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Passover Haggadah 2012

5772"This Year in Jerusalem!"

By Rabbi Tuly WeiszFeaturing Inspirational Scenes from the

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Shalom,

Some o my earliest and ondest memories are o sitting around my grandathers Seder Table

aunts, uncles and cousins whom we only got to see on special occasions such as this. I can stil

my grandmothers brisket and Matzah ball soup more than twenty years later. Each year, my g

parents who survived the Holocaust, would regale us with happy stories rom their home in p

Europe along with rightening tales o their time during the war. This Passover is going to be

sweet or my amily. For the rst time in my lie, I wont be with my parents, siblings or cousins

will obviously be strange and sad. However, this Passover marks a special milestone or our am

is our rst Seder living in the Land o Israel!

For centuries, my ancestors have read the Haggadahs powerul words, "this year we are here

year in Jerusalem!" Now that we have recently ullled our lie long dream o making "aliyah

moving to Israel, what a thrill it will be to say along with my wie and children, "This year in Jerus

Preparing this Haggadah has been a labor o love as I recall so many great stories, and Torah com

taries rom my years spent around my grandathers Seder Table. Unortunately, we couldnt t

all in, but I am proud o "This Year in Jerusalem" and hope that it adds meaning to your own Se

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5/61

The Hebrew word Seder means

order because the night consists o teen

orderly steps that each Seder ollows. Why

cant each person simply celebrate our

night o liberation as he or she sees t? To

demonstrate the important lesson that

true reedom is not achieved by everyone

doing whatever he wants, but ollowing theword o God. Despite the seemingly rigid

parameters, go visit any two Jewish homes

and you will not nd two identical Seders.

Each amily adds their own customs and

personality so that, in the end, the Seder

is a charming balance between structure

and spontaneity. This is the secret recipe or

how an ancient story never gets old!

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Blessed are You, Lord, our

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creates the ruit o the vine.

Blessed are You, God, our God, King o the universe,who has chosen us rom among all people, and raisedus above all tongues, and made us holy through Hiscommandments. And You, God, our God, have givenus in love (Shabbaths or rest and) estivals or hap-piness, easts and estive seasons or rejoicing (thisShabbat-day and) the day o this Feast o Matzot andthis Festival o holy convocation, the Season o ourFreedom (in love), a holy convocation, commemo-rating the departure rom Egypt. For You have cho-sen us and sanctied us rom all the nations, and Youhave given us as a heritage Your holy (Shabbat and)Festivals (in love and avor), in happiness and joy.

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Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu

melech haolam, borei p'ri

hagaen.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech haolam

asher bachar banu mikol am v'rom'manu mikol

lashon v'kid'shanu b'mitzvotav. Vatiten lanu Ado-

nai Elohenu b'ahavah (Friday night add: Shab-

batot limnuchah u')moadim l'simchah, chagim

uzmanim l'sason, et yom (haShabbat hazeh v'et

yom) chag hamatzot hazeh, z'man cherutenu,

(b'ahavah) mikra kodesh, zeicher litziat mitzrayim.Ki vanu vacharta, v'otanu kidashta, mikol ha-amim

(v'shabat) umoadei kodsh'cha (b'ahavah uvratzon)

b'simchah uv'sason hinchaltanu.

Tonight we will drink our cups

o wine. At this point, the rst cup is

poured and held in the right hand or

the blessing over wine.

When the estival alls on Friday night begin with:

The sixth day. And the heavens and the earth

and all their hosts were completed. And on theseventh day God nished His work which He had

made, and He rested on the seventh day rom all

His work which He had made. And God blessed

the seventh day and made it holy, or on it He rest-

ed rom all His work which God created to make.

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Blessed are You, God, who sancties (the Shabbat

and) Israel and the estive seasons. ) ( ,

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Drink the cup o wine while seated,

reclining on the let side as a sign

o reedom.

Baruch atah Adonai m'kadesh (haShabbat v')yis-

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When the estival alls on Saturday night:

Blessed are You, God, our God,King o the universe, who

creates the lights o re.

Blessed are You, God, our God, King o the universe,

who makes a distinction between sacred and pro-

ane, between light and darkness, between Israel

and the nations, between the seventh day and

the six work-days. You have made a distinction

between the holiness o the Shabbat and the ho-liness o the estival, and You have sanctied the

seventh day above the six work-days. You have set

apart and made holy Your people Israel with Your

holiness. Blessed are You, God, who makes a dis-

tinction between holy and holy.

Blessed are You, God, our God,

King o the universe, who has

granted us lie, sustained us, and

enabled us to reach this occasion.

Saturday night add:

Baruch atah Adonai Elohenu

melech haolam borei m'orei

ha-eish.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam

hamavdil bein kodesh l'chol, bein or l'choshech,

bein yisrael lat-amim, bein yom hash'vii l'sheishet

y'mei hama-aseh, bein k'dushat Shabbat likdushat

yom tov hivdalta, v'et yom hash'vii misheshet y'mei

hama-aseh kidashta, hivdalta v'kidashta et amchayisrael bikdushatecha. Baruch atah Adonai hama-

vdil bein kodesh l'kodesh.

Baruch atah Adonai Elohenu

melech haolam, shehecheyanuv'kiymanu v'higianu lazman hazeh.

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UrchatzWash hands without reciting theblessing.

KarpasBlessed are You, Lord, our God, King o the uni-

verse, who creates the ruit o the earth.

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Dip a vegetable into salt water

and recite the ollowing blessing

beore eating:

Take the middle Matzah and break

it in two. The larger piece is set

aside or the Akoman.

Replace the smaller piece between the two

matzot.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech haolam borei

p'ri ha-adamah.

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9/61

MagidThis is the bread o aiction that our athers ate

in the land o Egypt. Whoever is hungry, let him

come and eat; whoever is in need, let him comeand conduct the Seder o Passover. This year we

are here; next year in the land o Israel. This year

we are slaves; next year we will be ree people.

What makes this night diferentrom all other nights?

On all other nights we eat chametz or

Matzah, but and on this night only Matzah.

On all other nights we eat any kind o

vegetables, but on this night Maror.

On all other nights we do not dip even once,but on this night we do so twice.

On all other nights we eat sitting upright or

reclining, but on this night we all recline.

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Raise the Seder plate, uncover the

Matzah and say:

The Seder Plate is returned. Fill the

second cup o wine. The youngest

present then asks:

Ha lachma anya, di achalu avahatana, b'ara

d'mitzrayim. Kol dichn yeitei v'yeichul, kol ditzrichyeitei v'yisach. Hashata hacha, lashanah haba-ah

b'arah d'yisrael. Hashata avdei, lashanah haba-ah

b'nei chorin.

Mah nishtanah halailah hazehmikol haleilot?

Sheb'chol haleilot anu ochlin chameitz uMatza,

halailah hazeh kulo Matzah.

Sheb'chol haleilot anu ochlin sh'ar y'rakot,

halailah hazeh Maror.

Sheb'chol haleilot ein anu matbilin aflu pa-amechat, halailah hazeh sh'tei 'amim.

Sheb'chol haleilot anu ochlin bein yoshvin

uvein m'subin, halailah hazeh kulanu m'subin.


