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CBNW Annual Meeting March 2007 Robert A. Singer http://www.servantofmessiah.org Rosen, Ceil and Moishe Rosen. Christ in the Passover. Chicago: Moody Press, 1978. All Scripture quotations are taken from the New International Version, ©1984 Lipis, Joan R. Celebrate Passover Haggadah. San Francisco:Purple Pomegranate Productions, 1996. Lipson, Eric-Peter. Passover Haggadah, A Messianic Celebration. San Francisco: JFJ Publishing, 1986. 45 http://www.servantofmessiah.orgTRANSCRIPT
A Messianic
Haggadah
for the Passover
Robert A. Singer
CBNW Annual Meeting
March 2007
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Bibliography
Bogot, Howard and Robert Orkland. A Children‟s Haggadah.
New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis,
1996.
Lipis, Joan R. Celebrate Passover Haggadah. San
Francisco:Purple Pomegranate Productions, 1996.
Lipson, Eric-Peter. Passover Haggadah, A Messianic
Celebration. San Francisco: JFJ Publishing, 1986.
Musleah, Rahel. Why on This Night? New York, Simon and
Schuster, 2000
Rosen, Ceil and Moishe Rosen. Christ in the Passover.
Chicago: Moody Press, 1978.
All Scripture quotations are taken from the New
International Version, ©1984
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Why are we
celebrating Passover? PESACH xs;p,
Thousands of years ago, the Jewish people were commanded
to keep the Passover to remind them that God had freed
them from slavery in Egypt. Jesus himself celebrated the
Passover and we can understand more about His teaching as
we discover and celebrate the Passover ourselves.
Haggadah hd'G"h; TELLING
At your place setting you have a
booklet called a Haggadah (hd'G"h; -
telling). For the Gentile, this word is a
mouthful; for the Jewish person it is
what Grandpa pulled out, dusted off
and read every year at Pesach. It is
from the word used in Exodus 13:8
On that day tell your son,
„I do this because of what the LORD did for me
when I came out of Egypt.‟
We also find the same thought in 1 Corinthians 11:26
“For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.”
This is a festive celebration. For both children and adults
it is filled with seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and
touching.
So enjoy!
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Everyone raise the fourth cup.
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, borei p‟ri hagafen. `!p,G"h;Ø yrIP.Ø areAB
Everyone says:
Blessed are you, O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
who creates the fruit of the vine.
Everyone: lean to the left and drink from the fourth
cup.
THE CLOSE OF THE SEDER
Our seder is now ending. We have said special words and
have eaten different foods. We know that once we were
slaves, but now we are free!
L‟shana haba-a bi-Y‟rushalayim! ~yIl'v'WryBi ha'B'h;Ø hn"v'l
Everyone says: NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!
When they had sung a hymn,
they went out to the Mount of Olives.
(Matthew 26:30)
You are invited to keep this copy of the Haggadah.
However, please return the kippa.
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O LORD, save us; (literally: Hosanna!)
O LORD, grant us success.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.
From the house of the LORD we bless you.
The LORD is God,
and he has made his light shine upon us.
With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession
up to the horns of the altar.
You are my God, and I will give you thanks;
you are my God, and I will exalt you.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
hk'r'B.Ø sAK Kos B’racha
THE CUP OF PRAISE
(THE FOURTH CUP)
Hosts: fill the fourth cup.
With this fourth cup we remember the fourth promise God
made to the Jewish people:
"I will take you as my own people."
(from Exodus 6:6-7)
We also praise God that all of us, Jew and Gentile, can
become his people by faith in Y‟shua.
After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree
that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature
were grafted into a cultivated olive tree,
how much more readily will these, the natural branches,
be grafted into their own olive tree!
(Romans 11:24)
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Kadeish vDeq; BEING HOLY, SANCTIFICATION
We begin our Messianic Passover by praising God for this
festival of freedom from sin in Y‟shua (Jesus) and for this
special time with family and friends. This prayer sets apart,
or sanctifies, the meal as a memorial to our redemption by
God.
(PRAYER)
We have just celebrated Palm Sunday, the day when Jesus
Christ, Jesus the Messiah (x:yviM'h; ØØØØØØØ[:WvyE - Y‟shua Ha
Mashiach), rode into Jerusalem to these words inspired by
Psalm 118:25-26.
