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DIRECTIONS; We lower the wine cup and continue with the recitation of the traditional Midrash or Rabbinic discussion of the Passover Exodus story as recorded in the Torah, beginning first with the threat to Israel from Lavan and then the threat from Pharaoh צֵא וּלְמַד, מַה בִּקֶּשׁ לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי לַעֲשׂוֹת לְיַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ--שֶׁפַּרְעֹה הָרָשָׁע, לֹא גָזַר אֵלָא עַל הַזְּכָרִים; וְלָבָן בִּקֶּשׁ לַעְקֹר אֶת הַכֹּל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר "אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי, וַיֵּרֶד מִצְרַיְמָה, וַיָּגָר שָׁם" (דברים כו,ה). מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלֹּא יָרַד לְהִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ אֵלָא לָגוּר שָׁם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר...

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Leader: We now lift up our cups of wine and cover the matzah, as we sing the following and recall God's promise to Abraham, emphasizing eternal divine watchfulness. וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ, שֶׁלֹּא אֶחָד בִּלְבָד עָמַד עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ, אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלוֹתֵנוּ, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם. V'he   sheh   am'dah,  la-ah-vo-tei-nu,   v'la-nu.   Sheh-lo    echad   beel-vad,   a-mad    ah-leinu   l'cha-lo-tei-nu.  Eh-la   she-b'chol    dor    va-dor,   om'deem   ah-lei-nu    l'cha-lo-tei-nu,     v'ha-ka-dosh   Bah-ruch    hoo   matz-ee-lei-nu   mi-yah-dam. This covenant that remained constant for our ancestors...

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LEADER:   We will now answer the four questions and begin to tell the story of our enslavement in Egypt ASSEMBLED:  Once we were slaves to Pharoah in Egypt, and the Lord,  in His goodness and mercy, brought us forth from that land, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. LEADER:  Had He not brought our ancestors out of Mitzrayim, we and our children and our children's children would still be enslaved to Pharoh in Mitzrayim and deprived of liberty. ASSEMBLED:  ...

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Hebrew Transliteration: Mah nish-tah-nah ha-ly-la ha-zeh, me-kol ha-lay-lot 1) Sheh' beh-chol ha-lay-loht, ain anu maht-bee-leen, ah-fee-loo pa'ahm echat, ha-ly-la ha-zeh sh-tei peh'ah-mim? 2) Sheh' beh-chol ha-lay-loht, anu ohch-leem, chah-maytz oo-matzah, ha-ly-la ha-zeh koo-loh maztah? 3) Sheh' beh-chol ha-lay-loht, anu ohch-leem, sheh'ar yeh-rah-kot, ha-ly-la ha-zeh mah-ror? 4) She' beh-chol ha-lay-lot, anu ohch-leem, bain yosh-veen bain miss-oo-bean, ha-ly-la ha-zeh coo-la-nu miss-oo-bean? DIRECTIONS: After the 4 Questions are recited in Hebrew, one of the youngest present reads each question one-by-one, as each question is...