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Hagaddah

for Passover

ַהגָּדָּה שֶׁל פֶַׁסח

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Lighting the Candles

עֹולָּם ה ְייָּ ֱאֹלֵהינּו ֶמֶלְך הָּ רּוך ַאתָּ בָּ

יו ֲאֶשר ִקַדְשנּו ְבִמְצֹותָּ

נֹו ְלַהְדִליק ֵנר ֶשל ְוִצּוָּ

ת ְוֶשל( יֹום טֹוב. )ַשבָּBarukh Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech haolam,

asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav,

v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel

(Shabbat v’ shel) yom tov.

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Sovereign of the Universe,

who hallows us with mitzvoth, commanding us to kindle the lights of

(Shabbat and) the festival.

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The Kiddush

Barukh Atah Adonai Eloheinu melekh HaOlam, borei p’ree ha-gafen.

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Sovereign of the Universe, Creator

of the fruit of the vine.

ם עֹולָּ ה ְייָּ ֱאֹלֵהינּו ֶמֶלְך הָּ רּוך ַאתָּ בָּ

נּו ַלְזַמן ַהֶזה. נּו ְוִהִגיעָּ ֶשֶהֱחיָּנּו ְוִקְימָּ

Barukh Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam,

shehechiyanu v'kiy'manu v'hig'iyanu laz'man hazeh.

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has

sustained us, maintained us and enabled us to reach this moment in

life.

During the Seder, we drink 4 cups of wine.

ם עֹולָּ ה ְייָּ ֱאֹלֵהינּו ֶמֶלְך הָּ רּוך ַאתָּ בָּ

ֶפן. בֹוֵרא ְפִרי ַהגָּ

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Beitzah [baytz-ah]:

The egg reminds us of spring. The holiday of

Pesach comes during the springtime; the egg

is a reminder of the new life that grows in spring.

Karpas [car-pas]:

The parsley, or green vegetable, is another

reminder of the connection between Pesach

and springtime.

Charoset [cha-roh-set]:

A mixture made of chopped apples, cinnamon,

wine, and nuts, the charoset reminds us of the

mortar used by the slaves to build the bricks

for the Egyptians.

Maror [mah-roar]:

A bitter herb. When we eat bitter herbs,

we are reminded of the bitter and hard life

experienced by the slaves in Egypt.

The Seder Plate

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Zeroa [ze-roh-ah]:

The roasted lamb bone reminds us

of the lamb’s blood used to mark

Jewish doorways so the plagues would

“PASS OVER” their homes.

Salt water

Reminds us of the sad and bitter tears

shed by our people when they were slaves.

We will dip the Karpas into the salt water.

Matzah:

The flat bread the Israelites ate in the

desert. In their rush to leave Egypt,

they could not wait for the dough to rise.

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Karpas reminds us of spring.

We also remember the sadness of our people when they were

slaves in Egypt, so we dip the karpas into the saltwater, the symbol

of the tears of the slaves.

We dip vegetables in salt water and recite the blessing,

then eat.

ה ְייָּ ֱאֹל רּוך ַאתָּ ם בָּ עֹולָּ ֵהינּו ֶמֶלְך הָּ

ה. מָּ ֲאדָּ בֹוֵרא ְפִרי הָּ

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam,

borei p'ri ha-adamah.

Blessed are You, Adonai,our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who

creates the fruit of the earth.

Karpas

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Yachatz—Divide

The middle matzah is broken into two pieces. One part is

wrapped in a cover to become the afikoman; the special dessert

that the children will search for at the end of the Seder meal.

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ל ַהֵלילֹות? ה ַהֶזה ִמכָּ ַמה ִנְשַתנָּה ַהַלְילָּ

Ma Nishtana halailah hazeh mikol haleylot?

Why is this night different from all other nights of the year?

ה. ֵמץ ּוַמצָּ נּו אֹוְכִלין חָּ ל ַהֵלילֹות אָּ ֶשְבכָּ

ה ה ַהֶזה כֻּלֹו ַמצָּ . ַהַלְילָּ

Sheb’khol haleilot anu okhlim chametz umatzah, halailah hazeh kulo

matzah?

