Haggada For the PASSOVER seder
הגדה של
פסח
Sephardic Haggadah
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Sanctification |
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"Therefore,
say to the Israelites: 'I am HaShem, and I will bring you out from under the
yoke of the Egyptians. |
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Deliverance |
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will free you from being slaves to them, and |
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Redemption |
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I
will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. |
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Completion |
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I
will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know
that I am HaShem your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the
Egyptians. Shemot (Exodus) 6:6-7 |
The night of Passover is called "A night of
guardings", when the House of Israel is guarded from their enemies. “A
night of guardings” also implies that the night of Passover is ‘guarded’, set
aside for all time, as the night of the final redemption. In other words, every year, the night of
Passover, because it contains the power of the redemption from
The
seder, from the Hebrew word for “order”, is the festival meal eaten on the
first two nights of Passover, the Biblical celebration of the Exodus from
Each of us must see
the deliverance from bondage as something that happened to US.
Why do we celebrate Passover? Because it is written: "This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to HaShem, a lasting ordinance. Shemot (Exodus) 12:14
What is the basic purpose of the Seder? The precept of the seder night is the only one in the whole Tanach where you are not given a fixed text to repeat. The Haggada is only there to give you the general direction. The actual mitzva is to talk to discuss to argue. And the more you talk the greater the mitzva. Today unfortunately many people use the Haggada as a text reading it through as if it were a litany, nothing could be further from the spirit of this night.
Tonight we have a contradiction: On the one hand, we recline like free people and dip our food like aristocrats. But, on the other hand, we eat "bread of affliction" and bitter herbs. Are we celebrating freedom here, or are we commemorating the slavery?
The answer is both!
“We were slaves to
Pharaoh in
took us out from there with a ‘strong hand’...”
Tonight WE experience the
transition from slavery to freedom.
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Sanctification |
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“I am HaShem and I will separate you from
Egyptian bondage, |
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Deliverance |
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I will deliver you (through plagues), |
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Redemption |
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I will redeem you with an outstretched
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completion |
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I will take you as My own people and I will be your God.” Exodus 6:6-7 |
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“That thou mayest remember the day of thy going forth from
Devarim
(Deuteronomy) 16:3
“‘The days of thy life’ refer to this world only, but ‘all the days of thy life’
include the time of Messiah.” Berachot 12b
As we begin this seder, you will find it
profitable to notice that this first part of the seder, before the meal,
concerns itself with our redemption from
The seder is not only a commemoration
of our redemption from
A Jew by means of celebrating the Pesach in its
complete detail is prophesying of things yet to come Let no (foreign) man
therefore judge you in matters of food, or in drink, or in respect of the
observance of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days, which are
prophecies of things yet to come; but the body of Messiah (i.e. Israel).
The Order of the Seder
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Kaddish |
Sanctify the day with the
recitation of Kiddush.
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.jru |
U’rechatz |
Wash hands before eating
karpas. |
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xprf |
Karpas |
Eat
celery dipped in salt water. |
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.jh |
Yachatz |
Break the middle matza. |
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shdn |
Maggid |
Tell the story of the Exodus.
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thmjr |
Rachtzah |
Wash hands prior to the meal. |
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thmun |
Motzi |
Recite
the blessing, Who brings forth,
over matza as a food. |
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vmn |
Matza |
Recite
the blessing over matza. |
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rurn |
Maror |
Blessing for the bitter herbs. |
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lruf |
Korech |
Eat
the sandwich of matza and bitter
herbs. |
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ijka lrug |
Shulchan Orech |
The
table is prepared with the festive
meal. |
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iupm |
Tzafun |
Eat
the Afikomen which has been hidden
all during the seder. |
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lrc |
Barech |
Recite
the Blessings after the meal.
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kkv |
Hallel |
Recite
the Hallel Psalms of praise.
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vmrb |
Nirtzah |
Pray
that HaShem would accept our
observance and speedily send Mashiach (Messiah). |
Kaddish קַדֵשׁ Sanctification
Begin right after synagogue service after
nightfall (about havdallah time). Ones wine should be poured by someone else to
symbolize the majesty of the evening.
