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The Seder1. Sanctify (Kiddush 1 קדש)2. And Wash (Urchatz ורחץ)3. Dip (Karpas כרפס)4. Split (Yachatz יחץ)5. And Tell (Maggid מגיד)6. Be Washed (Rachtzah רחצה)7. And Bless (Motzi מוציא )8. The Poor Man's Bread (Matzo מצה)9. Bitter (Maror מרור)10. Bundle (Koreich כורך)11. And Set Down to Eat (Shulchan oreich שולחן עורך)12. Hide It (Tzafun צפון)13. And Bless (Birkat Hamazon (ברכת המזן)14. Praise It (Hallel הלל)15. Be Pleased (Nirtzah)

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ברו אתה יי אלהינו מל העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להדליק נר של שבברו אתה יי אלהינו מל העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להדליק נר של שבת ושל יום טובBo-ruch a-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu me-lech ho-olom a-sher ki-de-sha-nu be-mitz-vo-sov ve-tzi-vo-nu le-had-lik ner shel Sha-bos v'shel Yom Tov.

Blessed are you, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and has commanded us to kindle the light of the Sabbath and the Festival Day.

ברו אתה יי אלהינו מל העולם שהחינו וקימנו והגיענו לזמן הזBo-ruch a-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu me-lech ho-olom she-he-che-ya-nu vi-kee-yi-ma-nu vi-hi-gee-an-u liz-man ha-zeh.

Translation: Blessed are you, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, who has kept us alive and sustained us and let us reach this time.

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What is Passover?

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The StoryIn the narrative of the Exodus, the Bible tells that God helped the Children of Israel escape slavery in Egypt by inflicting ten plagues upon the ancient Egyptians before the Pharaoh would release his Israelite slaves; the tenth and worst of the plagues was the death of the Egyptian first-born. The Israelites were instructed to mark the doorposts of their homes with the blood of a spring lamb and, upon seeing this, the spirit of the Lord knew to pass over the first-born in these homes, hence the name of the holiday.[4] There is some debate over where the term is actually derived from.[5] When the Pharaoh freed the Israelites, it is said that they left in such a hurry that they could not wait for bread dough to rise (leaven). In commemoration, for the duration of Passover no leavened bread is eaten, for which reason it is called "The Festival of the Unleavened Bread".[6] Matzo (flat unleavened bread) is a symbol of the holiday.

From Wikipedia

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Why we need to tell it.Hagadah means narration, and tonight's celebration insists on the moral seriousness of the stories that we tell about ourselves.  Stories are easily dismissible as distractions, the make-believe we craved as children, losing ourselves in the sweet enchantment of "as if." "As if" belongs to the imagination, that wild terrain governed by no obvious rules. But tonight we are asked to take this faculty of the mind, so beloved by children and novelists, extremely seriously. All the adults who have outgrown story time are to be tutored tonight, with the physical props meant to quicken our pretending, and the ways of the child to guide us.

It is not enough to merely tell the story, but we must live inside of it, blur the boundaries of our personal narrative so that we spill outward and include as part of our formative experiences having lived through events that took place millennia before we were born. It is the imagination alone that can extend the sense of the self, broaden our sense of who we really are. We are Jews, insists the tradition, and the identity of an individual Jew is never strictly individual but also collective. By extending our personal narratives to include the formative tale of Jewish identity we appropriate that collective self as part of our own.

But the tradition also insists on possessing tonight's story in more general moral terms, the Torah reminding us never to oppress the stranger, "since you know the soul of the stranger, having been strangers in the land of Egypt." This story that we relive tonight is meant to grant us knowledge of "the soul of the stranger," and there is nothing more universal than that soul and our knowledge of it, and it is only the tutored Imagination that can lead us to it and to the compassion it yields.Tonight is the night that we sanctify storytelling.

From The New American Haggadah 2012

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PMMPesach, why did our fathers eat the Passover sacrifice during the era when the Holy Temple still stood? Because the Holy One, Blessed is He, passed over the houses of our fathers in Egypt, as it is written: And you will say, the slaughtered Passover offering is for the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, while plaguing Egypt, keeping our houses safe. And the Nation bowed, and lay prone.