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We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the

Lord, our God, took us out rom there with a

strong hand and with an outstretched arm. I

the Holy One, blessed be He, had not taken our

athers out o Egypt, then we, our children and

our children's children would have remained en-

slaved to Pharaoh in Egypt. Even i all o us werewise, all o us understanding, all o us knowing

the Torah, we would still be obligated to discuss

the exodus rom Egypt. Everyone who discusses

the exodus rom Egypt at length is praiseworthy.

It happened that Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua,

Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah, Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi

Tarphon were reclining at a Seder in B'nei Berak.

They were discussing the exodus rom Egypt all

that night, until their students came and toldthem: "Our Masters, the time has come or recit-

ing the morning Shema."

Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah said: "I am like a

man o seventy years old, yet I did not succeed

in proving that the exodus rom Egypt must be

mentioned at night-until Ben Zoma explained

it: "It says (Deut. 16:3), 'That you may remember the

day you let Egypt all the days o your lie;' now'the days o your lie' reers to the days, and the

additional word all' indicates the inclusion o

the nights." The sages, however, said: "'The days

o your lie' reers to the this world; and 'all' indi-

cates the inclusion o the days o Messiah."

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MagidThe central ocus o the Seder is

the section o Magid. Magid ( ( means

to tell and shares the same root as in

Haggadah ( ( based on Exodus (13:8):

- vehigad'ta l'bincha: "And you

shall tell your children, on that day, saying:

that on account o this the Lord took me

out o Egypt." However, the same Hebrew

root - - has another meaning as well andthat is to bind, join and connect. What is

the connection between telling a story and

joining together? By recounting the story

o the Exodus, we are doing more than

recalling events that occurred long ago.

Telling our story connects one generation

to the next, joining us to our grandparents

and our grandchildren.

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Blessed is the Omnipresent One,

blessed is He. Blessed is He who

gave the Torah to His people

Israel, blessed is He.

The Torah speaks o our children: One is wise,one is wicked, one is simple and one does not

know how to ask.

The wise one, what does he say? "What are the

testimonies, the statutes and the laws which the

Lord, our God, has commanded you?" (Deut. 6:20)

You, in turn, shall instruct him in the laws o Pass-

over, up to 'one is not to eat any dessert ater the

Passover Lamb.'

The wicked one, what does he say? "What is

this service to you?" He says 'to you,' but not to

him. By excluding himsel rom the community

he has denied that which is undamental. You,

thereore, blunt his teeth and say to him: "It is be-

cause o this that the Lord did or me when I let

Egypt" (Ex. 13); 'or me' - but not or him; I he had

been there, he would not have been redeemed."

The simple one, what does he say? "What is

this?" Thus you shall say to him: "With a strong

hand the Lord took us out o Egypt, rom the

house o slaves." (Ex. 13:14)

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Baruch shenatan Torah leamo

Yisrael, baruch hu.

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As or the one who does not know how to ask,

you must initiate him, as it is said: "You shall tell

your child on that day, 'It is because o this that

the Lord did or me when I let Egypt.'" (Ex. 13:8)

One may think that the discussion o the exodus

must be rom the rst o the month. The Torahthereore says, 'On that day.' (Ex. 13:8) 'On that day,'

however, could mean while it is yet daytime; the

Torah thereore says, 'It is because o this.' (Ex. 13:8)

The expression 'because o this' can only be said

when Matzah and Maror are placed beore you.

In the beginning our athers served idols; but

now the Omnipresent One has brought us close

to His service, as it is said: "Joshua said to all the

people: Thus said the Lord, the God o Israel, 'Your

athers used to live on the other side o the river

- Terach, the ather o Abraham and the ather o

Nachor, and they served other gods. "And I took

your ather Abraham rom beyond the river, and

I led him throughout the whole land o Canaan.

I increased his seed and gave him Isaac, and to

Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave Mount

Seir to possess it, and Jacob and his sons went

down to Egypt." (Joshua 24:2-4)

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Blessed is He who keeps His promise to Israel,

blessed is He. For the Holy One, blessed is He, cal-

culated the end o the bondage, in order to do as

He had said to our ather Abraham at the "Cov-

enant between the Portions," as it is said: "And He

said to Abraham, 'You shall know that your seed

will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and

they will enslave them and make them sufer, orour hundred years. But I shall also judge the na-

tion whom they shall serve, and ater that they

will come out with great wealth.'" (Genesis 15:13-14)

This is what has stood by our

athers and us. For not just

one alone has risen against

us to destroy us, but in everygeneration they rise against us

to destroy us; and the Holy One,

blessed be He, saves us rom

their hand.

Go orth and learn what Laban the Aramean wanted

to do to our ather Jacob. Pharaoh had issued a decree

against the male children only, but Laban wanted to

uproot everyone - as it is said: "The Aramean wished

to destroy my ather; and he [Jacob] went down to

Egypt and sojourned there, ew in number; and he

became there a nation - great and mighty and nu-

merous."(Deut. 26:5)

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Cover the Matzah, raise the cup o

wine and say:

Put down the wine cup and

uncover the Matzah.

V'hi she-amdah la-avoteinu

v'lanu. Shelo echad bilvad amad

aleinu l'chaloteinu, ela sheb'choldor vador om'dim aleinu

l'chaloteinu, v'hakadosh baruch

hu matzilenu miyadam.

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"And he went down to Egypt"- orced by Divine decree.

"And he sojourned there" - this teaches that our

ather Jacob did not go down to Egypt to settle,

but only to live there temporarily. Thus it is said,

"They said to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn

in the land, or there is no pasture or your ser-

vants' ocks because the hunger is severe in the

land o Canaan; and now, please, let your ser-

vants dwell in the land o Goshen." (Gen. 47:4)

"Few in number" - as it is said: "Your athers

went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and

now, the Lord, your God, has made you as numer-

ous as the stars o heaven." (Deut. 10:22)

"And he became there a nation" - this teachesthat Israel was distinctive there.

"Great, mighty" - as it is said: "And the children

o Israel were ruitul and increased abundantly,

and multiplied and became very, very mighty,

and the land became lled with them." (Ex. 1:7)

"And numerous" - as it is said: "I caused you

to thrive like the plants o the eld, and you in-

creased and grew and became very beautiul

your bosom ashioned and your hair grown long,

but you were naked and bare." (Ezekiel 16:6)

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derived rom the same word as Zion ( (,

teaching us that Gods holy city is not just

a location, it is a way o lie. God created a

special place on earth which would be the

ideal incubator or spiritual growth. The

word Zion thereore describes not onlywhere we live but how we must live.

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"The Egyptians treated us badly and they

made us sufer, and they put hard work upon

us." (Deut. 26:6)

"The Egyptians treated us badly" - as it is said:

Come, let us act cunningly with the people lest

they multiply and, i there should be a war againstus, they will join our enemies, ght against us

and leave the land." (Ex. 1:10)

"And they made us sufer" - as it is said: "They

set taskmasters over the people o Israel to make

them sufer with their burdens, and they built stor-

age cities or Pharaoh, Pitom and Ramses." (Ex. 1:11)

"And they put hard work upon us" - as it is said:

"The Egyptians made the children o Israel workwith r igor." (Ex. 1:13)

"And we cried out to the Lord, the God o our

athers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw

our sufering, our labor and our oppression."(Deut. 26:8)

"And we cried out to the Lord, the God o our

athers" - as it is said: "During that long period,

the king o Egypt died; and the children o Israel

groaned because o the servitude, and they cried

out. And their cry or help rom their servitude

rose up to God." (Ex. 2:23)

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also contains the exact opposite meaning,

riendship. The Haggadah is making a

subtle observation and describing the

origins o Hebrew slavery. At rst theEgyptians beriended the Jews and only

gradually did they begin to institute

discriminatory laws, persecution and nally

slavery but it started with riendship. This

pattern has repeated itsel throughout

Jewish history where a host nation invites

Jews in and oers protection, but as the

generations go on, the hospitality runs

out and anti-Semitism begins to appear.