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The first cup is filled..................... |
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.........the Cup of Sanctification |
As God covenanted: “I will separate you from
On Friday night, add the
following
(And there was evening and there was morning)
The sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their
array. On the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He
abstained on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. God blessed
the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it He abstained from all His work
which God created to make.
וַיְהִי
עֶרֶב
וַיְהִי
בֹקֶר
יוֹם
הַשִּׁשִּׁי.
וַיְכֻלּוּ
הַשָׁמַיִם
וְהָאָרֶץ
וְכָל
צְבָאַָם. וַיְכַל
אֱלֹקִים
בַּיוֹם
הַשְּׁבִיעִי
מְלַאכְתּוֹ
אֲשֶׁר
עָשָׂה
וַיִּשְׁבֹּת
בַּיוֹם
הַשְּׁבִיעִי
מִכָּל
מְלַאכְתּוֹ
אֲשֶׁר
עָשָׂה
וַיְבָרֶךְ
אֱלֹקִים אֶת
יוֹם
הַשְּׁבִיעִי
וַיְקַדֵּשׁ
אוֹתוֹ
כִּי בוֹ
שָׁבַת
מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּוֹ
אֲשֶׁר
בֶָּרָא
אֱלֹקִים
לַעֲשׂוֹת בַּחוֹל
מַתְחִילִין:
These are the appointed festivals of HaShem, the holy convocations, which
you shall designate in their appropriate time. By your leave, my masters and
teachers סַבְרִי
מָרָנָן:
Blessed are You, HaShem
our God, King of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.
בָּרוּךְ
אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא
פְּרִי
הַגָפֶן.
Blessed are You, HaShem our God, King of the
universe, who has chosen us from all peoples and lifted us up above all tongues
and made us holy through His commandments. And You have given us, HaShem, our
God, in love, (Sabbaths for rest and) appointed times for rejoicing, feasts and
festive seasons for joy; (this Sabbath and) this feast of the matzot, the
season of our freedom, (in love,) a holy convocation, as a memorial of the
departure from
בָּרוּךְ
אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם,
אֲשֶׁר בָּחַר
בָּנוּ
מִכָּל עָם
וְרוֹמְמָנוּ
מִכָּל לָשׁוֹן
וְקִדְּשָׁנוּ
בְּמִצְוֹתָיו.
וַתִּתֶּן
לָנוּ יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
בְּאַהֲבָה
)בְּשַׁבָּת:
שַׁבָּתוֹת
לִמְנוּחָה וּ(מוֹעֲדִים
לְשִׂמְחָה,
חַגִּים
וּזְמַנִּים
לְשָׂשׂוֹן,
אֶת יוֹם
)הַשַׁבָּת
הַזֶה וְאֶת
יוֹם( חַג
הַמַצוֹת
הַזֶה, זְמַן
חֵרוּתֵנוּ
)בְּאַהֲבָה(,
מִקְרָא
קֹדֶשׁ, זֵכֶר
לִיצִיאַת
מִצְרָיִם.
כִּי בָנוּ
בָחַרְתָּ
וְאוֹתָנוּ
קִדַּשְׁתָּ
מִכָּל
הָעַמִּים,
)וְשַׁבָּת(
וּמוֹעֲדֵי
קָדְשֶךָ
בְּאַהֲבָה
וּבְרָצוֹן,(
בְּשִׂמְחָה
וּבְשָׂשׂוֹן
הִנְחַלְתָּנוּ.
בָּרוּךְ
אַתָּה יהוה,
מְקַדֵּשׁ
)הַשַׁבָּת
וְ(יִשְׂרָאֵל
וְהַזְּמַנִּים.
On Saturday night, add the
following
Blessed are You, HaShem, our God, King of the universe, Who creates the
illumination of the fire. (respond: Amen)
Blessed are You, HaShem, our God, King of the universe, Who
distinguishes between sacred and secular, between light and darkness, between
Israel and the nations, between the seventh day and the six days of activity.
