Haggadot Contributors

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DIRECTIONS: We read responsively, following each verse all respond, "For His kindness is everlasting." Give thanks to the L-rd for He is gracious; for His kindness is everlasting. Give thanks to the G‑d of gods; for His kindness is everlasting. Give thanks to the L-rd of lords; for His kindness is everlasting. Who alone does great wonders; for His kindness is everlasting. Who made the heavens with understanding; for His kindness is everlasting. Who stretched out the earth above the waters;...

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All: Shir Hama’alot, b’shuv Adonai et shee-vat Tzion, ha-yeenu k’chol meem. Az y’ma-lei s’chok pee-nu u’l-sho-nei-nu reena, az yo-m’ru va-goyim, heeg-deel Adonai la-asot eem eleh. Heeg-deel Adonai la-asot eemanu, ha-yee-nu s’mei-cheem. Shuva Adonai et sh’vee-tei-nu, ka-afee-keem ba-negev. Ha-zor-eem b’deem-ah b’reena yeek-tzo-ru. Ha-loch yei-lech u-va-cho no-sei me-shech hazara, bo yavo v’reena, no-sei alu-mo-tav. Leader: Rabotai n’vareich. Participants: Y’hee sheim Adonai m’vo-rach mei-atah v’ad olam. Leader: Y’hee sheim Adonai m’vorach mei-atah v’ad olam. Beer-shut maranan v’rabanan v’rabotai, n’vareich (Eloheinu) she’achalnu mee-shelo. Participants: Baruch...

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Lo-lanu, Adonai, lo-lanu, ki l'shimcha tein kavod, al chasd'cha al amee-techa. Lamah yomru hagoyeem, ayeih na Eloheihem. Veiloheinu vashamayim, kol asher chafeitz asah. Atzabeihem kesef v'zahav, ma-aseih y'dei adam. Peh lahem v'lo y'dabeiru, einayeem lahem v'lo yiru. Oz'nayeem lahem v'lo yishma-u, af lahem v'lo y'richun. Y'deihem v'lo y'mishun, ragleihem v'lo y'haleichu, lo yehgu bigronam. K'mohem yihyu oseihem, kol asher botei-ach bahem. Yisra-el b'tach b’Adonai, ezram u-maginam hu. Beit aharon bitchu v'Adonai, ezram umageenam hu. Yirei Adonai bitchu v'Adonai, ezram u-mageenam hu....

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Leader: As our Seder draws near an end, we take up our wine cups one last time. With this fourth cup of wine, we remember G-d's fourth promise, "I will take you to be my people." We give thanks for the experience of celebrating Passover with our family and friends, for the traditions that help inform our daily lives and guide our actions and aspirations. We remember once again, that not everyone in our world is yet free and we are...

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DIRECTIONS: Pour the third cup of wine and recite Birkat Hamazon (Blessing after the Meal). We include the words in parentheses when 10 Jewish adults are present. Leader: We will now sing the Blessings after the Meal in Hebrew, to thank G-d for all of our food. The transliteration may be found on page 65. שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת: בְּשׁוּב יהוה אֶת־שִׁיבַת צִיּוֹן הָיִ֫ינוּ כְּחֹלְמִים. אָז יִמָּלֵא שְׂחוֹק פִּינוּ וּלְשׁוֹנֵנוּ רִנָּה, אָז יֹאמְרוּ בַגּוֹיִם, הִגְדִּיל יְיָ לַעֲשׂוֹת עִם אֵלֶּה. הִגְדִּיל יְיָ לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמָּנוּ,...

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Participant: Rabbinic scholars sensed the oddity of reciting a motzi over a broken piece of unleavened bread; they wondered why the middle matzah and not the other two were broken, and why it was broken into two uneven parts with the larger part saved for the afikoman. Their explanations are largely legal, based upon the position of the Rambam, the Rif, and other sages. For others, the “stealing” or hiding of the afikoman was designed to keep the children awake with...

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 Participant: Hillel, the great sage of the first century BCE, lived at the time of the Holy Temple when eating the Passover sacrifice was a part of the Passover obligations. Instead of eating the three foods separately ( matzah, bitter herbs, and the meat from the sacrifice), Hillel made a sandwich combining the three, and ate it while reclining. Hillel's positive approach to all hardships in life is symbolized in this sandwich. Hillel viewed the bitter parts of his life, particularly...

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Leader: We will now transition from the formal telling of the Passover story to the celebratory meal. Once again, we will wash our hands but this time the act of washing is different. This time it is a deeper step that is accompanied by a blessing. In this moment we feel our People's story more deeply having just retold it during Maggid. Now, having re-experienced the miracles of our ancestors’ journey from degradation to dignity, we will raise our hands in...

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בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר חַיָב אָדָם לִרְאוֹת אֶת עַצְמוֹ כְּאִלוּ הוּא יֶָָצֶָא מִמִּצְרַָים , שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְהִגַּדְתָּ לְבִנְךָ בַּיוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר, בַּעֲבוּר זֶה עָשָׂה יי לִי בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרַים . לֹא אֶת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בִּלְבָד גָּאַל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, אֶלָּא אַף אוֹתָנוּ גָּאַל עִמָּהֶם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְאוֹתָנוּ הוֹצִיא מִשָׁם , לְמַעַן הָבִיא אֹתָנוּ, לָתֶת לָנוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשָׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֵנוּ. B’chol dor vador chayav adam lirot et atzmo k’ilu hu yatza mimitzrayim, shene’emar: v’higadta l’vincha bayom hahu leimor, ba’avur zeh asah Adonai li b’tzeiti mimitzrayim. Lo...

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When Israel was in Egypt Land, Let my people go. Oppressed so hard they could not stand, Let my people go. Go down Moses way down in Egypt land, Tell old Pharaoh, Let my people go. Thus saith the lord bold Moses said, Let my people go. If not I'll strike your first born dead, Let my people go. Go down Moses way down in Egypt land, Tell old Pharaoh, Let my people go. The Lord told Moses what to do,...