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The End?

by Mazldik Yonkel

Nirtzah נִרְצָה The Conclusion Host: The story of the Exodus from Egypt, and the rituals associated, are described and written many different ways. Certainly, each resource should be read, thought about, and considered. Seders can be short or long, but the main thing is following the obligation of telling the story carrying on the tradition. Guest: Our Seder is over. As we had the pleasure to gather for a Seder this year, we hope to once again have the opportunity in...

Shulchan Oreich

FOOD TIME!

by Mazldik Yonkel

The Meal. We will now eat the delicious food that Jessica has prepared for all of us. Typically we would read some more from the Haggadah after we eat....but not in this family. However, we do have to read one last thing:

Maror

by Mazldik Yonkel

The Rest of the Sedar Plate - and other weird foods! Gefilte Fish Blessings over the Matzah Guest: When the Rabbis deemed it commendable to eat fish on the Sabbath, Jews became accustomed to eating fish at festive meals like the Passover Seder. The freshwater rivers in Europe offered fish such as carp and pike. Guest: It was customary to make a mixture of chopped fish, stuff it back into the skin of the fish, and boil it. The word gefilte...

10 plagues

by Mazldik Yonkel

Ten Plagues Acknowledge that our freedom was hard-earned Guest: The Passover Story is a story of hope, of how our ancestors came out of a narrow place of suffering and into the Promised Land. Stripped of its religious elements, the tale is, at its core, a human tale, filled with universal struggles and aspirations. But, most importantly, the tale’s essence is the fulfillment of hope. Guest: We tell the story each year, with the benefit of hindsight, with the knowledge that...

-- Exodus Story

3rd cup and the Story of Exodus

by Mazldik Yonkel

Exodus Story Telling Our Story Maggid מַגִּיד Telling of the story of Passover Host: The story of Passover is a long tale I will summarize very quickly, because I know we are all getting anxious to eat. Long ago, Pharaoh ruled the land of Egypt. He enslaved the Jewish people and made them work very hard building his cities. Pharaoh was especially cruel to Jewish children. One mother hid her baby, Moses, in a basket in the river. Pharoah's daughter found...

-- Cup #2 & Dayenu

Dayenu

by Mazldik Yonkel

DAYYENU God has bestowed many favors upon us. Had He brought us out of Egypt, and not executed judgments against the Egyptians, It would have been enough – Dayyenu Had He executed judgments against the Egyptians, and not their gods, It would have been enough – Dayyenu Had He executed judgments against their gods and not put to death their firstborn, It would have been enough – Dayyenu Had He put to death their firstborn, and not given us their riches,...

Maggid - Beginning

The Remberence

by Mazldik Yonkel

A Time of Remembering Guest: The most beloved Jewish prophet of all, who’s tales frequently comes down to earth to help Jews in distress, is the prophet Elijah. Tonight we pour our second glass of wine, as a tribute to the Elijah. Guest: We also fill a glass for Elijah, with the hopes that he will join our Seder. While we do that, we ask a child at the table to open a door or window, as a way to invite...

The Candles

by Mazldik Yonkel

Hadlakat Nerot - Lighting the Candles Guest: The Jewish calendar is lunar, each month beginning with the new moon. We welcome each new day at sundown, not midnight, and we light candles at sunset as a way of welcoming in the new day. This year has a ”Leap Month” and regular months in the Jewish Calendar… called Adar I and Adar II. This is the reason Passover comes late this year and does not fall around the same time as Easter....

-- Four Questions

The Four Questions

by Mazldik Yonkel

THE FOUR QUESTIONS HOST: Traditionally, The Four Sons/Daughters include a wise one, a wicked (or rebellious) one, a simple one and one who does not even know enough to ask. Each of the first three ask questions about the Seder, essentially "Explain all this to me - what are my responsibilities?" "What has all this nonsense you are babbling about got to do with me?" and "What IS all this anyway?" while the fourth is silent - requiring the adults to...

Middle Matzah

by Mazldik Yonkel

HOST: We now hold up this broken matzah, which so clearly can never be repaired. We eat the smaller part while the larger half remains out of sight and out of reach for now. We begin by eating this bread of affliction and, then, only after we have relived the journey through slavery and the exodus from Egypt, do we eat the Afikoman, the bread of our liberation. We see that liberation can come from imperfection and fragmentation. Every day, refugees...

Karpas

by Mazldik Yonkel

KARPAS and the Sedar Plate: GUEST: The karpas, the green vegetable, is a symbol of all kinds of greenery while the salt water is the water and air of the earth. The dipping of the karpas is the first part of the seder that makes this night different from all other nights. Tonight, we celebrate difference with the karpas and saltwater which brings us hope, joy, and renewed life and helps us to remember the ocean and green plants of the...

Kadesh

by Mazldik Yonkel

Kadesh Host: The seder opens with kiddush (the blessing over wine). (please pour the wine for everyone while we continue to read. Guest: A slave’s time is not his own. He is at the beck and call of his master. Even when the slave has a pressing personal engagement, his taskmaster’s needs will take priority. In contrast, freedom is the control of our time. We determine what we do when we wake up in the morning; we prioritize our day. This...

Intro - Passover

by Mazldik Yonkel

"Let all who are hungry, come and eat; all who are needy come and celebrate Passover." HOST: Welcome to our 2017 Passover Seder. Tonight we will recognize the stirrings of spring and rebirth happening in the world around us. Our Seder will combine the celebration of our culture and memories with the recognition of the cycles of nature. The symbols on our table bring together elements of both kinds of celebration. For our immediate family, welcome. And for those who are...

The Official Marcus - Voogd Haggadah

The Official Marcus - Voogd...

by Mazldik Yonkel

Marcus - Voogd Passover Haggadah

-- Exodus Story

Maggid: The Story of the Turtles

by Sara Shapiro Plevan

Remember the days of old:consider the years of many generations (Deut. 32:7) Every year, hundreds of giant sea turtles swim hundreds of miles from their homes near Brazil to a tiny island in the Atlantic Ocean in order to find their mates. For years, scientists tried to understand how the turtles could find their way every time, from so far away. It was a tiny island, and even airplanes sometimes had trouble finding it. What do you think it was?? Once...

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