"Hosanna!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Blessed is the King of Israel!"
(John 12:13b)
Y‟shua celebrated His last Passover (xs;p, Pesach) with His
disciples on Thursday evening in the upper room. Exodus 12
tells us that the lamb for the meal had been chosen four
days earlier, on the day of His Triumphal Entry.
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The observance of Passover is based on
requirements specified more than 3400 years
ago in the Torah, the five books of Moses
(particularly in Exodus 12; Leviticus 23:4-8;
Numbers 28:16-25; Deuteronomy 16:1-8)
and in Jewish tradition (the Mishnah and
Talmud).
The Passover seder has varied little in essentials for many
centuries. To preserve the knowledge of traditional practices,
a written outline was completed about 220 AD in the first
part of the Talmud known as the Mishnah. Recorded here
are the memories of Pesach as observed before 70 AD when
the Temple was destroyed and sacrifices could no longer be
offered.
The special meal for the Pesach is called
the “seder” which means “order”. There
is a set order for all the things done
during this meal. The seder as described
in the Mishnah is much like the one
practiced today in Jewish homes.
Y'shua Himself observed the Pesach throughout His life on
earth. Many of the prayers and blessings of this liturgy were
known to Him. As we repeat them in Hebrew we may hear
sounds similar to those that were on his lips and will praise
the Father in phrases our Lord Himself used.
This Messianic seder is divided into three sections. During
the first hour, we retrace the story of freedom for the Jewish
people from slavery in Egypt. The last hour we will be
reminded of our freedom from sin in Y‟shua and look forward
to the day when He will come back to claim His people.
What happens during the second hour? We eat!
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It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.
All the nations surrounded me,
but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
They surrounded me on every side,
but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
They swarmed around me like bees,
but they died out as quickly as burning thorns;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
I was pushed back and about to fall,
but the LORD helped me.
The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the
righteous:
"The LORD's right hand has done mighty things!
The Lord's right hand is lifted high;
the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"
I will not die but live,
and will proclaim what the LORD has done.
The LORD has chastened me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
Open for me the gates of righteousness;
I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.
This is the gate of the LORD
through which the righteous may enter.
I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
you have become my salvation.
The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone;
the LORD has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
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lLeh; Halleil
PRAISE
(PART 2)
We have already mentioned that
Psalms 113-118, known as the
Hallel, were sung in the temple
while the paschal lambs were
slain. We read the first of these
Psalms. Now we will read Psalm
118.
Leader: Blessed are You, O LORD our God
Everyone: Who bids us rejoice with Psalms of praise.
Psalms 118
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
Let Israel say:
"His love endures forever."
Let the house of Aaron say:
"His love endures forever."
Let those who fear the LORD say:
"His love endures forever."
In my anguish I cried to the LORD,
and he answered by setting me free.
The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
The LORD is with me; he is my helper.
I will look in triumph on my enemies.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in man.
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PREPARING FOR THE SEDER
The Search for Leaven
#MEX' (Chametz - that which is leavened)
Before pesach begins, all leaven in the home is searched out
and removed.
In the first month you are to eat bread
made without yeast,
from the evening of the fourteenth day
until the evening of the twenty-first day.
For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses.
(Exodus 12:18-19a)
This simple command has developed into a major and
important ritual in preparing for the Pesach. In many homes
the command has been expanded to include every speck of
baking powder or other leavening agents. The housewife,
who does not want to be guilty of disobeying this command,
also removes all grain products that have the capability of
becoming leavened.
The evening before the seder, the
master of the house searches by
candlelight for any crumbs that
might remain after his wife has
scrupulously cleaned the whole
house. A kindly spouse will leave a
morsel or two of leaven in a highly visible place. Then her
husband will sweep it away with a feather into a wooden
spoon and have maximum satisfaction in carrying out God's
ordinance by actually finding apparently overlooked
chametz. If mother occasionally places the offending
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crumbs in an unusual spot, it is amusing for the children to
see dad hunting for chametz without immediate success and
to listen to his sounds of frustration, for during this
performance of the mitzvah (the God-given commandment)
he is not permitted to speak.
