Urchatz, Washing of Hands ALL: “Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Who can stand in His holy place? Those with clean hands and pure hearts….” Psalm 24:3-4 Host: The washing of hands was customarily done by the servant or the slave of the house. At this point in the seder Yeshua must have puzzled His disciples as He assumed the role of the servant. All: Let this mind be in you which was also in Messiah. Who laid...

The ECHAD Host: These three matzot are wrapped together for Passover. Rabbis call these three a unity, or echad. Some consider it a unity of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We who know Messiah see in this symbol the unique tri-unity of our God: Father, Son, Holy Spirit. In the matzah, we see a picture of Messiah.    See how it is striped. All: “But He was wounded for our crimes, crushed because of our sin; the chastening which makes us...

Third Cup, the Cup of Redemption Host: At the last seder, the first two cups were consumed the traditional way. Then Yeshua took the third cup, known as the cup of Redemption, and said, All: “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.” (Luke 22:20). Host: He who is the great I AM who had come in the flesh and had stood before them on other occasions teaching: I am the Way, I am the...

It's time to let the children search for the Afikomen that was hidden earlier in the Seder.  When its found we will all partake of the Afikomen, the middle matzah that represents the body of our Messiah. Now as they were eating, Yeshua took matzah, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”– Matt. 26:26. All eat. Yeshua told us that He was the Bread of Life, the nourishment...

The third cup recalls God’s promise given to Israel: “I will redeem you with an outstretched arm,” and therefore it is called the “Cup of Redemption” or the “Cup of Blessing.” It was this cup that Yeshua took to symbolize His great sacrifice for us as the true Lamb of God:  "And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the...

We now come to the fourth (and final) cup of juice for the Seder. This cup represents the fourth “I will” statement of Exodus 6:6 - “I will take you as my own people.” Since Yeshua told his disciples that He would not drink the fourth cup but promised to do so with them in the coming Kingdom (Matt. 26:29), this cup may be called the “Cup of Restoration,” or the "Cup of Salvation" since it will be fully savored only...

Tonight we drink four glasses of wine, two cups before the meal and two glasses after the meal. Why four? The traditional explanation for the four cups of wine relates to the four expressions of redemption describing the Jews’ exodus from Egypt in the Bible. 1. “I will take you out…” 2. “I will save you…” 3. “I will redeem you…” 4. “I will take you as a nation…” (Exodus 6:6-7). The rabbis who wrote the Mishnah (rabbinic literature documenting oral...

This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. -Exodus 12:14 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the...