The pattern always ollows Genesis (12:3)"Those who bless you will be blessed and

those who curse you will be cursed." As soon

as the host country begins to curse the Jews

through discrimination and persecution, its

days are numbered and it soon ollows the

trajectory established rst by the Egyptians:

rom a major world empire to a historical

ootnote.

Egyptians treated us badly

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"And the Lord heard our voice" - as it said: "And

God heard their groaning, and God remembered

His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."(Ex. 2:24)

"And he saw our sufering" - this reers to the sep-

aration o husband and wie, as it is said: "God saw

the children o Israel and God took note." (Ex. 2:25)

"Our labor" - this reers to the "children," as it says,

"Every boy that is born, you shall throw into the

river and every girl you shall keep alive." (Ex. 1:22)

"And our oppression" - this reers to the pres-

sure, as it is said: "I have seen the oppression with

which the Egyptians oppress them." (Ex. 3:9)

"The Lord took as out o Egypt with a strong

hand and an outstretched arm, and with a

great maniestation, and with signs and won-

ders."(Deut. 26:8)

"The Lord took us out o Egypt" - not through

an angel, not through a seraph and not through

a messenger. The Holy One, blessed be He, did

it in His glory by Himsel. Thus it is said: "In thatnight I will pass through the land o Egypt, and

I will smite every rst-born in the land o Egypt,

rom man to beast, and I will carry out judgments

against all the gods o Egypt, I the Lord." (Ex. 12:12)

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"I will pass through the land o Egypt" - I and

not an angel;

"And I will smite every rst-born in the land o

Egypt" - I and not a seraph;

"And I will carry out judgments against all the

gods o Egypt" - I and not a messenger;

"I - the Lord" - it is I, and none other.

"With a strong hand" - this reers to the pes-

tilence as it says, "Behold, the hand o the Lord

will be upon your livestock in the eld, upon the

horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds andthe ocks, a very severe pestilence." (Ex. 9:3)

"And with an outstretched arm" - this reers to

the sword, as it says, "His sword was drawn, in his

hand, stretched out over Jerusalem." (I Chronicles21:16)

"And with a great maniestation" - this reers to

the revelation o the Divine Presence, as it says,

"Has any God ever tried to take or himsel a na-tion rom the midst o another nation, with trials,

signs and wonders, with war and with a strong

hand and an outstretched arm, and with great

maniestations, like all that the Lord your God,

did or you in Egypt beore your eyes." (Deut. 4:34)

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"And with signs" - this reers to the staf, as it

says, "Take into your hand this staf with which

you shall perorm the signs." (Ex. 4:17)

"And wonders" - this reers to the blood, as it

says, "And I shall show wonders in heaven and onearth. (Joel 3:3)

Blood , and re, and pillars o smoke

Another explanation: "Strong hand" indicates

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"Great maniestation," another two; "Signs,"

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Spill three drops o wine and say:

We spill a drop o wine to

symbolically empty our cup and even

shed a tear or the suering experienced

by the Egyptians. We are taught not to

rejoice at the downall o our enemy, but

to emphasize with universal eelings o

sympathy and compassion. Our national

experience o slavery taught us to love and

care or all o Gods children. The Torah putsit all into perspective or us, "You shall not

abhor an Egyptian, or you were strangers

in their land." (Deut. 23:8)

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These are the Ten Plagues which the Holy One,

blessed be He, brought upon the Egyptians,

namely as ollows:

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spill a drop o wine.

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TzardayaKinim

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Choshech

Makat Bechorot

Blood

FrogsLice

Wild Beasts

Pestilence

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Darkness

Death o the Firstborn

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Rabbi Yossi the Gallilean said: How do you know

that the Egyptians were stricken by ten plagues

in Egypt, and then were struck by ty plagues

at the sea?

In Egypt it says o them, "The magicians said to

Pharaoh 'This is the nger o God.' (Ex. 8:15) At thesea it says, "Israel saw the great hand that the

Lord laid against Egypt; and the people eared

the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in

His servant Moses." (Ex. 14:31) Now, how oten were

they smitten by 'the nger'? Ten plagues. Thus

you must conclude that in Egypt they were smit-

ten by ten plagues, and at the sea they were

smitten by ty plagues.

Rabbi Eliezer said: How do we know that each

individual plague which the Holy One, blessed

be He, brought upon the Egyptians in Egypt

consisted o our plagues? For it is said: "He

sent against them His erce anger, ury, and

indignation, and trouble, a discharge o mes-

sengers o evil" (Psalms 78:49): 'Fury,' is one; 'Indig-

nation,' makes two; 'Trouble,' makes three; 'Dis-

charge o messengers o evil,' makes our. Thus

you must now say that in Egypt they were struckby orty plagues, and at the sea they were strick-

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Rabbi Akiva said: How do we know that each

individual plague which the Holy One, blessed

be He, brought upon the Egyptians in Egypt

consisted o ve plagues? For it is said: "He

sent against them his erce anger, ury, and

indignation, and trouble, a discharge o mes-

sengers o evil": "His erce anger," is one; "ury,"

makes two; "indignation," makes three; "trou-

ble," makes our; "discharge o messengers o

evil," makes ve. Thus you must now say that in

Egypt they were struck by ty plagues, and at

the sea they were stricken by two hundred and

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Ilu hotzianu mimitzrayim, v'lo asah vahem sh'atim,

DAYENU!

Ilu vahem sh'atim, v'lo asah veloheihem,

DAYENU!

Ilu asah veloheihem, v'lo harag et bechoreihem,DAYENU!

Ilu harag et bechoreihem, v'lo natan lanu et

mamonam, DAYENU!

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The Hebrew word Dayenu looselymeans It would have been enough or us to saythanks.' Here is a modern twist on an ancientsong (eel ree to add your own verses):

I we had returned to Israel ater

two thousand years and had notestablished the State o Israel Dayenu!

I we had established the State o Israel andhad not made the desert bloom Dayenu!

I we had made the desert bloom and had not ab-sorbed millions o Jewish immigrants Dayenu!

I we had absorbed millions o Jewishimmigrants and had not revivedthe Hebrew language Dayenu!

I we had revived the Hebrew language andhad not developed innovative technologieswhich benet the entire world Dayenu!

Dayenu!

How many levels o avors hasthe Omnipresent One bestowed

upon us!

I He had brought us out rom Egypt, and had not

carried out judgments against them. Dayenu!

I He had carried out judgments against

them, and not against their idols. Dayenu!

I He had destroyed their idols, and had not smit-ten their rstborn sons. Dayenu!

I He had smitten their rstborn sons, and had

not given us their wealth. Dayenu!

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I He had given us their wealth, and had not split

the sea or us. Dayenu!

I He had split the sea or us, and had not taken us

through it on dry land. Dayenu!

I He had taken us through the sea on dry

land, and had not drowned our oppressors in it.

Dayenu!I He had drowned our oppressors in it, and had

not supplied our needs in the desert or orty

years. Dayenu!