You have distinguished between the holiness of the Sabbath and the holiness of
a festival, and have sanctified the seventh day above the six days of activity.
You distinguished and sanctified Your nation,
בָּרוּךְ
אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
בּוֹרֵא
מְאוֹרֵי
הָאֵשׁ. בָּרוּךְ
אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם
הַמַבְדִיל בֵּין
קֹדֶשׁ לְחֹל,
ין אוֹר
לְחשֶׁךְ,
בֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל
לָעַמִּים,
בֵּין יוֹם
הַשְּׁבִיעִי
לְשֵׁשֶׁת
יְמֵי
הַמַּעֲשֶׂה.
בֵּין קְדֻשַּׁת
שַׁבָּת
לִקְדֻשַּׁת
יוֹם טוֹב הִבְדַּלְתָּ,
וְאֶת יוֹם
הַשְּׁבִיעִי
מִשֵּׁשֶׁת
יְמֵי
הַמַּעֲשֶׂה קִדַּשְׁתָּ.
הִבְדַּלְתָּ
וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ
אֶת עַמְּךָ
יִשְׂרָאֵל
בִּקְדֻשָּׁתֶךָ.
,בָּרוּךְ
אַתָּה יהוה הַמַּבְדִיל
בֵּין קֹדֶשׁ
לְקֹדֶשׁ.
Blessed are You, HaShem, our God, King of the universe, who has kept us alive and sustained us, and brought us to this season. (respond: Amen)
בָּרוּךְ
אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם,
שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ
וְקִיְּמָנוּ
וְהִגִּיעָנוּ
לַזְּמַן
הַזֶה.
Recline to the left
while drinking the entire cup
U’rechatz וּרְחַץ Wash Hands
A laver is brought for all to wash their
hands. There should be no talking till after we eat the celery.
(No
blessing – as yet another sign of freedom and dignity)
Karpas כַּרְפַּס Eat Celery
Recite the blessing with the intention that it applies to
the maror eaten during the meal. A volume of less than an olive should be
eaten.
All take a piece of celery (applies
to maror too), and dip it twice in salt water, saying:
Blessed are You, HaShem
our God, king of the universe, who creates the fruit of the earth.
בָּרוּךְ
אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
מֶלֶךְ
הָעוֹלָם,
בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי
הָאֲדָמָה.
(respond:
Amen) Eat the piece of celery
Yachatz יחץ a bond of sharing
Three pieces of matza (unleavened bread) are brought, having been pierced and striped with special tools during preparation. The middle matza is broken, and a portion, which is called the afikomen (dessert), is hidden in a folded linen cloth.
The top matza represents thought. The middle matza represents speech. The bottom matza represents actions. We break the middle matza and place it between the other two to hint that speech must be linked to thought and action. The other half, symbolic of the Word of Torah, is hidden away. This teaches that the wisdom of Torah is attained by the modest.
The middle matza is broken (like a dalet and a vav) before reciting the Haggadah, because the recital is to be over a matza suitable for the obligation of Haggadah, namely lechem oni (bread of poverty) - which is a broken piece. Lechem oni means "bread of poverty", but is also interpreted as "lechem she'onim alav” - the bread over which we answer (discuss; recite) many things. Combining both meanings, then, the Haggadah is to be said over matza, and in particular a matza, the afikomen, which is noticeably "bread of poverty", i.e., a broken piece of matza. (Pesachim 115b)
The head of the household at the table
should now break the middle matza in half.
The larger piece is set aside, because afikomen is a
significant mitzva: [it is eaten as the very last thing at the Seder]
representing for us the Pesach-offering. To help us begin to regard ourselves as having been delivered from
bondage we are going to emulate a Libyan custom. In
The broken AFIKOMEN (the larger of the two pieces just
broken) is held up and the leader says:
This is the bread of
affliction that our fathers ate in the
Blessed are the ones who
come – ברוכים
הבאים
Maggid מגיד Recite
the Haggadah
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The second cup is filled................. |
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