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The Seder meal
Leader: We are now ready to eat the seder meal! In some Jewish traditions, we begin by eating eggs and salt water. The egg on the seder plate, Beitzah, has many meanings. It is a symbol of Spring and rebirth. It is also histo ...Shulchan Oreichcontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
Koreich
Leader: Now we partake of the Charoset, which symbolizes the mortar with which our enslaved ancestors worked. Though the labor was bitter, it was made bearable by the sweetness of hope. We now include charoset with the maror and m ...Koreichcontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
Maror
Leader: We now partake of the bitter herbs, of which there are two symbols on the seder plate, the maror and the chazeret.Take a small amount of horseradish and eat it on a leaf of lettuce.All: Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu me ...Marorcontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
Motzi-Matzoh
The Leader passes around one of the sheets of matzoh. Each participant takes a small piece.All: Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kidishanu b'mitzvotav vitzivanu al a'chilat matzoh.(Blessed art thou, the LORD ...Motzi-Matzahcontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
Symbols of the seder plate
Leader: Before we can partake of the Seder meal, we must discuss the Mitzvot, the primary symbols of Passover.Leader: The first mitzvah is Zeroa, traditionally a roasted shank bone of the lamb, which reminds us of the sacrifi ...-- Closingcontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
The Exodus
Leader: The Twelve Tribes of Israel — Jacob's sons and their families — came into Egypt. And though in time Joseph and all of his generation died, the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, until the l ...-- Exodus Storycontributed by Spencer Ruskin -
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 -
Four Freedoms
In 1941, shortly after the start of World War 2, President, Franklin D. Ro ...Maggid - Beginningcontributed by Jonah Bernstein -
Ma Nishtanah - Wrestling Throu
The holiday Passover celebrates the Israelites red ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Adam Grossman -
Freeing Your Inner Pharaoh
Freeing Your Inner PharoahHow-t ...Introductioncontributed by jmcbrooklyn -
Why Is This Night Different? V
Here is Mah Nishtanah sung in English translation. ...-- Four Questionscontributed by Gerald Weiss