I He had supplied our needs in the desert or or-

ty years, and had not ed us the manna. Dayenu!

I He had ed us the manna, and had not given us

the Shabbat. Dayenu!

I He had given us the Shabbat, and had not

brought us beore Mount Sinai. Dayenu!I He had brought us beore Mount Sinai, and had

not given us the Torah. Dayenu!

I He had given us the Torah, and had not brought

us into the land o Israel. Dayenu!

I He had brought us into the land o Israel, and

had not built or us the Chosen House. Dayenu!

Thus how much more so should we be grateul

to the Omnipresent One or the doubled and re-

doubled goodness that He has bestowed upon

us; or He has brought us out o Egypt, and car-

ried out judgments against them, and against

their idols, and smote their rst-born, and gave us

Ilu natan lanu et mamonam, v'lo kara lanu et

hayam, DAYENU!

Ilu kara lanu et hayam, v'lo he-eviranu b'tocho

becharavah, DAYENU!

Ilu he-eviranu b'tocho becharavah, v'lo sipek

tzorkenu bamidbar arba-im shanah, DAYENU!

Ilu sipek tzorkenu bamidbar arba-im shanah, v'lo

he-echilanu et ha-man, DAYENU!

Ilu he-echilanu et ha-man, v'lo natan lanu et

hashabbat, DAYENU!

Ilu natan lanu et hashabbat, v'lo kei-r'vanu linei

har sinai, DAYENU!

Ilu kei-r'vanu linei har sinai, v'lo natan lanu et

hatorah, DAYENU!

Ilu natan lanu et hatorah, v'lo hichnisanu l'eretz

yisrael, DAYENU!

Ilu hichnisanu l'eretz yisrael, v'lo banah lanu et beit

habechirah DAYENU!

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their wealth, and split the sea or us, and took us

through it on dry land, and drowned our oppres-

sors in it, and supplied our needs in the desert or

orty years, and ed us the manna, and gave us

the Shabbat, and brought us beore Mount Sinai,

and gave us the Torah, and brought us into the

land o Israel and built or us the Chosen House

to atone or all our sins.

Rabban Gamliel used to say: Whoever does not

discuss the ollowing three things on Passover

has not ullled his duty, namely:

The Passover Lamb,

The Matzah,

and the Bitter Herbs.

The Passover Lamb that our athers ate during

the time o the Temple - or what reason did they

do so? Because the Omnipresent passed over

our athers' houses in Egypt, as it says, "You shall

say, It is a Passover-ofering to the Lord, because

He passed over the houses o the children o Is-

rael in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians with

a plague, and He saved our houses. And the peo-

ple bowed and prostrated themselves." (Ex. 12:27)

This Matzah that we eat or what reason? Be-

cause the dough o our athers did not have time

to become leavened beore the King o the kings

We dont automatically recognize

the two words in "Passover" but the holiday

name is really a combination reerring to

when God "passed over" the Jewish homes

beore the Exodus rom Egypt. The Hebrewword is Pesach and is used not only in

Exodus (12:23) when God "passed over",

but in Isaiah (31:5) where God promises

to guard Jerusalem rom all harm, "Like

fying birds, so will God protect Jerusalem,

protecting and rescuing, passing over

(pasoakh) and delivering."

Pass-Over

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o kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, revealed

Himsel to them and redeemed them. Thus it is

said: "They baked Matzah-cakes rom the dough

that they had brought out o Egypt, because it

was not leavened; or they had been driven out

o Egypt and could not delay, and they had also

not prepared any other provisions." (Ex. 12:39)

This Bitter Herb that we eat or what reason? Be-

cause the Egyptians embittered our athers' lives

in Egypt, as it is said: "They made their lives bitter

with hard service, with mortar and with bricks,

and with all manner o service in the eld; all

their service which they made them serve with

rigor." (Ex. 1:14)

In every generation a person is obligated to

regard himsel as i he had come out o Egypt,as it is said: "You shall tell your child on that day,

it is because o this that the Lord did or me when

I let Egypt." (Ex. 13:8) The Holy One, blessed be He,

redeemed not only our athers rom Egypt, but

He redeemed also us with them, as it is said: "It

was us that He brought out rom there, so that He

might bring us to give us the land that He swore

to our ancestors." (Deut. 6:23)

Thus it is our duty to thank, to laud, to praise, to

gloriy, to exalt, to adore, to bless, to elevate and

to honor the One who did all these miracles or

Raise the Bitter Herbs and say:

I was a slave in Egypt. I received theTorah at Mount Sinai. Together with Joshua

and Elijah, I crossed the Jordan River. I enteredJerusalem with David, was exiled rom it withZedekiah, and did not orget it by the rivers oBabylon. When the Lord returned the captiveso Zion, I dreamed among the builders o itsramparts. I ought the Romans and was banishedrom Spain. I was bound to the stake in Mainz.I studied Torah in Yemen and lost my amily inKishinev. I was incinerated in Treblinka, rebelledin Warsaw, and emigrated to the Land o Israel,the country when I had been exiled and where Ihad been born, rom which I come and to which

I return. I am a wandering Jew who ollows in theootsteps o his orebears, and just as I escortedthem there and then, so do my orebearsaccompany me and stand here with me today.

- Israeli President Ezer Weizmans remarks to theGerman Bundestag in 1996

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our athers and or us. He took us rom slavery to

reedom, rom sorrow to joy, and rom mourning

to estivity, and rom deep darkness to great light

and rom bondage to redemption. Let us there-

ore recite beore Him Halleluyah, Praise God.

Halleluyah - Praise God, ofer praise, you ser-

vants o the Lord; praise the Name o the Lord.

May the Lord's Name be blessed rom now and

to all eternity. From the rising o the sun to its set-

ting, the Lord's Name is praised. The Lord is high

above all nations, His glory is over the heavens.

Who is like the Lord, our God, who dwells on high

yet looks down so low upon heaven and earth. He

raises the poor rom the dust, He lits the needy

rom the dunghill, to seat them with nobles, with

the nobles o His people. He restores the barrenwoman to the house, into a joyul mother o chil-

dren. Halleluyah - praise God. (Psalm 113)

When Israel went out o Egypt, the House o Ja-

cob rom a people o a oreign language, Judah

became His holy one, Israel His dominion. The

sea saw and ed, the Jordan turned backward.

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like

young sheep. What is with you, O sea, that youee; Jordan, that you turn backward? Mountains,

why do you skip like rams; hills, like a pool o wa-

ter, the int-stone into a spring o water. (Psalm 114)

B'Tzeit Yisrael miMizrayim beit ya-akov be'am

loez. Hayita yehuda l'kodsho yisrael mamshelotav.

Ha-yam ra-ah va'yanos ha-yarden yisov l'akhor.

Heharim rakdo khe'elim g'va-ot kivnei tzon. Mah

l'cha hayam ki tanus hayarden tisov l'achor. He-

harim tirk'du ch'eilim g'va-ot kivnei tzon. Milineiadon chuli aretz milinei Eloah ya-akov. Hahochi

hatzur agam mayim chalamish l'maino mayim.

