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...

Host: It is traditional to wash hands at this time. However, as our Messiah Yehoshua said, "It is not what enters into the mouth which defiles man; but what goes out of the mouth, that is what defiles man," by which he explained why his disciples did not perform this tradition. Therefore, as followers of Yehoshua, we will forgo this tradition.

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...

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...

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....

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, Adonai our Elohim, 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 matzah....

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).

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...

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...

לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בִּירוּשָׁלָֽיִם L’shana haba-ah biy’rushalayim NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!