On all other nights, we eat either leavened or unleavened bread, why

on this night do we eat only matzah?

קֹות. ר ְירָּ נּו אֹוְכִלין ְשאָּ ל ַהֵלילֹות אָּ ֶשְבכָּ

ה ַהזֶ רֹור.ַהַלְילָּ ה מָּ

Sheb’khol haleilot anu okhlim she-ar y’rakot, halailah hazeh maror?

On all other nights, we eat vegetables of all kinds, why on this night

must we eat bitter herbs?

The Four Questions

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ל ַהֵלילֹו ת. ֶשְבכָּ נּו ַמְטִביִלין ֲאִפילּו ַפַעם ֶאחָּ ת ֵאין אָּ

ִמים. ה ַהֶזה ְשֵתי ְפעָּ ַהַלְילָּ

Sheb’khol haleilot ein anu matbilim afilu pa’am ehat, halailah hazeh

sh’tei f’amim.

On all other nights, we do not dip vegetables even once, why on this

night do we dip greens into salt water and bitter herbs into sweet

haroset?

ִבין. נּו אֹוְכִלין ֵבין יֹוְשִבין ּוֵבין ְמסֻּ ל ַהֵלילֹות אָּ ֶשְבכָּ

ִבין. נּו ְמסֻּ ה ַהֶזה כֻּלָּ ַהַלְילָּ

Sheb’khol haleilot anu okhlim bein yoshvin uvein m’subin, halailah

hazeh kuland m’subin.

On all other nights, everyone sits up straight at the table, why on this

night do we recline and eat at leisure?

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1. Why do we eat matzah on Pesach?

Matzah reminds us that when the Jews left Egypt,

they had no time to bake their bread for their

journey. They put raw dough on their backs, and the

sun baked it into the hard crackers we call matzah.

2. Why do we eat bitter herbs, maror, at the Seder?

Maror reminds us of the bitter and cruel way Pharaoh

treated the Jewish people when they were slaves in

Egypt.

3. Why do we dip foods twice at the Seder?

We dip bitter herbs in charoset to remind us how the

Jewish slaves worked in Egypt. They chopped apples

and nuts look like the clay the Jews used to make

bricks for building Pharaoh’s cities and palaces.

We dip parsley into salt water. The parsley reminds us that

spring is here and new life will grow. The salt water reminds

us of the tears of the Jewish slaves.

4. Why do we lean on a pillow at the Seder?

We lean on a pillow to be comfortable and to remind

ourselves that once we were slaves, but now we are

free.

Answering the Four Questions

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In Egypt, a king is called a Pharaoh.

Long ago, one of the Pharaohs of Egypt

was a mean man.

The Jews in Egypt were forced to be slaves.

The slaves had to work very hard. They had to make bricks and build

cities. They were not allowed to rest when they were tired. They were

not allowed to eat when they were hungry. They were not allowed to

drink when they were thirsty. This was definitely not the right thing to

do.

Bang, bang, bang swing your hammer low

Bang, bang, bang give a heavy blow

For it’s work, work, work every day and every night

For it’s work, work, work when it’s dark and when it’s light.

Dig, dig, dig, dig your shovel deep

Dig, dig, dig, there is no time to sleep

For it’s work, work, work every day and every night

For it’s work, work, work when it’s dark and when it’s light.

The Maggid—The Story

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Pharaoh's daughter, Batya, found a baby

floating in the Nile River. She took the

baby home and raised him.

She named that baby Moses.

Where is Baby Moses? Moses? Moses?

Where is baby Moses? On the River Nile.

He’s floating in a basket. Basket. Basket.

He’s floating in a basket. Down the River Nile.

The Princess is swimming, swimming, swimming.

The Princess is swimming. In the River Nile.

She finds the baby Moses. Moses. Moses.

She finds the baby Moses. In the River Nile.