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Blessed are You, God, our God, King o the

universe, who has redeemed us and redeemed

our athers rom Egypt, and enabled us to attain

this night to eat Matzah and Maror. So too, God,

our God and God o our athers, enable us to

attain other holidays and estivals that will cometo us in peace with happiness in the rebuilding o

Your city, and with rejoicing in Your service. There

may we be able to eat o the oferings and the

Passover Lamb whose blood shall be sprinkled on

the wall o Your altar or acceptance; and we shall

thank You with a new song or our redemption

and or the deliverance o our souls. Blessed are

You, God, who redeemed Israel.

Blessed are You, Lord, ourGod, King o the universe, who


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and drink while leaning to the let

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Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King o theuniverse, who has sanctied us with His

commandments and commanded us concerning

the washing o the hands.

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blessing. One should not speak

until ater making the next two

blessings and eating the Matzah.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinumelech haolam, borei p'ri

hagaen.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech haolam, asher

kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al netilat yadayim.


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MotziBlessed are You, Lord, our God, King o the

universe, who brings orth bread rom the earth.

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Take all three matzot and say:

Release the bottom Matzah and

say:

Eat a piece o the upper and middle Matzah

while reclining to the let.

Maror

Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King o theuniverse, who has sanctied us with His

commandments and commanded us concerning

the eating o Maror.

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Take some Bitter Herbs, dip into

haroset and say beore eating

without reclining.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech haolam,

asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al achilat

Maror.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech haolam,

hamotzi lechem min ha'aretz.

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech haolam, asher

kidshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al achilat Matzah.

Matza,

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Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King o the

universe, who has sanctied us with His

commandments and commanded us concerningthe eating o Matzah.


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KorechThis is what Hillel would do at the time o the

Temple; He would combine the Passover Lamb,

Matzah and Bitter Herbs and eat them together,as it says, "They shall eat it with Matzah and Bitter

Herbs." (Num. 9:11)

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Take the bottom Matzah and make

a sandwich with Bitter Herbs and

haroset and say while reclining tothe let:

Shulchan Orech They tried to kill us,but God saved us... So, lets eat!

TzaunAter the meal is over, theAkoman is eaten as dessert whileleaning to your let.


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BarechA Song o Ascents. When the Lord will return

the exiles o Zion, we will have been like dream-

ers. Then our mouth will be lled with laughter,

and our tongue with joyous song. Then will theysay among the nations, "The Lord has done great

things or these." The Lord has done great things

or us, we were joyul. Lord, return our exiles as

streams in the Negev. Those who sow in tears will

reap with joyous song. He goes along weeping,

carrying the bag o seed; he will surely come back

with joyous song, carrying his sheaves. (Psalm 126)

When three or more men are present, the Grace is

preceded by the ollowing introduction:

Leader: Gentlemen, let us say Grace.

Response: May the Name o the Lord be blessed

rom now and orever.

Leader: With the permission o all present, let us

bless He o whose bounty we have eaten.

Response: Blessed be He o whose bounty we

have eaten.Leader: Blessed be He o whose bounty we have

eaten.

All: Blessed be His Name always, orever and ever.

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the Grace ater Meals.

Grace Ater Meals

Shir hama-alot. B'shuv Adonai et shivat tzi-

yon hayinu k'cholmim. Az yimalei s'chok pinu

ul'shoneinu rinah. Az yomru vagoyim higdil Ado-

nai la-asot im eileh. Higdil Adonai la-asot imanu,

hayinu s'meichim. Shnuvah Adonai et sh'vitenu ka-

akim banegev. Hazorim b'dimah b'rinah yiktzoru.

Haloch yeilech uvachoh, nosei meshech hazara, bo

yavo (yavo) v'rinah, nosei alumotav.

When three or more men are present, the Grace is pre-ceded by the following introduction:

Leader: Rabotai n'varech.

Response: Y'hi shem Adonai m'vorach meiatah v'ad

olam.

Leader: Y'hi shem Adonai m'vorach meiatah v'ad

olam. Birshut rabotai n'vareich (if 10 or more, add:

Eloheinu) she-achalnu mishelo.

Response: Baruch (Eloheinu) she-achalnu mishelo

uvtuvo chayinu.

Leader: Baruch (Eloehinu) she-achalnu mishelo uv-

tuvo chayinu.

All: Baruch hu uvaruch sh'mo.


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Everyone sings together:

Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King o the

universe, who, in His goodness, eeds the whole

world with grace, with kindness and with mercy.

He gives ood to all esh, or His kindness is ev-

erlasting. Through His great goodness to us con-

tinuously we do not lack ood, and may we never

lack it, or the sake o His great Name. For He is abenevolent God who eeds and sustains all, does

good to all, and prepares ood or all His creatures

whom He has created, as it is said: You open Your

hand and satisy the desire o every living thing.

Blessed are You Lord, who provides ood or all.

We thank You, Lord, our God, or having given

as a heritage to our athers a precious, good and

spacious land; or having brought us out, Lordour God, rom the land o Egypt and redeemed

us rom the house o slaves; or Your covenant

which You have sealed in our esh; or Your To-

rah which You have taught us; or Your statutes

which You have made known to us; or the lie,

avor and kindness which You have graciously

bestowed upon us; and or the ood we eat with

which You constantly eed and sustain us every

day, at all times, and at every hour.

For all this, Lord our God, we thank You and bless

You. May Your Name be blessed by the mouth o

every living being, constantly and orever. As it is

written: When you have eaten and are satiated,

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Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam,

hazan et ha-olam kulo b'tuvo, b'chein b'chesed

uvrachamim. Hu notein lechem l'chol basar ki

l'olam chasdo, uv'tuvo hagadol tamid lo chasar

lanu v'al yechsar lanu mazon l'olam va-ed, ba-avur

sh'mo hagadol, ki hu zan umarnes la-kol umeitiv

lakol umeichin mazon l'chol b'riyotav asher bara.Baruch atah Adonai, hazan et hakol.

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you shall bless the Lord your God, or the good

land which He has given you. Blessed are You,

Lord, or the land and or the ood.

Have mercy, Lord our God, upon Israel Your

people, upon Jerusalem Your city, upon Zion

the abode o Your glory, upon the kingship o

the house o David Your anointed, and upon thegreat and holy House which is called by Your

Name. Our God, our Father, Our Shepherd, eed

us, sustain us, nourish us and give us comort;

and speedily, Lord our God, grant us relie rom

all our aictions. Lord, our God, please do not

make us dependent upon the gits o mortal men

nor upon their loans, but only upon Your ull,

open, holy and generous hand, that we may not

be shamed or disgraced orever and ever.

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On Shabbat add:

May it please You, God, our God, to strengthen

us through Your commandments, and through

the precept o the Seventh Day, this great and

holy Shabbat. For this day is great and holy be-

ore You, to rerain rom work and to rest thereon

with love, in accordance with the commandment

o Your will. In Your will, God, our God, bestow

upon us tranquility, that there shall be no trou-ble, sadness or grie on the day o our rest. God,

our God, let us see the consolation o Zion Your

city, and the rebuilding o Jerusalem Your holy

city, or You are the Master o all salvations and

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Our God and God o our athers, may there

ascend, come and reach, be seen and accepted,

heard, recalled and remembered beore You,

the remembrance and recollection o us, the re-

membrance o our athers, the remembrance o

Messiah the son o David Your servant, the re-

membrance o Jerusalem Your holy city, and the

remembrance o all Your people the House o Is-rael, or deliverance, well-being, grace, kindness,

mercy, good lie and peace, on this day o the

Festival o Matzot, on this Festival o holy convo-

cation. Remember us on this day, Lord, our God,

or good; recollect us on this day or blessing;

help us on this day or good lie. With the promise

o deliverance and compassion, spare us and be

gracious to us; have mercy upon us and deliver

us; or our eyes are directed to You, or You, God,

are a gracious and merciul King.

