Haggadot Contributors

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1) ANSWER: The number 4 is a recurring theme in the Haggadah: 4 questions, 4 sons, 4 cups of wine. The 4 cups of wine correspond to the 4 terms of redemption that God promised the Jews in Egypt: "I shall take you out... rescue you... redeem you... and take you" (Exodus 6:6-7).Rebbeinu Bechaye (14th century Spain) explains that these 4 terms correspond to the 4 increasing levels of freedom experienced by the Jews in Egypt:1) the release from harsh labor ...

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1. What number appears most frequently in the Haggadah?a) 4   b) 15   c) 600,000 2. The first time the Jews ate matzah was:a) after leaving Egypt in a hurry, with no time for their bread to rise   b) the night prior to leaving Egypt, at the first Passover Seder   c) in 1888, when Manischewitz opened a small matzah bakery in Cincinnati, Ohio 3. The recipe for Charoset is:a) dates, wine, walnuts and apples   b) avocado, bananas, coconut and pine nuts   c)...

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...is waiting in line to be knighted by the Queen. He is to kneel in front of her and recite a sentence in Latin when she taps him on the shoulders with her sword. However, when his turn comes, he panics in the excitement of the moment and forgets the Latin. Then, thinking fast, he recites the only other sentence he knows in a foreign language, which he remembers from the Passover seder:"Ma nishtana ha layla ha zeh mi kol ha...