Haggadot Contributors

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Reader 50: Throughout time, groups have always fought and enslaved one another, physically and intellectually. Our history is one of constant struggle against repression. Throughout the centuries, Jews have been denied freedom. In every generation I must find my freedom again In every generation they rise up to destroy me In every generation there are those who would be masters of slaves. In every generation I was a slave I was a slave for Pharaoh in Egypt for Nebuchadnezzer in Babylon...

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Reader 48: Let us drink the third cup of wine to the heroism of the Jewish fighters who fought in the ghettos, the forests, on the war fronts together with the righteous gentiles and all of decent humanity to stop the curse of fascism from engulfing the earth. Let us be true to their memory by being ever vigilant to the cause of peace and freedom in our land and throughout the world. L'CHAIM! Reader 49: In the sacred memory of...

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Reader 42: On this night, we also remember a fifth child. This is the child of the Holocaust who did not survive to ask, "Why was the night of Passover, 1943, different from all other Passover nights?" And so, we ask for that child. Reader 43: Pesakh 1943 is a historic date in modern Jewish history. At that time began the revolt against the Nazis who had come into the Ghetto of Warsaw to complete the deportation of the remaining Jews....

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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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My thoughts are as free, as wind o’er the ocean, And no one can see their form or their motion. No scholar can map them, no hunger can trap them, My lips may be still, but I think what I will.  (repeat line) I think as I please, and this gives me pleasure. My conscience decrees this right I must treasure. My thoughts will not cater, to duke or dictator, No captive I’ll be, for my spirit is free.  (repeat line)...

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ALL: We raise our cups in remembrance. Remember all the people we have touched. Remember all the gardens we have tended and the battles we have won. Remember all the steps we have taken and the decisions we have made. Remember our friends and allies. Remember all that is good and rejoice. We think, on this night of reflection and remembrance, as we celebrate together, the liberation from Egypt. Remember the liberation of each and all of us. L'CHAIM! (Drink wine)

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Reader 51: For centuries, at the Seder’s conclusion, Jews repeated the phrase “next year in Jerusalem”. They longed for their homeland. It would be comforting to end this story in the land of milk and honey. But, in fact, there will be no land of milk and honey until all groups can put aside their differences and come together in peace.

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Bashanah haba-ah Neshev al ha-mir-peset Ven-is-por tse-porim no-de-dot. Ye-lodim be-khufsa Ye sa-ha-ku to-feset Beyn ha-bayit le veyn ha-sadot. Od-tireh od-tireh Kamah-tov-ye-yey Bashanah bashanah ha-ba-ah  (repeat stanza) Soon the day will arrive When we will be together And no longer will we live in fear. And the children will smile Without wondering whether On that dark day new clouds will appear. Wait and see, wait and see What a world there can be If we share, if we care, you and me  ...

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ALL: Passover is the festival of life. It is the festival of Jewish survival. With this celebration we affirm that there is no force that can destroy our will to live. Reader 52: Khad Gadya is the symbolic little goat of Israel which others have sought to devour. But, in the end, they themselves have been devoured. KHAD GADYA Refrain:    Khad-gad-ya Khad-gad-ya (2) 1. The kid my father bought for two zuzim (refrain) 2. Then came the cat and ate the...

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(raise second cup of wine) ALL: The fate of every Jew is bound up with the fate of the Jewish people and the destiny of the Jewish people cannot be separated from the destiny of all humanity. Let us drink this cup of wine to symbolize our pledge to break the bonds of slavery for all who are not free. L'CHAIM! (Drink the second cup of wine) Reader 29: At this point in our festivity, let us reflect upon the significance...

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Reader 25: It saddens us that any struggle for freedom involves suffering. Generally, we drink wine to rejoice. Therefore, for each plague we take out a drop of wine from our cup. This way we do not rejoice over the suffering of others. The plagues that, we are told, afflicted the Egyptians were:  (Take a drop of wine out of your cup for each plague)  ALL: 1- blood  2- frogs  3- vermin  4-beasts  5- boils   6- cattle disease  7- locusts  8-...

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We shall overcome, We shallovercome, We shall overcome Some day. Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome, Some day! We shalllive in peace, We shall live in peace We shall live in peace Some day. Deep in my heart I do believe We shall live in peace Someday!