Rebuild Jerusalem the holy city

speedily in our days. Blessed

are You, Lord, who in His mercy

rebuilds Jerusalem. Amen.

Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King o the uni-verse, benevolent God, our Father, our King, our

Might, our Creator, our Redeemer, our Maker, our

Holy One, the Holy One o Jacob, our Shepherd,

the Shepherd o Israel, the King who is good and

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city, Jerusalem - - has the word

at its core which explains why the

Temple was constructed in a very specialmanner: "hammers, chisels or any iron

instruments were not heard in the Temple

when it was being built" (I Kings 6:7). No

instruments o war or violence were not

used so that peace would be built into the

very oundation o Jerusalems holy Temple.

Jerusalem is meant to be the source or all

peace on earth, or when Jerusalem is at

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does good to all, each and every day. He has done

good or us, He does good or us, and He will do

good or us; He has bestowed, He bestows, and

He will orever bestow upon us grace, kindness

and mercy, relie, salvation and success, blessing

and help, consolation, sustenance and nourish-

ment, compassion, lie, peace and all goodness;and may He never cause us to lack any good.

May the Merciul One reign over us orever and

ever.May the Merciul One be blessed in heaven and

on earth.May the Merciul One be praised or all genera-

tions, and be gloried in us orever and all eter-

nity, and honored in us orever and ever.

May the Merciul One sustain us with honor.

May the Merciul One break the yoke o exile

rom our neck and may He lead us upright to our

land.May the Merciul One send abundant blessing

into this house and upon this table at which we

have eaten.

May the Merciul One send us Elijah the Proph-

et may he be remembered or good and may he

bring us good tidings, salvation and consolation.

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noun that means womb /re-chembecause a mother has a natural love or her

ospring. Gods mercy towards us is like the

instinctively tender and warm love that a

mother has or her child.

The Merciul One

May the Merciul One bless my ather, my teach-

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On Shabbat add:

May the Merciul One cause us to inherit that

day which will be all Shabbat and rest or lie ev-

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teacher, the mistress o this house; them, their

household, their children, and all that is theirs; us,

and all that is ours. Just as He blessed our orea-

thers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, "in everything,"

"rom everything," with "everything," so may He

bless all o us (the children o the Covenant) to-

gether with a perect blessing, and let us say,Amen.

From On High, may there be invoked upon him

and upon us such merit which will bring a sae-

guarding o peace. May we receive blessing rom

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day which is all good, that eternal day, the day

where the righteous will sit with crowns upon

their heads basking in the splendor o God's Pres-ence, and may our portion be amongst them.

May the Merciul One grant us the privilege o

reaching the days o the Messiah and the lie o

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get / yee-sa-makh, he will rejoice.

With the arrival o the Moshiach (Messiah),

the whole world will nally be at peace,

God will be universally recognized and true

happiness will come to the entire world.

Messiah

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He is a tower o salvation to His king, and be-

stows kindness upon His anointed, to David and

his descendants orever. He who makes peace in

His heights, may He make peace or us and or all

Israel; and say, Amen.

Fear the Lord, you His holy ones, or those who

ear Him sufer no want. Young lions are in needand go hungry, but those who seek the Lord shall

not lack any good. Give thanks to the Lord or He

is good, or His kindness is everlasting. You open

Your hand and satisy the desire o every living

thing. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,

and the Lord will be his trust.


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and drink the third cup while

leaning to the let:

The ourth cup is poured and the door is

opened. Say the ollowing:


melech haolam, borei p'rihagaen.

An alternative passage from a 1521 manuscript:

Pour out your love on the nations who knowYou and on kingdoms who call Your name. Forthe good which they do or the seed o Jacob.

And they shield Your people Israel rom theirenemies. May they merit to see the good o Yourchosen and to rejoice in the joy o Your nation.

Love over HatePour out Your wrath upon the nations that do not

acknowledge You, and upon the kingdoms that do

not call upon Your Name. For they have devoured

Jacob and laid waste his habitation. (Psalms 79:6,7) Pourout Your indignation upon them, and let the wrath

o Your anger overtake them. (Psalms 69:25) Pursue

them with anger, and destroy them rom beneath

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HallelNot to us, Lord, not to us, but to Your Name give

glory, or the sake o Your kindness and Your truth.

Why should the nations say, "Where, now, is their

God?" Our God is in heaven, whatever He desires,He does. Their idols are o silver and gold, the prod-

uct o human hands: they have a mouth, but can-

not speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; they have

ears, but cannot hear; they have a nose, but cannot

smell; their hands cannot eel; their eet cannot

walk; they can make no sound with their throat. Like

them should be their makers, everyone that trusts

in them. Israel, trust in the Lord. He is their help and

their shield. House o Aaron, trust in the Lord. He istheir help and their shield. You who ear the Lord,

trust in the Lord. He is their help and their shield.

The Lord, mindul o us, will bless. He will bless the

House o Israel; He will bless the House o Aaron;

He will bless those who ear the Lord, the small with

the great. May the Lord increase blessing upon you,

upon you and upon your children. You are blessed

unto the Lord, the Maker o heaven and earth. The

heavens are the heavens o the Lord, but the earthHe gave to the children o man. The dead do not

praise God, nor do those that go down into the si-

lence o the grave. But we will bless God, rom now

to eternity. Halleluyah Praise God. (Ps. 115)

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people are known by the name Yisrael.The

name Israel / reers to both theLand and the People and contains great

insights. It begins with the smallest letter

o the Hebrew alphabet - - and concludes

with the largest letter - . This contrast

alludes to both its humble origins as well

as its glorious destiny. Additionally, the

name Israel / contains an acronym

or every one o our spiritual ancestors,

the three Patriarchs - Abraham, Isaac, and

Jacob, and the Four Matriarchs - Sarah,

Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah:

Yod = Yaakov, Yizhak;

Shin = Sarah;

Resh = Rachel, Rivkah;

Ale = Avraham;

Lamed = Leah.

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I love the Lord, because He hears my voice, my

prayers. For He turned His ear to me; all my days

I will call upon Him. The pangs o death encom-

passed me, and the agonies o the grave came

upon me, trouble and sorrow I encounter and I

call u upon the Name o the Lord: Please, Lord,

deliver my soul. The Lord is gracious and just, our

God is compassionate. The Lord watches overthe simpletons; I was brought low and He saved

me. Return, my soul, to your rest, or the Lord

has dealt kindly with you. For You have delivered

my soul rom death, my eyes rom tears, my oot

rom stumbling. I will walk beore the Lord in the

lands o the living. I had aith even when I said,

"I am greatly aicted;" even when I said in my

haste, "All men are deceitul."

What can I repay the Lord or all His kindness to

me? I will raise the cup o salvation and call upon

the Name o the Lord. I will pay my vows to the

Lord in the presence o all His people. Precious

in the eyes o the Lord is the death o His pious

ones. I thank you, Lord, or I am Your servant. I am

Your servant the son o Your handmaid, You have

loosened my bonds. To You I will bring an ofer-

ing o thanksgiving, and I will call upon the Name

o the Lord. I will pay my vows to the Lord in thepresence o all His people, in the courtyards o

the House o the Lord, in the midst o Jerusalem.

