Rhyming Haggadah: Introduction

Our Torah is tradition's well it has a story great to tell

About a time when we went free no longer slaves, now family

And so each year we gather 'round to eat the foods and hear the sound of a wondrous time,

its lesson true as much for our ancestors, as it is for you!

On Pesach it is good and right we join together, our hearts delight

We begin with joy and song a message clear and loud and strong

How good it is and pleasant too for me to sit with you and you…

Sing: Hee-nei mah tov u-mah-na-yeem, She-vet a cheem gam ya-chad!

How good it is and how pleasant When we can be together!

haggadah Section: Introduction

Source: A Family Pesach Seder in Rhyme

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