Matzah, why do we eat this one? Because the dough of our fathers ' didn't manage to leaven before the Holy One, Blessed is He, the King of the Heavenly Kings of All Kings, was revealed to them, and redeemed them, as it is written: And they baked the dough that they took out of Egypt into cakes of matzah, for it had not leavened; for they were driven from ~ unable to linger, and also, they had not prepared provisions for themselves.

Maror, why are we eating this bitter herb? Because the Egyptians embittered the lives of our fathers in Egypt, as it is written: And they embittered their lives with hard work, with day and with bricks and all the labor in the fields; all the toil imposed upon them was with a vigor that wore at their bones.

From The New American Haggadah 2012

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Exodus 12:7

And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

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Exodus 12:26

Then your children will ask, “What does this ceremony mean?”

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Exodus 13:8

“You shall tell your child on that day, saying, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt’.”

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The Four Cups

• There is an obligation to drink four cups of wine during the Seder. • Each cup is imbibed at a specific point in the Seder. The first is for

Kiddush (קידוש), the second is for 'Maggid' (מגיד), the third is for Birkat Hamazon (ברכת המזון) and the fourth is for Hallel

• The Four Cups represent the four expressions of deliverance promised by God. Exodus 6:6-7:

"I will bring out," "I will deliver," "I will redeem," "I will take."

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1. Sanctify (Kaddish 1 קדש)

Blessed are You, God, Spirit of the Universe,who creates the fruit of the vine.

.ברו א תה יי אלהינו מל העולם בורא פרי הגפןBaruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam borei pri hagafen.

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2. And Wash (Urchatz ורחץ)

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Seder Plate• MAROR: Bitter herbs, symbolizing the bitterness and harshness of the

slavery which the Jews endured in Ancient Egypt. For maror, many people use freshly grated horseradish or whole horseradish root.

• CHAZERET is typically romaine lettuce, whose roots are bitter-tasting. Either the horseradish or romaine lettuce may be eaten in fulfillment of the mitzvah of eating bitter herbs during the Seder.

• CHAROSET: A sweet, brown, pebbly paste of fruits and nuts, representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build the storehouses of Egypt.

• KARPAS: A vegetable other than bitter herbs, usually parsley but sometimes something such as celery or cooked potato, which is dipped into salt water (Ashkenazi custom), vinegar (Sephardi custom), or charoset (older custom, still common amongst Yemenite Jews) at the beginning of the Seder.

• ZEROA: A roasted lamb bone, symbolizing the korban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice), which was a lamb offered in the Temple in Jerusalem and was then roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night.

• BEITZAH: A hard boiled egg, symbolizing the korban chagigah (festival sacrifice) that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem and was then eaten as part of the meal on Seder night.

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3. Dip (Karpas כרפס)

Blessed are You, God, Spirit of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the earth.ברו אתה יי אלהינו מל העולם בורא פרי האדמה.

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha'olam borei pri ha'adamah

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4. Split (Yachatz יחץ)

הא לחמא עניא די אכלו אבהתנא בארעא דמצרים. כל דכפין ייתי וייכל, כל דצרי ייתי ויפסח. השתא הכא, לשנה הבאה בארעא דישראל. השתא עבדי,

לשנה הבאה בני חורין.Ha lachma anya, di achalu avahatana, b’ara d’mitzrayim. Kol dichfin yeitei

v’yeichul, kol ditzrich yeitei v’yifsach. Hashata hacha, lashanah haba-ah b’arah d’yisrael. Hashata avdei, lashanah haba-ah b’nei chorin.

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5. And Tell (Maggid מגיד)

Blessed are You, God, Spirit of the Universe,who creates the fruit of the vine.

.ברו א תה יי אלהינו מל העולם בורא פרי הגפןBaruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam borei pri hagafen.