Halleluyah Praise God. (Ps. 116)

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umim. Ki gavar aleinu chasdo, ve-emet Adonai

l'olam, Hal'luyah.

Hodu l'Adonai ki tov, ki l'olam chasdo.

Yomar na yisrael, ki l'olam chasdo.Yomru na veit aharon, ki l'olam chasdo.

Yomru na yirei Adonai, ki l'olam chasdo.

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- - is closely related to the word or

Egypt - meetz-ra-YEEM. On a mystical

level, Egypt symbolizes the agonizing straitsthat constrict us. Each o us occasionally

nds ourselves trapped, sometimes or

physical reasons, such as poverty or illness

and sometimes or psychological reasons,

such as depression or despair. Passover is

the estival o hope and aith, teaching us

that the Almighty saves us rom the narrow

connes.

Praise the Lord, all nations. Extol Him, all peo

ples. For His kindness was mighty over us, and

the truth o the Lord is everlasting. Halleluyah

Praise God. (Ps. 117)

Give thanks to the Lord, or He is good, or His

kindness is everlasting.

Let Israel say it, or His kindness is everlasting.Let the House o Aaron say it, or His kindness

is everlasting.Let those who ear the Lord say it, or His kind-

ness is everlasting. (Ps. 118)

Out o narrow connes I called to God; God

answered me with abounding relie. The Lord is

with me, I will not ear what can man do to me?

The Lord is with me, through my helpers, and I

can ace my enemies. It is better to rely on theLord, than to trust in man. It is better to rely on

the Lord, than to trust in nobles. All nations sur-

round me, but I cut them down in the Name o

the Lord. They surrounded me, they encom-

passed me, but I cut them down in the Name o

the Lord. They surrounded me like bees, yet they

are extinguished like a re o thorns; I cut them

down in the Name o the Lord. My oes pushed

me again and again to all, but the Lord helpedme. God is my strength and song, and this has been my salvation. The sound o joyous song and sal-

vation is in the tents o the righteous: "The right hand o the Lord perorms deeds o valor. The right

hand o the Lord is exalted; the right hand o the Lord perorms deeds o valor." I shall not die, but I

shall live and relate the deeds o God. God has chastised me, but He did not give me over to death.

Narrow Confnes

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ter them and give thanks to God.

This is the gate o the Lord, the righteous will en-

ter it.

I thank You or You have answered me, and You

have been a help to me. (x2)

The stone scorned by the builders has become

the main cornerstone. (x2)

This was indeed rom the Lord, it is wondrous in

our eyes. (x2)

This day the Lord has made, let us be glad and

rejoice on it. (x2)

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Ana Adonai hoshiah na!

Ana Adonai hoshiah na!

Ana Adonai hatzlichah na!Ana Adonai hatzlichah na!

Ze ha-sha'ar l'Adonai, tzaddikim yavoh u'voh.

Od'cha ki anitani, vat'hi lishuah.

Od'cha ki anitani, vat'hi lishuah.

Even ma-asu habonim, haitah l'rosh pinah.

Even ma-asu habonim, haitah l'rosh pinah.

Me-et Adonai haitah zot, hi nifat b'eineinu.

Me-et Adonai haitah zot, hi nifat b'eineinu.

Zeh hayom asah Adona, nagilah v'nism'chah bo.

Zeh hayom asah Adona, nagilah v'nism'chah bo.

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O Lord, please help us!

O Lord, please grant us success!O Lord, please grant us success!

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Blessed is he who comes in the Name o the Lord; we bless you rom

the House o the Lord. (x2)

The Lord is Almighty, He gave us light;

Bind the ofering until you bring it to the horns o the altar. (x2)

You are my God and I will thank You; my God, I will exalt You. (x2)

Give thanks to God, or He is good, His kindness is everlasting. (x2)(Ps. 118)

Lord, our God, all Your works shall praise You; Your pious ones, the righ-

teous who do Your will, and all Your people, the House o Israel, with joyous

song will thank and bless, laud and gloriy, exalt and adore, sanctiy and

proclaim the sovereignty o Your Name, our King. For it is good to thank

You, and betting to sing to Your Name, or rom the beginning to the end

o the world You are Almighty God.

Halleluyah. Praise the name o the Lord; give praise, you servants o the Lord,

You that stand in the house o the Lord, in the courts o the house o our God.

Praise the Lord, or the Lord is good; sing praises unto His name, or it is pleasant.

For the Lord has chosen Jacob unto Himsel, and Israel or His own treasure.

For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Whatever pleases the Lord, that has He done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas

and in all deeps;

Who cause the vapors to ascend rom the ends o the earth; He makes light-ning or the rain; He brings orth the wind out o His treasuries.

Who smote the rst-born o Egypt, both o man and beast.

He sent signs and wonders into the midst o you, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and

upon all his servants.

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Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings:

Sihon king o the Amorites, and Og king o Bashan, and all the kingdoms o

Canaan;

And gave their land or a heritage, a heritage unto Israel His people.

O Lord, Your name endures orever; Your memorial, O Lord, throughout all

generations.

For the Lord will judge His people, and repent Himsel or His servants.

The idols o the nations are silver and gold, the work o men's hands.

They have mouths, but they don't speak; they have eyes, but they don't see;

They have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

They that make them shall be like unto them; every one that trusts in them.

House o Israel, bless the Lord; House o Aaron, bless the Lord;

House o Levi, bless the Lord; you that ear the Lord, bless the Lord.

Blessed be the Lord out o Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Halleluyah. (Psalm 135)

Give thanks to the Lord, or He is good - or His kindness is everlasting;

Give thanks to the God o gods - or His kindness is everlasting;Give thanks to the Lord o lords - or His kindness is everlasting;

Who alone does great wonders - or His kindness is everlasting;

Who made the heavens with understanding -or His kindness is everlasting;

Who stretched out the earth above the waters -or His kindness is everlasting;

Who made the great lights - or His kindness is everlasting;

The sun, to rule by day - or His kindness is everlasting;

The moon and stars, to rule by night - or His kindness is everlasting;

Who struck Egypt through their rst-born - or His kindness is everlasting;

And brought Israel out o their midst - or His kindness is everlasting;

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Who split the Sea o Reeds into sections - or His kindness is everlasting;

And led Israel through it - or His kindness is everlasting;

And cast Pharaoh and his army into the Sea o Reeds -or His kindness is everlasting;

Who led His people through the desert - or His kindness is everlasting;

Who struck great kings - or His kindness is everlasting;

And slew mighty kings - or His kindness is everlasting;

Sichon, king o the Amorites - or His kindness is everlasting;

And Og, king o Bashan - or His kindness is everlasting;

And gave their land as a heritage - or His kindness is everlasting;

A heritage to Israel, His servant - or His kindness is everlasting;

Who remembered us in our lowliness - or His kindness is everlasting;

And delivered us rom our oppressors - or His kindness is everlasting;

Who gives ood to all esh - or His kindness is everlasting;

Thank the God o heaven - or His kindness is everlasting;(Ps. 136)

The soul o every living being shall bless Your Name, Lord, our God; and

the spirit o all esh shall always gloriy and exalt Your remembrance, our

King. From the beginning to the end o the world You are Almighty God;

and other than You we have no King, Redeemer and Savior who deliv-

ers, rescues, sustains, answers and is merciul in every time o trouble and

distress; we have no King but You.You are the God o the rst and o the

last generations, God o all creatures, Lord o all events, who is extolled

with maniold praises, who directs His world with kindness and His crea-

tures with compassion. Behold, the Lord neither slumbers nor sleeps.

