes when it’s not They gleam and glow And you must know To be careful because they...

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Ilu ho-tsi, ho-tsi-a-nu, Ho-tsi-a-nu mi-Mitz-ra-yim, Ho-tsi-a-nu mi-Mitz-ra-yim, Da-ye-nu!.. CHORUS: .. Dai, da-ye-nu, .. Dai, da-ye-nu, .. Dai, da-ye-nu, .. Da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu! .. .. Dai, da-ye-nu, .. Dai, da-ye-nu, .. Dai, da-ye-nu, .. Da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu!Ilu na-tan, na-tan la-nu, Na-tan la-nu et-ha-Sha-bat, Na-tan la-nu et-ha-Sha-bat, Da-ye-nu!.. (CHORUS)Ilu na-tan, na-tan la-nu, Na-tan la-nu et-ha-To-rah, Na-tan la-nu et-ha-To-rah, Da-ye-nu!.. (CHORUS) 

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One Little Goat - חַד גַּדְיָאA long time ago there was a little goatWhich my father bought for two zuzim.Chad gadya, chad gadya,Then came the cat, and ate the goat,Which my father bought for two zuzim.Chad gadya, chad gadya,Then came the dog, and bit the cat, that ate the goat,Which father bought for two zuzim.Chad gadya, chad gadya,Then came the stick, and beat the dog,that bit the cat, that ate the goat,Which father bought for two zuzim.Chad gadya, chad gadya,Then came...

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Now, we're going to take the wine/juice that we've poured and each add to Elijah's cup.Now let's do the same from our water glasses to fill Miriam's cup.Combining our actions together is what will help Elijah come to ourworld. We set an extra place for Elijah and we'll open the door and invite him in later. Miriam was Moses's sister and we honor her for how she helped Moses wich made our story possible today.