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Maggid
Leader: We cannot eat the Seder meal until the story of Passover is told. This next section is called 'Maggid', which means 'Narrator', or 'Preacher'. In it we explore the reasons for the Passover holiday, culminating in a retelli ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
Yachatz
Leader: Ha lachma anya — this is the bread of affliction, which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat; let all who are needy come and celebrate the Passover with us. ...Covercontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
Karpas
Leader: We come now to the first element of the Seder Plate: Karpas, the green vegetable.Reader: The Karpas is a symbol of the Spring. It represents the reawakening of life and reminds us that beneath the snow, the earth is n ...Karpascontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
Kiddush
Leader: The word seder means "order", and the Passover ritual follows a very specific order. Throughout the meal, we drink four glasses of wine — a symbol of the four promises made to Moses about the liberation of the Jewish peo ...Kadeshcontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
As history is told, this song began as a spiritual among African slaves in the United States. The lyrics reminded singers that they would finally be safe and welcome in heaven. But the song changed when it was adopted as a civil r ...Songscontributed by emmaia gelman -
The Cup of Redemption
There, in the very center of the Seder table, stands a special, ornate kiddush-cup brimming with wine, awaiting the one still expected but as yet un-arrived guest -- the prophet Elijah. Will Elijah come this year, to drink of ...Hallelcontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Two Cups - Elijah's and M
Everybody knows that we place a cup of wine for the prophet Eliah at the center of the Seder table. At a dramatic moment in the Seder, the door is opened to welcome this usually un ...Hallelcontributed by Gerald Weiss -
Parsley, Sages, Saltwater and
We dip a green vegetable, often parsley, into saltwater and recite the blessing for green foods that grow in the ground.Why? The traditional reason, according to the Sages of the a ...Karpascontributed by Gerald Weiss