She takes him to her palace, palace, palace.

She takes him to her palace. By the River Nile.

There our Moses grows up, grows up, grows up.

There our Moses grows up. By the River Nile.

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Moses grew up to be a young man. One day he went walking

among the slaves and saw something that made him very angry. A

soldier was hurting a slave. Moses realized that this was wrong. He

decided to leave Egypt.

While Moses was in the desert, he saw a bush that was on fire, but

it was not burning. As Moses grew close, he heard God’s voice. God

told him to tell Pharaoh to let the slaves be free.

Moses was afraid, but used all the courage he had and went to

Pharaoh. “Pharaoh, God told me to tell you to let the Jewish people

go. They should be free.”

Oh listen oh listen oh listen King Pharaoh

Oh listen oh listen please let my people go.

They want to go away; they work too hard all day

King Pharaoh, King Pharaoh what do you say?

No, no, no, I will not let you go.

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Pharaoh says: “No, I will not let you go.”

Moses reminded Pharaoh that God wanted the

people to be free. God would help change

Pharaoh’s mind by having bad things happen. The

Jewish people would be protected from the bad

things by painting lamb’s blood on their doors. All

the bad things would “PASS OVER” the Jewish

homes.

First, all of the water in Egypt turned to blood. Later, Pharaoh woke up,

and there were frogs everywhere!

One morning when Pharaoh

woke in his bed

There were frogs in his bed

and frogs on his head

Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes

Frogs here, frogs there

Frogs were jumping everywhere.

“Moses! Moses”, yelled Pharaoh, “make your God stop this, the frogs are

jumping all over me.”

“Will you let my people go?” said Moses. Pharaoh answered: “Yes, take

them, go, go, go, just stop these frogs.”

Do you think that Pharaoh kept his promise? NO. He changed his mind.

Each time Pharaoh did not keep his promise, God sent another bad thing

to frighten Pharaoh and all the Egyptian people. We call these bad things

the “plagues”. Finally after the tenth time, he really did let the people go.

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The Ten Plagues

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Moses was very happy that Pharaoh had finally decided to let the Jews be

free. He ran to tell the Jewish people. “We are leaving Egypt! Pack up

your things, we are going out of the land of Egypt.”

Our people were overjoyed at last we would leave Egypt. At last we would

be free. The next morning all men women and children as well as all the

animals left their houses. They took dough to make bread. They were in

such a hurry that they couldn’t wait for it to rise before baking. The people

said: “We will bake it later in the sun. We will eat it unleavened, we will

eat it flat.”

Make a matzah pat, pat, pat

Do not make it fat, fat, fat

Make a matzah flat, flat, flat

Make a matzah just like that

This is just what they did. Our people ate flat bread, called matzah. The

Jews rushed and followed Moses. On their way out of Egypt they got to

the Red Sea. There was no other way to go and the Egyptians were now

following them because Pharaoh had

changed his mind again. The people asked:

“How are we going to cross the sea?”

Moses did as God told him and held up his rod. God sent a great wind. The sea

opened and the Jews went across on dry

land to the desert. The Jewish people

were out of Egypt, they were no longer

slaves. We were free. Miriam started

celebrating and danced with her timbrel

and all the Jewish people joined in.

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Ilu hotzi, hotzianu, hotzianu mimitzrayim, hotzianu mimitzrayim...

Dayeinu!

Ilu natan, natan lanu, natan lanu et ha-Shabbat...

Ilu natan, natan lanu, natan lanu et ha-Torah...

If God has led us out of Egypt,

It would have been sufficient [enough]!

If God has given us Shabbat,

Dayeinu!

If God had given us the Torah,

Dayeinu!

