Haggadot Contributors

Natalie Gerber

-- Four Questions

Dr. Seuss Four Questions

by Natalie Gerber

Dr. Seuss Four Questions

-- Exodus Story

Song -- Take Us Out of Egypt

by Natalie Gerber

Song -- Take Us Out of Egypt

-- Exodus Story

Song -- Let Us Go

by Natalie Gerber

Song -- Let Us Go

Song - These Are A Few Of Our Passover Things

by Natalie Gerber

Song - These Are A Few Of Our Passover Things

-- Exodus Story

Dam va’eish v’timrot ashan – Dam va’eish v’timrot ashan -- The Haggadah's Blueprint for Redemption By Natalie Gerber

by Natalie Gerber

Dam va’eish v’timrot ashan – Dam va’eish v’timrot ashan -- The Haggadah's Blueprint for Redemption By Natalie Gerber

-- Exodus Story

Tze Ulmad – Go out and learn

by Natalie Gerber

Tze Ulmad – Go out and learn

-- Exodus Story

Arami Oved Avi – Personal memory not just a history lesson

by Natalie Gerber

Arami Oved Avi – Personal memory not just a history lesson

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Brokenness and Concealment

by Valley Beth Shalom (VBS)

We are free, but we remember when we were slaves. We are whole, but we bring to mind those who are broken. The middle matzah is broken, but it is the larger part which is hidden. Because the future will be greater than the past, and tomorrow’s Passover nobler than yesterday’s exodus. The prospects for the dreamed future are overwhelming to the point of making us mute. So it is in silence, without blessing, that we break and hide the matzah...

Maggid - Beginning

Passover Play - a ten minute script for all ages

by Rabbi Daniel Brenner

Here is a kid and adult friendly alternative to for the Maggid section (the Passover story section) of the Haggadah. This short play/skit is in the style of "sedra scenes" -- a contemporary take which makes the story current but stays true to the Exodus narrative. I've written it for large crowds -- so there are 13 parts, but if you have a smaller gathering you can easily double up. LET MY PEOPLE GO! A short play for the seder CAST:...

Quick Seder Plate Guide

by Zvi Bellin

Quick Seder Plate Guide

Children at the Seder

by Dov Pianko

Children at the SederChildren are an integral part of the Seder. There is a tremendous focus on them, and specifically within the realm of questions[1]. However, as much as we want to pass on to the next generation, and teach them, I think an integral part of the Seder, is to also learn from them. It is a night where we are striving to find our inner child. Hoshea 11:1 - When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and...

-- Four Questions

The Haggadah's Missing Page

by Valley Beth Shalom (VBS)

The Seder is all about answering questions. But one question remains unanswered, and that’s the most important question – Why? We are taught, “ In every generation, each person must see him/herself as if s/he were redeemed from Egypt.” But why? Why return to Egypt year after year? Why re-taste the bitterness of slavery? Ask the Torah – What difference does this experience make for me? How am I shaped by the experience of slavery and liberation? Here is the Torah’s...

Maggid - Beginning

Telling the Story

by Valley Beth Shalom (VBS)

The central imperative of the Seder is to tell the story. The Bible instructs: “ You shall tell your child on that day, saying: ‘This is because of what Adonai did for me when I came out of Egypt.' ” (Exodus 13:8) We relate the story of our ancestors to regain the memories as our own. Elie Weisel writes: God created man because He loves stories. We each have a story to tell — a story of enslavement, struggle, liberation. Be...

-- Exodus Story

Telling the Story - The Answers

by Valley Beth Shalom (VBS)

There are many questions. Now we begin to answer. Our history moves from slavery toward freedom. Our narration begins with degradation and rises to dignity. Our service opens with the rule of evil and advances to the kingdom of God. 1. We were slaves to Pharoah in Egypt and the Lord freed us from Egypt with a mighty hand. Had not the Holy One liberated our people from Egypt, then we, our children and our children's children would still be enslaved. ...

Kadesh

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Kadesh

Maggid - Beginning

Maggid

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Maggid

Introduction

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Introduction

Urchatz

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Urchatz

Karpas

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Karpas

Yachatz

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Yachatz

-- Exodus Story

Three Lessons from the Exodus Story

by Many Sources (Compiled By Stephanie)

Three Lessons from the Exodus Story

Maggid - Beginning

Thanks

by Ray Sturner

Scholar Sol Schimmel in the book, The psychology of Gratitude observes that the format of Dayeinu is intentional: “One interpretation of the structure of this poem is that when we reflect on a benefit that G-d ( or by extention, another person) has done for us, we should break it into its multiple components, mediating on each element.” For gratitude to be truly felt on both sides, it must be enumerated in specifics. A general thank-you gets lost. From Erica Brown,...

-- Four Children

The Torah speaks of four children

by Pardes

Perhaps no other portion of the haggadah can open up discussion like the section of the four children. There are many learned interpretations to go to that analyze this part of the haggadah. However while the seder should include learned divrei Torah (words of Torah), it should primarily consist of questions. The Magid section models this for us, beginning with the four questions in Ma Nishtana and moving on to our section. Note that three of the four children ask a...

Korekh

by Pardes

After performing most of the central mitzvot of the evening (telling the story of the Exodus eating matza and maror, etc.) and just before we are about to enjoy the festive holiday meal, the haggadah structures a moment in which we symbolically repeat the practice of Hillel the Elder who would “wrap” his portion of the paschal offering with matza and maror and eat it as a type of sandwich, in literal fulfillment of the verse “it shall be eaten on...

-- Exodus Story

The Story of Passover (Skit)

by JewBelong

NARRATOR 1 (10 LINES) NARRATOR 2 (13 LINES) PHARAOH (15 LINES) SLAVE (2 LINES) HERALD (1 LINE) MOSES (8 LINES) GOD (7 LINES) PHARAOH’S SON (2 LINES) AARON (12 LINES) SHEEP (2 LINES) YOCHEVED (1 LINE) PRINCESS (4 LINES) PRINCESS’S ATTENDANT (4 LINES) MIRIAM (4 LINES) NARRATOR 1: The story of Moses and the Exodus from Egypt has been told thousands of times. It’s a reminder to the Jewish people that once we were slaves in Egypt, but now we are...