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6. Be Washed (Rachtzah רחצה)

Blessed are You, God, Spirit of the Universe,who sanctifies us with commandments and

commands us to wash our hands.ברו א תה יי אלהינו מל העולם, א שר קד שנו במצו תיו וצונו על

.נטילת ידיםBaruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam asher

kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al n’tilat yadayim

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7. And Bless (Motzi מוציא )

Blessed are You, God, Spirit of the Universe,who sanctifies us with commandments and

commands us to eat unleavened bread..ברו א תה יי אלהינו מל העולם המוציא לחם מן הארץ

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olamhamotzi lechem min ha’aretz.

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8. The Poor Man's Bread (Matzo מצה)

Blessed are You, God, Spirit of the Universe,who brings forth bread from the earth.

ברו א תה יי אלהינו מל העולם, א שר קד שנו במצו תיו וצונו על.אכילת מצה

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam asherkid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat matzah.

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9. Bitter (Maror מרור)

Blessed are You, God, Spirit of the Universe, who sanctifies us with commandments and commands us to eat the bitter herb.

ברו א תה יי אלהינו מל העולם, א שר קד שנו.במצו תיו וצונו על אכילת מרור

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam asherkid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat maror.

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10. Bundle (Koreich כורך)

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Four Questions? מה נשתנה הלילה הזה מכל הלילותMah nishtanah halailah hazeh mikol haleilot?1. שבכל הלילות אנו אוכלין חמץ ומצה, הלילה הזה - כולו מצה.

Sheb'chol haleilot anu ochlin chametz u'matzah. Halailah hazeh kulo matzah.2. שבכל הלילות אנו אוכלין שאר ירקות, - הלילה הזה מרור.

Sheb'chol haleilot anu ochlin she'ar yirakot. Halailah hazeh maror.3. שבכל הלילות אין אנו מטבילין אפילו פעם אחת, - הלילה הזה ש תי פעמים.

Sheb'chol haleilot ein anu matbilin afilu pa'am echat. Halailah hazeh sh'tei f'amim.4. שבכל הלילות אנו אוכלין בין יושבין ובין מסבין, - הלילה הזה כלנו מסבין.

Sheb'chol haleilot anu ochlin bein yoshvin u'vein m'subin. Halailah hazeh kulanu m'subin.

Why is this night different from all other nights?1. On all other nights, we eat bread and Matzah. Why, on this night, do we eat only Matzah? We eat only matzah

to remember the haste with which the Israelites fled Egypt.2. On all other nights, we eat a variety of vegetables. Why, on this night, do we eat only maror, a bitter vegetable?

We eat a bitter vegetable to remember how harsh the life of a slave is.3. On all other nights, we don’t dip our vegetables even once. Why, on this night, do we dip them twice? We dip

in salt water tonight first to remember the tears and bitter lives of our ancestors, and second, their unending hope for freedom.

4. On all other nights, we eat sitting or reclining. Why, on this night, do we recline? We make ourselves comfortable at the table because that’s what free people can do. In the past, slaves ate standing up while their masters reclined

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The Four SonsThe traditional Haggadah speaks of "four sons"—one who is wise, one who is wicked, one who is simple, and one who does not know to ask. Each of these sons phrases his question about the seder in a different way:

1. The wise son asks "What are the statutes, the testimonies, and the laws that God has commanded you to do?" He is answered fully: You should reply to him with [all] the laws of pesach: one may not eat any dessert after the paschal sacrifice.

2. The wicked son, who asks, "What is this service to you?", he is rebuked by the explanation that "It is because God acted for my sake when I left Egypt."

3. The simple son, who asks, "What is this?" is answered with "With a strong hand the Almighty led us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage."

4. And the one who does not know to ask is told, "It is because of what the Almighty did for me when I left Egypt."

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The Ten Plagues

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`Dam (blood)

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Tzefardeyah (frogs)

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Kinim (lice)

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Arov (wild animals)

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Dever (pestilence)

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Sh'chin (boils)

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Barad (hail)

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Arbeh (locusts)

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Choshech (darkness)

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Makkat Bechorot (death of the first-born)

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11. And Set Down to Eat (Shulchan oreich שולחן עורך)

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12. Hide It (Tzafun צפון)

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Hide the AffikomenGod enters history. Israel becomes a nation. The Torah is given at Sinai. Exodus overflows with revelations.

