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עוד יבוא שלום עלינו  עוד יבוא שלום עלינו  עוד יבוא שלום עלינו  ועל כולם!  סלאאם, עלינו ועל כל העולם  סלאאם סלאאם  סלאאם, עלינו ועל כל העולם  סלאאם סלאאם Od yavo' shalom aleinu  Od yavo' shalom aleinu  Od yavo' shalom aleinu  Ve al kulam  Salaam  Aleinu ve al kol ha olam,  Salaam, Salaam  Salaam  Aleinu ve al kol ha olam,  Salaam, Salaam Translation: Peace will soon be upon us and on everyone.​  Peace upon us and upon the whole world   

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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. Kol deechfeen yeitei v'yeichol, kol deetzreech yeitei v'yeefsach. Hashata hacha, l'shanah haba-ah b'ara d'yisra-el. Hashata avdei, l'shanah haba-ah b'nei choreen. This is the bread of affliction, which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let all...

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We've been on a crazy dance floor this evening. Let's take a few steps up... say, to the balcony. How was this experience for you? How did we do as a group? What will you take with you? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Eliyahu (or more specifically, his cousin Dror, from the maintenance staff at Bina) would want you to help clean up! :)

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The Grace after meals is long and complex for those whose knowledge of Hebrew may be limited. The essence of this prayer is to give thanks for the blessing of food and land. We can conclude our meal with a simpler prayer that the sages recount that expresses the same idea. בריך רחמנא מרן מלכא דעלמא מריה דהאי פיתא Barikh rachmana Malka D’alma Maray d’hi pita. Blessed is the all-merciful one, master of the universe who created this food!

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We are coming to the end of our seder. What would it mean if the story we told tonight was true, and we were truly free people? How would we walk away from this table? What new and old strengths would we carry? What would we be grateful for? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All sing: לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בִּירוּשַָׁלָיִם! L'shana Haba'ah b'Y’rushalayim Next Year in Jerusalem!

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Tzafun צָפוּן After the meal, take the Afikoman and divide it among all the guests at the Seder table. It is forbidden to drink or eat anything (except the remaining two ritual cups of wine) after eating  the Afikoman.

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One of most beloved songs in the Passover seder is "Dayenu". A few of us will read the stanzas one at a time, and everyone else will respond, "Dayenu" – meaning, “it would have been enough for us”. Fun fact: Persian and Afghani Jews hit each other over the heads and shoulders with scallions every time they say Dayenu! They especially use the scallions in the ninth stanza which mentions the manna that the Israelites ate everyday in the desert, because...

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Although our seder is not over, we have filled the commandment to tell the story. To celebrate, we begin with a taste of the hallel ( praise or song) that will follow dinner. Betzeit yisrael mimitzrayim,. ............. בְּצֵאת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם beit Ya'akov meam loez. .................... בֵּית יַעֲקֹב מֵעַם לֹעֵז. Haytah yehudah lekodsho. ................ הָיְתָה יְהוּדָה לְקָדְשׁוֹ Yisrael mamshelotav...... .................... יִשְׂרָאֵל מַמְשְׁלוֹתָיו. Hayam ra'ah vayanos,.... .................... הַיָּם רָאָה וַיָּנֹס hayarden yisov leachor... ................... הַיַּרְדֵּן יִסֹּב לְאָחוֹר. Heharim rakedu cheilim,... .................. הֶהָרִים רָקְדוּ...

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What follows is a short selection of the traditional Hallel sung at this point in the seder. Feel free to look into the back of the book for more song suggestions, and start them up! יי זְכָרָנוּ יְבָרֵךְ. יְבָרֵךְ אֶת בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, יְבָרֵךְ אֶת בֵּית אַהֲרֹ. יְבָרֵךְ יִרְאֵי יי, הַקְּטַנִים עִם הַגְּדֹלִים. יֹסֵף יי עֲלֵיכֶם, עֲלֵיכֶם וְעַל בְּנֵיכֶם. בְּרוּכִים אַתֶּם לַיי, עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. הַשָּׁמַיִם שָׁמַיִם לַיי,וְהָאָרֶץ נָתַן לִבְנֵי אָדָם. לֹא הַמֵּתִים יְהַלְלוּיָהּ ,וְלֹא כָּל יֹרדֵי דוּמָה. וַאֲנַחְנוּ נְבָרֵךְ יָהּ, מֵעַתָּה...

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The quality of being a rodef shalom (pursuer of peace) requires the ability to recognize the value of different perspectives and the skill of unifying conflicting truths into a harmonious whole. It requires the recognition that single individuals perceive only a portion of the complete truth. Hillel says: “If I am not for myself, who is for me? And when I am for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" [...] Appropriately, the haggadah depicts Hillel as requiring the...

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Take the middle matzah and break it into two, one piece larger than the other. The larger piece is set aside to serve as Afikoman. This is traditionally hidden, by the leader of the Seder for the children to “steal” or “find” and then ransom for a something at the end of the Seder. The smaller piece is put back, between the two matzot. This smaller piece, along with the top matzah is what will be used for the “Motzi-Matzah” and...

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The silence before the breaking of the middle mat­zah and before the eating of the afikoman suggests that something secret is expressed in the ceremony. We know that the idea of a Messianic era was con­sidered a threat to regimes for whom there was no messiah but the Emperor, no redeemer but Rome. To dream of an era of peace, an end to slavery, is a revolutionary critique of the status quo. Jews dis­agreed among themselves as to who the Messiah...

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Although our seder is not over, we have filled the commandment to tell the story. Therefore, we begin to sing. Betzeit yisrael mimitzrayim,.............. בְּצֵאת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם beit Ya'akov meam loez..................... בֵּית יַעֲקֹב מֵעַם לֹעֵז. Haytah yehudah lekodsho................. הָיְתָה יְהוּדָה לְקָדְשׁוֹ Yisrael mamshelotav.......................... יִשְׂרָאֵל מַמְשְׁלוֹתָיו. Hayam ra'ah vayanos,........................ הַיָּם רָאָה וַיָּנֹס hayarden yisov leachor...................... הַיַּרְדֵּן יִסֹּב לְאָחוֹר. Heharim rakedu cheilim,..................... הֶהָרִים רָקְדוּ כְאֵילִים gevaot kivnei tzon................................ גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי צֹאן. Mah lecha hayam ki tanus,................. מַה לְּךָ הַיָּם כִּי תָנוּס hayarden tisov leachor...........................

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We've been on a crazy dance floor this evening. Let's take a few steps up... say, to the balcony. How was this experience for you? How did we do as a group? What will you take with you? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Eliyahu (or more specifically, his cousin Dror, from the maintenance staff at Bina) would want you to help clean up! :)