He arouses the sleepers and awakens the slumberous, gives speech to the

mute, releases the bound, supports the alling and raises up those who are

bowed. To You alone we give thanks. Even i our mouths were lled with

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song as the sea, and our tongues with joyous singing like the multitudes o

its waves, and our lips with praise like the expanse o the sky; and our eyes

shining like the sun and the moon, and our hands spread out like the eagles

o heaven, and our eet swit like deer we would still be unable to thank You

Lord, our God and God o our athers, and to bless Your Name, or even one

o the thousands o millions, and myriads o myriads, o avors, miracles and

wonders which You have done or us and or our athers beore us. Lord,

our God. You have redeemed us rom Egypt, You have reed us romthe house o bondage, You have ed us in amine and nourished us in

plenty; You have saved us rom the sword and delivered us rom pestilence,

and raised us rom evil and lasting maladies. Until now Your mercies have

helped us, and Your kindnesses have not orsaken us; and do not abandon

us, Lord our God, orever. Thereore, the limbs which You have arranged

within us, and the spirit and soul which You have breathed into our nostrils,

and the tongue which You have placed in our mouth they all shall thank,

bless, praise, gloriy, exalt, adore, sanctiy and proclaim the sovereignty o

Your Name, our King. For every mouth shall ofer thanks to You, everytongue shall swear by You, every eye shall look to You, every knee shall

bend to You, all who stand erect shall, l bow down beore You, all hearts

shall ear You, and every innermost part shall sing praise to Your Name, as

it is written: "All my bones will say, Lord, who is like You; You save the poor

rom one stronger than he, the poor and the needy rom one who would

rob him." (Ps. 35:10) Who can be likened to You, who is equal to You, who can

be compared to You, the great, mighty, awesome God, God most high, Pos-

sessor o heaven and earth. We will laud You, praise You and gloriy You, and

we will bless Your holy Name, as it is said: "A Psalm by David; bless the Lord,

O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy Name." (Ps. 103:1)

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glory o Your Name; the Mighty orever, and the Awesome in Your awesome

deeds; the King who sits upon a loty and exalted throne.

He who dwells or eternity, loty and holy is His Name. And it is written:

"Sing joyously to the Lord, you righteous; it bets the upright to ofer praise."

By the mouth o the upright You are exalted;

By the lips o the righteous You are blessed;

By the tongue o the pious You are sanctied;

And among the holy ones You are praised.

In the assemblies o the myriads o Your people, the House o Israel, Your

Name, our King, shall be gloried with song in every generation. For such

is the obligation o all creatures beore You, Lord, our God and God o our

athers, to thank, to laud, to praise, to gloriy, to exalt, to adore, to bless, to

elevate and to honor You, even beyond all the words o songs and praiseso David son o Yishai, Your anointed servant.

And thereore may Your Name be praised orever, our King, the great

and holy God and King in heaven and on earth. For to You, Lord, our God

and God o our athers, orever bets song and praise, laud and hymn,

strength and dominion, victory, greatness and might, glory, splendor, holi-

ness and sovereignty; blessings and thanksgivings to Your great and holy

Name; rom the beginning to the end o the world You are Almighty God.

Blessed are You, Lord, Almighty God, King, great and extolled in praises,

God o thanksgivings, Lord o wonders, Creator o all souls, Master o all

creatures, who takes pleasure in songs o praise; the only King, the Lie o

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Blessed are You, Lord our God, King o the uni-

verse or the vine and the ruit o the vine, or

the produce o the eld, and or the precious,

good and spacious land which You have avored

to give as an heritage to our athers, to eat o its

ruit and be satiated by its goodness. Have mercy,

Lord our God, on Israel Your people, on Jerusa-

lem Your city, on Zion the abode o Your glory, on

Your altar and on Your Temple. Rebuild Jerusa-lem, the holy city, speedily in our days, and bring

us up into it, and make us rejoice in it, and we will

bless You in holiness and purity (On Shabbat add:

May it please You to strengthen us on this Shabbat

day) and remember us or good on this day o the

Festival o Matzot. For You, Lord, are good and do

good to all, and we thank You or the land and or

the ruit o the vine. Blessed are You, Lord, or the

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NirtzahThe Passover Seder is now completed in accor-

dance with all its laws, ordinances and statutes.

Just as we were worthy to perorm it, so may

we be worthy to perorm it again in the uture.O Pure One who dwells on high, raise up the

congregation which is without number. Soon

lead ofshoots o the stock You have planted, re-

deemed to Zion, rejoicing in song.

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ments and commanded us concerning the

counting o the Omer.

Today is one day o the Omer.

May the merciul One return or us the service o

our Holy Temple to its place, speedily in our days,

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You made miracles, at night

When watchers blink to see through night.

Abraham conquered our kings by night,

And it came to pass, at midnight.

You blighted Gerar in a dream by night,

You warned Laban on the night.

Beore. Israel wrestled with an angel all night.


You crushed Egypt's rst-born seed. The night-

Mare o a loa o bread doomed Midian one night.

You cut down Sisera's armies under starry night.


You turned the taunter's army into a corpses'

camp. Overnight,

The dragon Bel ell rom his pedestal, while in the

night.

Daniel dreamed mysteries o coming night.


Belshazzar perished in God's cups that night.Daniel, reader o the words, stayed with lions or

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You tread the winepress; asked, "What o the

night?"

You answer, "The day cometh, and also the night,"


Bring quickly, Lord, the day which is not day or

night.The day is yours, God, and so is the night.

Set guards about your city day and night,

Give us vision clear by day by night,


And You Shall Say: "It is the

Sacrice o the Lord's Passover."You showed your power on Passover;

As our rst estival you made the Passover;

You visited with Abraham on Passover;

And you shall say:

"It is the sacrice o the Lord's Passover."

You rapped upon his tent ap in the heat o day,

on Passover;

He served your messengers unleavened breadon Passover;

And sacriced a tender cal or Passover;

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On the second night o Passover,

recite:

Sodom was consumed by re on Passover;

Lot, spared, baked unleavened bread or Passover;

You desolated Egypt on the Passover;,

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You desolated Egypt on the Passover;

And you shall say:"It is the sacrice o the Lord's Passover."

Egypt's rstborn you destroyed that Passover;

Death passed us over, passed our doors, that

Passover;No evil came to Israel on Passover;


Jericho's walls tumbled ater Passover;

Gideon dreamed o Midian's all at Passover;

The Assyrians were consumed by ames on Passover;


Sennacherib would still be at Nob, i not or Pass-

over;

The handwriting on the wall was read at Passover;

While Belsahazzar's east was set on Passover;

And you shall say:


Queen Esther called a three-day ast on Passover;

Haman hung rom the gallows tree on Passover;Those who hate us will be punished twice on

Passover;

By your right arm, then as in Egypt on the Passover;

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For to God it is Fitting, ,On both days recite, or sing:

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For to God it shall be Fitting

Mighty in Sovereignty, Choice in the PathGods

troops will say to God, "To You and or Youto You, or

it is or Youto You is this, and this too is or You: Yours,

God, is the Sovereignty."

For to God it is tting, or to God it shall be tting.

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