And yet, the story of the Exodus from Egypt begins with a small and poignant act of concealment: "A certain man of the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw how beautiful he was, she hid him for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a wicker basket... put the child into it and placed it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. And his sister stationed herself at a distance, to learn what would befall him."

Separated from his family and his people, that beautiful boy would be discovered, crying, by the daughter of Pharaoh, who "took pity on him." She would give him the name Moses and raise him as her own son. Concealed yet again, this time as an Egyptian prince, Moses would later be revealed as an Israelite prophet of whom Deuteronomy declares: "Never again did there arise in Israel a prophet like Moses-whom the Lord singled out, face to face."

Like the Exodus from Egypt, the drama of the seder is set into motion by an act of concealment: the hiding of the afikoman, a piece broken off from the middle matzah symbolizing the Levites, the tribe to which that beautiful boy belonged. During the course of the seder, we relive the world-shattering revelations of Exodus, but always, in the back of our minds, like Miriam stationed at a distance, we remember that something essential remains concealed, waiting to be discovered.

Isaac Luria, the great Kabbalist known as Ha-Ari (the Lion), taught that in order to create the world, God first contracted into himself, a process known as tsimtsum in Hebrew. This, he explained, was the original act of concealment-of hiding. Without it, there would be no space for atsilut, the divine emanation that is the first stage of creation--of revelation.

The Torah describes Moses as "a very humble man, more so than any other man on earth." (Numbers 12:3) Humility, like contraction, is another form of concealment.

We live in a world in which more is often better; In which so many of us reveal so much. But when is more actually less? When is it important to conceal rather than reveal?

From The New American Haggadah 2012

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13. And Bless (Birkat Hamazon ברכת המזן)

Blessed are You, God, Spirit of the Universe,who creates the fruit of the vine.

.ברו א תה יי אלהינו מל העולם בורא פרי הגפןBaruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam borei pri hagafen.

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14. Praise It (Hallel הלל)

Blessed are You, God, Spirit of the Universe,who creates the fruit of the vine.

.ברו א תה יי אלהינו מל העולם בורא פרי הגפןBaruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam borei pri hagafen.

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Dayenuאלו הוציאנו ממצרים, דינו.

Ilu hotzianu mimitzrayim. Dayenu.Had God only brought us out of Egypt. Dayenu.

ולא נ תן לנו את השבת, דינו.Ilu natan lanu et hashabbat. Dayenu.

Had God only given us Shabbat. Dayenu.ולא נ תן לנו את התורה, דינו.

Ilu natan lanu et hatorah. Dayenu.Had God only given us the Torah. Dayenu.

ולא הכניסנו לארץ ישראל, דינו.Ilu natan lanu et hatorah. Dayenu.

Had God only brought us into the land of Israel.Dayenu.

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Chad GadyaChad gadya (2x) My father bought for two zuzimChad gadya (2x).

Then came the cat And ate the kid My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the dog And bit the cat That ate the kid My father bought for two zuzimChad gadya (2x).

Then came the stick And beat the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid My father bought for two zuzimChad gadya (2x).

Then came the fire That burned the stick That beat the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid My father bought for two zuzimChad gadya (2x).

Then came the water That quenched the fire That burned the stick That beat the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the ox That drank the water That quenched the fire That burned the stick That beat the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the butcher That slew the ox That drank the water That quenched the fire That burned the stick That beat the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid My father bought for two zuzim. Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the Angel of Death And killed the butcher That slew the ox That drank the water That quenched the fire That burned the stick That beat the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid My father bought for two zuzimChad gadya (2x).

Then came the Holy One Blessed be G-d And destroyed the Angel of Death That killed the butcher That slew the ox That drank the water That quenched the fire That burned the sticks That beat the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya (2x).

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15. Be Pleased (Nirtzah)

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Next Year in Jerusalem!

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1.empty chair

2.open door

3.take a moment

4.redemption

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