Haggadot Contributors

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Host: It is customary to end the passover meal with a singing a prayer that next year, we will eat it in Jerusalem. As followers of Yehoshua, our prayer is that he will speedily return and bring to us the New Jerusalem. for accompanyment, see https://youtu.be/rXtdAjlCjbw All: L’shana haba-ah biy’rushalayim (Repeat x3) L’shana haba-ah biy’rushalayim habnuyah NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM! ...

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Host: The fourth cup is known as the cup of praise, or Hallel. Yehoshuah and his disciples may have been doing something similar to this traditional time of praise near the end of the seder meal when, after the last supper, they sang a hymn, then went out to the Mount of Olives (Mat 26:30). It is customary to sing selections from the Psalms. We will sing the popular song based on the first verse of Psalm 136. for accompanyment, see ...

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Host: As our Messiah Yehoshua was hidden in the tomb before being found again on the third day, so is this, the afikomen, or coming one, hidden and found. Let the children find the afikomen. [Optional] Negotiate a price  to purchase the afikomen from the finder. After it is found, take the afikoman and divide it among all the guests at the Seder table. NOTE: It is customary not to drink or eat anything (except the remaining two ritual cups) after...

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All: Take a kezayit (the volume of one olive) of the maror. Dip it into the Charoset. Host: Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al achilat maror. All: Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has taught us the way of holiness through commandments, commanding us to eat the bitter herb. Eat the maror without reclining.

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Host: As it is written, "When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you."-(Deuteronomy 8:10) We will fulfill this by a responsive reading of Psalm 103:1-5. Host: Bless the Lord, O my soul; All: And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Host: Bless the Lord, O my soul All: And forget not all His benefits: Host: Who forgives all your iniquities All: Who...

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Host: Rabban Gamliel used to say: Whoever does not discuss the following three things on Passover has not fulfilled his duty, namely: Passover (the Passover-sacrifice), Matzah (the unleavened bread) and Maror (the bitter herbs). (Ex 12:8 and Num 9:11) Reader 1: Passover - Why do we eat the passover lamb? As it is written: "It is a Passover-offering to the L-rd, because He passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians with a...

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Host: Distribute pieces of the third Matzah. All: Take a kezayit (the volume of one olive) of the Chazeret (lettuce) - which is to be dipped into Charoset. Combine the two [like a sandwich], and say the following: As it is written: "They shall eat it with Matzah and bitter herbs." Now eat them together -- in the reclining position (if possible).

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Take the third Matzah, and also a kezayit (the volume of one olive) of the Chazeret - which is to be dipped into Charoset. Combine the two [like a sandwich], and say the following:  Thus did Hilel do at the time of the Bet HaMikdash: He would combine Passover -- lamb, Matzah and Maror and eat them together, as it said: "They shall eat it with Matzah and bitter herbs."  Now eat them together -- in the reclining position.

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Host: Take the three matzot - the broken piece between the two whole ones – and hold them in your hand and recite the following blessing: Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, hamotzi lechem min ha-aretz. Blessed are you, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth. Before eating the matzah, put the bottom matzah back in its place and continue, reciting the following blessing while holding only the top and middle piece of...

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How many levels of favors has the Omnipresent One bestowed upon us:  If He had brought us out from Egypt, and had not carried out judgments against them Dayenu, it would have sufficed us!  If He had carried out judgments against them, and not against their idols Dayenu, it would have sufficed us!  If He had destroyed their idols, and had not smitten their first-born Dayenu, it would have sufficed us!  If He had smitten their first-born, and had not given...

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Host: These are the Ten Plagues which Yahuah brought upon the Egyptians, namely as follows: All: When saying the ten plagues, spill from the cup itself ten times, as stated above (and when spilling, again have in mind what was said above). The wine remaining in the cup (will have become 'wine that causes joy,' thus) is not to be spilled, but other wine is added to it [to refill the cup]. Reader 1: Blood.Frogs.Lice. Reader 2: Wild Beasts.Pestilence.Boils. Reader 3:...

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Reader 1: In the beginning our fathers served idols; but now the Omnipresent One has brought us close to His service, as it is said: "Joshua said to all the people: Thus said the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers used to live on the other side of the river – Terach, the father of Abraham and the father of Nachor, and they served other gods. And I took your father Abraham from beyond the river, and I led him...

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Host: Blessed is the Omnipresent One, blessed be He! Blessed is He who gave the Torah to His people Israel, blessed be He! The Torah speaks of four children: One is wise, one is wicked, one is simple and one does not know how to ask. The wise one, what does he say? Reader 1 (in a wise voice) : "What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes and the laws which the Lord, our God, has commanded you?" (Deut...

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Spouse or Child: “Why is this night different from all other nights? Why on all nights, do we need not dip even once, but on this night we do so twice! Why on all nights do we eat chametz or matzah, but on this night only matzah. Why on all nights do we eat any kind of vegetables, but on this night maror! Why on all nights do we eat sitting upright or reclining, but on this night we all recline!”...

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All: Fill gla sses with wine or grape juice (don't drink yet!) Reader 1: Over the course of the Seder we drink 4 cups of wine (or grape juice). This is traditionally done to commemorate the four promises Yahuah made to the people of Israel in Exodus 6:7-6; 1. “I will take you out…” 2. “I will save you…” 3. “I will redeem you…” 4. “I will take you as a nation…”. Reader 2: It may have been this first cup...

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Host: Passover, or Pesach, is an annual festival, which falls on the 14th of Nissan, the first month of the Hebrew calendar. It commemorates the night that the firstborn sons of Israel were spared from death and the subsequent freedom from slavery and exodus from Egypt. It also commemorates the sacrifice of Yehoshua, our passover lamb. As he said, "This do in remembrance of me." Reader 1: Passover also marks the beginning of the feast of unleavened bread, which lasts for...