All bread or leaven found is wrapped together and the
following prayer is said:
“All leaven or leavened bread in my possession that I
have not seen, nor removed, nor known about is
annulled and is useless, like the dust of the earth.”
Early the next morning, the leaven is burned. Both Gentile
and Jewish children in Whitechapel, London used to carry
pierced tin buckets containing burning coals. As they passed
along the streets, loudly crying "Chametz," the householders
responded by bringing out their leaven to be burned, paying
a few coppers for the service.
Leaven may also be stored in an out-of the-way place and
sold to a Gentile neighbor for a dollar or two. After Pesach is
over, the leaven is bought back.
Utensils used daily are most rigorously cleaned or they are
set aside during Passover week. Many observant Jews keep
a set of utensils, crockery and cutlery reserved for Passover
use only.
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Y‟shua, in speaking of Elijah, pointed both to John the
Baptist and to Elijah‟s coming that still is in the future.
The disciples asked him,
"Why then do the teachers of the law
say that Elijah must come first?"
Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah comes
and will restore all things.
But I tell you, Elijah has already come,
and they did not recognize him,
but have done to him everything they wished.
In the same way the Son of Man
is going to suffer at their hands."
Then the disciples understood that
he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
(Matthew 17:10-13)
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do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.”
(1 Corinthians 11:25-26)
Everyone: lean to the left and drink from the third
cup.
WhY"liaeØ sAK Kos Eiliahu
THE CUP OF ELIJAH
There is an extra cup of wine on our seder table that is filled
to the brim. This is “Elijah‟s Cup.” It has been filled at each
seder and left untouched for over 2,400 years. During the
seder, in Jewish custom, a door is opened and all hope that
Elijah will come that night.
"See, I will send you the prophet Elijah
before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children,
and the hearts of the children to their fathers;
or else I will come and strike the land with a curse."
(Malachi 4:5-6)
One or more children: go to a door and open it, calling
out for Elijah.
Everyone, as the door opens:
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Leader: Oh, well perhaps next year!
Children: return to your seats.
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(The Preparation of the Upper Room)
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb,
Jesus' disciples asked him,
"Where do you want us to go and make preparations
for you to eat the Passover?"
So he sent two of his disciples, telling them,
"Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water
will meet you. Follow him.
Say to the owner of the house he enters,
'The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room,
where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?'
He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there."
The disciples left, went into the city
and found things just as Jesus had told them.
So they prepared the Passover.
(Mark 14:12-16)
The Seder Table
These items are on the
seder plate:
[:Arz> (Z‟roa - arm)
A lamb’s shank bone reminds
us of the special lamb brought
to the temple in Jerusalem on
Pesach as an offering to God; it
represents the Passover lamb
that was slain.
This lamb can no longer be
sacrificed so it is customary not
to eat lamb at the seder.
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This bone also reminds us of Deuteronomy 26:8a
So the LORD brought us out of Egypt
with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm...
In Exodus we read:
“Tell the whole community of Israel
that on the tenth
day of this month each man
is to take a lamb for his family,
one for each household.”
(Exodus 12:3)
“Take care of them until the
fourteenth day of the month,
when all the people of the community of Israel must
slaughter them at twilight. Then they are to take some of
the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the door frames
of the houses where they eat the lambs. That same night
they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with
bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.”
(Exodus 12:6-8)
“This is how you are to eat it:
with your cloak tucked into your belt,
your sandals on your feet
and your staff in your hand.
Eat it in haste; it is the LORD‟S Passover.”
(Exodus 12:11)
“It must be eaten inside one house;
take none of the meat outside the house.
Do not break any of the bones.”
(Exodus 12:46)
The lamb bone also reminds us of Y'shua, who was called
"the Lamb which takes away the sin of the world." When, by
faith, we apply his blood to our hearts, God's hand of
judgment passes over our sins and we are saved.
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hl'WaG>Ø sAK Kos G’ula
THE CUP OF REDEMPTION
(THE THIRD CUP)
Hosts fill third cup.
With this third cup we remember the third promise God
made to the Jewish people:
"I will redeem you with an outstretched arm
and with mighty acts of judgment."
(from Exodus 6:6-7)
But more importantly we remember that Y'shua's blood was
shed for us.
Everyone raise the third cup.
