Who Knows One? | Make Your Own Passover Haggadah

Who knows one? I know one!

One is Hashem, one is Hashem, one is Hashem in the Heavens and the Earth.

Who knows two? I know two! Two are the tablets that Moses brought. And one is Hashem. . . .

Who knows three? I know three! Three are the papas, and two are the tablets that Moses brought. And one is Hashem. . . .

Four are the mamas. . . .

Five are the books of the (clap) Torah. . . .

Six are the books of the (clap) Mishnah. . . .

Seven are the days of the week (clap clap) . . . .

Eight are the days of the Brit Milah . . .

Nine are the months 'til a baby’s born. . . .

Ten are the TEN Commandments. . . .

Eleven are the stars in Joseph’s dream. . . .

Twelve are the tribes of Israel. . . .

Thirteen are the ways that God is good. . . .

haggadah Section: Songs

Featured clips

Introduction

Nerot - Candles

by Machar Congregation

[Begin taking turns reading. Each person is invited to read a grouped set of lines - or to pass.] It is said, there is nothing new under the sun, yet nothing remains the same. Against the backdrop of eternity the earth displays an ever-changing countenance. The sun rises and the sun sets, yet each day and each season is fresh and new. Slowly, one season emerges from another. The harshness of ice and snow yields to gentle, nourishing showers. Inevitably, the...

Urchatz

Water and Chaos Theory in Jurassic Park and the Exodus Story

by Esther Kustanowitz

Introduction

Inclusion Star of David

by Haggadot

Commentary / Readings

The Banana on the Seder Plate: A Ritual to Reflect the Refugee Crisis

by Religious Action Center

The world was awakened and shattered by the images of a little boy whose body lay lifeless amidst the gentle surf of a Turkish beach this past summer. Another nameless victim amongst thousands in the Syrian Refugee Crisis, the greatest refugee crisis since WWII. But this little boy, like every little boy ,had a name. His name was Aylan Kurdi (age 3), he drowned along with his older brother, Galip (age 5), and their mother, Rihan, on their own exodus to...

-- Four Questions

The Five Questions

by JQ International

The MaNishtana traditionally asks us, “What is unique or different about tonight?” and, “Why do we eat Matzah, why do we dip and eat Bitter Herbs not just once, but twiceand why do we recline?” These elements are symbolic themes that mirror the reflection our ancestor’s liberation from slavery, the hardships they experienced and theoppression that infringed on their freedoms. Tonight at our GLBT Passover Seder we incorporate a fifth question and answer. “What is unique or different about tonight’s seder,...

Maggid - Beginning

Let All Who Are Hungry

by Haggadot

-- Exodus Story

Moses Parts the Sea

by Nina Paley

Maror

Maror (Bitter Herbs) by Hanan Harchol

by Hanan Harchol

-- Four Questions

The Four Questions: What Questions Must We Ask Tonight?

by Ritualwell

The answers to the first three questions are drawn from Michelle Alexander’s groundbreaking book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (2010). Excerpts are cited with “NJC” and the page number. Question #1 Why does America have the highest incarceration rate of any developed nation in the world? Many factors have increased the incarceration rate, including the War on Drugs, the imposition of mandatory minimum sentencing, and privatization of prisons, which creates financial incentives for keeping people...

-- Four Questions

to be free

by Margaret Hobart

Songs

Glory, from the move 'Selma'

by Haggadot

Introduction

by Pardes

Pesach is a time of inclusion. On seder night, there are two moments where we metaphorically open our doors and invite others in. One is at the opening of the Magid portion of the seder, when we say, “All who are hungry come and eat.” There is a beautiful message here: we were once slaves; poor and hungry, and we remember our redemption by sharing what we have with others. The other, comes towards the end of the seder, when we...

Commentary / Readings

The Orange on the Seder Plate

by Anita Diamant .

EVERY JEWISH FAMILY produces a unique version of the Passover seder—the big ritual meal of traditional foods, served after and amid liturgy, storytelling, and song. We’re all surprised at each other’s customs: You eat lamb? You don’t sing “Chad Gad Ya”? And yet, virtually every seder does share a few common elements. Matzoh crumbs all over the floor. Wine stains on the tablecloth. A seder plate containing the traditional symbols of the holiday: a roasted shank bone and hardboiled egg, recalling...

Kadesh

The Four Freedoms

by Meor Emory

Maggid - Beginning

The Heroic and Visionary Women of Passover

by Raechel Banks

By Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Rabbi Lauren Holzblatt On Passover, Jews are commanded to tell the story of the Exodus and to see ourselves as having lived through that story, so that we may better learn how to live our lives today. The stories we tell our children shape what they believe to be possible—which is why at Passover, we must tell the stories of the women who played a crucial role in the Exodus narrative. The Book of Exodus,...

Hallel

MLK+50 Interfaith Freedom Seder: The Fifth Cup

by Shalom Center

The Fifth Cup: The Cup of Elijah, the Cup of Activism to Create the Beloved Community “On the Shabbat just before Passover, we read the last passage of the last of the Prophets, Malachi, who proclaims on behalf of the Breath of Life: “Before the coming of the great and awesome day when the Breath of Life may become a Hurricane of Change, I will send the Prophet Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to the children and the...

Kadesh

Stranger in a Strange Land

by Tom Koppel

Just about everybody experiences the sense of being foreign sometime in their lives. Most of the adults at this table have immigrated from a foreign country. But even if you have lived in the same city your entire life, as an adult you no longer live in the same neighborhood you lived in when you were growing up. Your home is defined not only by place but also by time. People have changed; circumstances have changed. As a foreigner in that...

Songs

Liberté/Liberty by French Poet Paul Eluard

by Noemie Rosner

More clips from Hillel at UCLA

-- Cup #2 & Dayenu