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On Shabbat begin here, and include the portions in parentheses: Vay’hi erev vay’hi voker yom hashishi. Vay’chulu hashamayim v’haaretz v’choltzva’am. Vay’chal Elohim bayom hashvi’i M’lachto asher asah, vayishbot bayom hashvi’i mikolmlachto asher asah. Vay’vareich Elohim et yom hashvi’i vay’kadeish oto, ki vo shavat mikol m’lachto, asher bara Elohim la’asot.) Savri maranan verabanan verabotai Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha’olam, borei p’ri hagafen. Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha’olam, asher bachar banu mikolam, v’rom’manu mikol-lashon, v’kid’shanu b’mitzvotav, vatiten-lanu Adonai Eloheinu b’ahavah (shabbatot...

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 בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הַעוֹלָםשֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה Baruch atah, Adonai, eloheinu melech ha'olam shehecheyanu v'kiy'manu v'higiyanu lazman hazeh Blessed are you, G-d, sovereign of all the world, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this moment

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We begin by lighting the candles.    Baruch ata Adonai eleheinu melech haolam asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Yom Tov.

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The Four Cups of the Seder are structurally connected to the four verbal performances this evening: (1) Kiddush, sanctifying the holiday (2) Maggid, the storytelling (3) Birkat HaMazon, completing the Pesach meal; and (4) Hallel, completing the festival Psalms. The Talmud connects the Four Cups to God's Four Promises to Israel: "Tell the children of Israel: I am Adonai! I will take them out... I will rescue them… I will redeem them… and I will marry them taking them as my...