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, borei p‟ri hagafen. `!p,G"h;Ø yrIP.Ø areAB
Everyone says:
Blessed are you, O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
who creates the fruit of the vine.
Again, the Apostle Paul writes:
In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying,
"This cup is the new covenant in my blood;
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Everyone says:
Blessed are you, O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
who brings forth bread from the earth.
The Apostle Paul writes:
For I received from the Lord what
I also passed on to you:
The Lord Jesus, on the night he was
betrayed, took bread,
and when he had given thanks,
he broke it and said,
"This is my body, which is for you;
do this in remembrance of me."
(1 Corinthians 11:23-24)
Everyone: Eat the afikoman.
Nothing further is eaten at the seder after this. The
afikoman is our dessert. Its taste is to remain in our mouths
as long as possible to remind us of our freedom from sin in
Y‟shua.
%rEB' Bareich
THE BLESSING FOR THE MEAL
As in Jewish custom, we thank God after the meal for the
food we have eaten.
(PRAYER)
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The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him
and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes
away the sin of the world!
(John 1:29)
These things happened so that the scripture would be
fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken"
(John 19:36)
Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Therefore let us keep the Festival.
(1 Corinthians 5:7b-8a)
hc'yBe (Beitsa - egg)
The egg is usually referred to as the
"chagigah" (festival offering). In
ancient days, on the Jewish festivals of
Pesach, Shavuot (Pentecost) and
Sukkot (Tabernacles), the Jews would
bring an offering to the temple to be
roasted in honor of the holiday. At Pesach this offering also
supplemented the meat from the Passover lamb.
The roasted egg reminds us of that sacrifice which could no
longer be made after the destruction of the Temple in 70
AD.
sP;r>K; (Karpas)
A green vegetable, such as parsley,
reminds us that Pesach occurs during
the spring, when new life brings a
feeling of hope.
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rArm' (Maror - bitter herb)
Bitter herbs, such as horseradish, remind
us of the bitterness of slavery in Egypt. It
seems fitting that this dish of maror should
be tear producing!
ts,r{x] (Charoset)
A mixture of nuts, apples and wine
reminds us of clay, the mud from which
Israel made bricks for Pharoah.
On the seder table we will also find:
!yIy: (Yayin - wine)
During the seder meal we will drink four cups of
wine (grape juice). They remind us of four of
God‟s promises of freedom for the Jewish people.
xl;m,-yme (Mei-melach - salt water)
The salt water reminds us of the sad and bitter tears shed by
the Jews when they were slaves. We will dip the karpas in
the salt water.
hC'm; (Matzah - unleavened bread)
The matzah in the unity (the matzah cloth
with three pockets) reminds us that the Jews
left Egypt before their bread could rise. The
three matzot (plural) remind us that God is
one, yet three.
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!Wpc' Tsafun
THE SEARCH FOR THE AFIKOMAN
Children age 12 and under:
search for the afikoman and
bring it to the main table.
Each child will receive a small
“ransom.”
Hosts: Come to the main table, get the afikoman and
return to your seats.
It was during Y‟shua‟s last Pesach that He took the afikoman
and the third cup, and gave them a greater significance.
Passover, the retelling of Israel's liberation from bodily
slavery, was transformed into a remembrance of
regeneration and redemption, whereby we could be freed
from the slavery of sin.
The afikoman was broken, hidden away and brought back.
In like manner Messiah was broken, buried and brought back
to life.
Hosts: Break the afikoman into small pieces and give
one to each person.
(A GOSPEL INVITATION AND SILENT PRAYER)
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, hamotsi lechem min ha-arets. `#r<a'h'Ø !miØ ~x,l,Ø ayciAMh;
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%rEA[Ø !x'l.vu Shulchan Oreich THE TABLE IS SPREAD
Dinner is served!
Enjoy!
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(The Arrival of Jesus and the Twelve)
When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the
table. And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired
to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
For I tell you, I will not eat it again
until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God."
(Luke 22:14-16)
tArNeh;Ø tq;l'd>h; Hadlaqat Ha-Neirot
LIGHTING THE FESTIVAL CANDLES
According to tradition, the Israelites were redeemed from
Egypt because of the pious women of that generation,
considered to be more righteous than the men. It is
therefore a woman's privilege to kindle the Sabbath and
festival lights in the home.