Dayeinu

נּו ִמִמְצַריִ םִאלּו הֹוִציאָּ

ַדֵינּות נּו ֶאת־ַהַשבָּ ַתן לָּ ִאלּו נָּ

נּו ֶאת־ַהתֹורָּ הִאלּו ַנַתן לָּ

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Motzi Matzah

Washing hands

ה ְייָּ, רּוְך ַאתָּ בָּ

ם, עֹולָּ ֱאֹלֵהינּו ֶמֶלְך הָּ

נּו יו ְוִצּוָּ נּו ְבִמְצֹותָּ ֲאֶשר ִקְדשָּ

.םַעל ְנִטיַלת יַָּדיִ

ם, עֹולָּ ה ְייָּ, ֱאֹלֵהינּו ֶמֶלְך הָּ רּוְך ַאתָּ בָּ

ֶרץ אָּ .ַהּמֹוִציא ֶלֶחם ִמן הָּ

Barukh atah Adonai Eloheinu Melekh HaOlam,

asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tzeevanu al n’tilat yadayim.

Blessed are You, Adonai,our God, Sovereign of the Universe,

Who sanctified us with His commandment to wash our hands.

Before we eat the matzah, we say two blessings thanking God for giving us

bread to eat and especially for giving us matzah to eat on Pesach

Baruch atta Adonai Eloheynu melech ha-olam

ha-motzi lechem min ha-aretz.

Blessed are You, Adonai,our God, Sovereign of the Universe,

who brings forth bread from the earth.

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Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam

asher kid-shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzee'vanu al achilat matzah.

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Sovereign of the Universe,

who has sanctified our lives through Your commandments and

commanded us to partake of matzah.

Mix some of the bitter herb with the sweet charoset, recite the blessing, then eat. If it hurts ... you've done it

right. This is your taste of slavery's bitterness.

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam asher kid-shanu b'mitzvotav

v'tzee'vanu al achilat marror.

Blessed are You, Adonai,our God, Sovereign of the Universe,

who has sanctified our lives through Your commandments and

commanded us to partake of maror.

ה ְייָּ, ֱאֹל רּוְך ַאתָּ ם,בָּ עֹולָּ ֵהינּו ֶמֶלְך הָּ

נּו ַעל ֲאִכיַלת ַמצָּ יו ְוִצּוָּ נּו ְבִמְצֹותָּ .הֲאֶשר ִקְדשָּ

ם, עֹולָּ ה ְייָּ, ֱאֹלֵהינּו ֶמֶלְך הָּ רּוְך ַאתָּ בָּ

רֹו נּו ַעל ֲאִכיַלת מָּ יו ְוִצּוָּ נּו ְבִמְצֹותָּ .רֲאֶשר ִקְדשָּ

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Meal

We eat our celebration meal!

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Search for the Afikoman

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Baruch Atah Adonai, hazan et hakol.

We complete our Seder by thanking God for this

wonderful holiday.

Thank you God for the food we eat

Thank you for our Pesach week

Thank you for this time of spring

Thank you God for everything.

Birkat HaMazon- Blessing after the meal

ל ן ֶאת ַהכֹּ ה ְייָּ, ַהזָּ רּוְך ַאתָּ .בָּ

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Cup of Elijah

We open the door, we stand, and we sing of the redemption

Elijah will bring.

Eliyahu ha-navi, Eliyahu ha-tishbi,

Eliyahu, Eliyahu, Eliyahu ha-giladi.

Bim-hei-rah be'yamenu, yavo elanu

Im mashiach ben David (X2)

L'Shana HaBa'ah Bi’Y'rushalayim

Next year in Jerusalem!

יָּהּו הַ יָּהּו ַהנִָּביא, ֵאִלִֽ .יִתְשבִ ֵאִלִֽ

ִדי. יָּהּו ַהִגְלעָּ יָּהּו ֵאִלִֽ יָּהּו ֵאִלִֽ ֵאִלִֽ

ינּו ֹּא ֵאֵלִֽ ה ְביֵָּמינּו יָּב ִבְמֵהרָּ

וִ יַח ֶבן דָּ ִשִֽ :דִעם מָּ

יִ לָּ ה ִבירּושָּ אָּ נָּה ַהבָּ .םְלשָּ

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Happy Passover!!