Hostesses stand and cover their heads.
At sunset, to usher in the new day and to sanctify the seder,
the lady of the house lights the candles with blessings.
Hostesses may now light the candles and then recite:
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Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, asher natan lanu et mitzvotav wyt'Ac.mi-ta,Ø Wnl'Ø !t;n"Ø rv,a] v‟kidshanu b‟Yeishua Mishicheinu WnxeyvimiØ [:WvyEB.Ø Wnv'd>qiw> or ha-olam. `~l'A[h'Ø rAa
Anachnu madlikot tAqylid>m;Ø Wnx.n;a] neirot shel Pesach xs;PeØ lv,Ø tArnEØ l‟zecher g‟ulateinu miavdut. `tWdb.[;miØ Wnytel'Wag.Ø rk,z<l.
Blessed are You O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
Who gave us His commandments
and sanctified us by Y‟shua our Messiah,
the light of the world.
We kindle the lights of Passover
for a remembrance of our redemption from bondage
Hostesses may now uncover their heads and sit down.
The Four Cups
Though not commanded in the Torah, the four cups of the
Pesach are a very ancient tradition of the seder. In the
Pesach story we are told four times (Exodus 6:6-7) that God
promised freedom to His people. We remember each of
those promises with a cup of wine.
First Cup: The Cup of Sanctification
"I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians."
Second Cup: The Cup of Judgment
"I will free you from being slaves to them."
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John 13:21b-32
Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, "I tell you
the truth, one of you is going to betray me."
His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know
which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom
Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter
motioned to this disciple and said, "Ask him which one he
means."
Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, "Lord, who
is it?"
Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I will give this
piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish." Then,
dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son
of Simon. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered
into him.
"What you are about to do, do quickly," Jesus told
him but no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this
to him. Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought
Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the Feast,
or to give something to the poor. As soon as Judas had
taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.
When he was gone, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of
Man glorified and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified
in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify
him at once.”
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Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, asher kid‟shanu b‟Yeishua Ha Mashiach
WnxeyvimiØ [:WvyEB.Ø Wnv'd>qi rv,a\ v‟tsivanu al achilat maror. `hC'm;Ø tl;ykia]Ø l[;Ø WnW"ciw>
Everyone says:
Blessed are you, O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
who has sanctified us by Yeshua our Messiah
and bid us to eat maror.
All: Eat the maror.
Hillel, a famous rabbi who died in 10 AD, established the
custom of combining bitter herbs and matzah with a piece of
the paschal lamb to literally fulfill the Scripture:
That same night they are to eat the meat
roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs,
and bread made without yeast.
(Exodus 12:8)
It is commonly called "the sop." As it is no longer customary
to eat lamb during the seder, a special sandwich of matzah,
maror, and charoset is eaten.
Host: Break two pieces of the lower matzah for each
participant. Make a sandwich of matzah, maror and
charoset from them and distribute to all.
All: Eat the korech without saying a special blessing.
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Third Cup: The Cup of Redemption
"I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty
acts of judgment."
Fourth Cup: The Cup of Praise
"I will take you as my own people."
vWDqiØ sAK Kos Kiddush
THE CUP OF SANCTIFICATION
(THE FIRST CUP)
Hosts: Fill the first cup for everyone.
With this first cup we remember the first promise God made
to the Jewish people.
"I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians."
(from Exodus 6:6-7)
The word sanctification means "to separate." The LORD
separated Israel as His people. It is Y‟shua who sanctifies us
by grace through faith and separates us to live holy lives.
After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said,
"Take this and divide it among you.
For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine
until the kingdom of God comes."
(Luke 22:17-18)
(Notice this is not the same cup as mentioned in Luke
22:20)
Everyone raise the first cup.
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Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, borei p‟ri hagafen. `!p,G"h;Ø yrIP.Ø areAB
Everyone says:
Blessed are you, O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
who creates the fruit of the vine.
Everyone: lean to the left and drink from the first cup.
Why do we lean? This will be explained later.
#x;r>W Urchatz
WASHING THE HANDS
Ancient Jewish tradition required that hands must be washed
before dipping food into any liquid.
At this time only the hosts will ceremonially wash their
hands in preparation to serve the meal by dipping their
fingertips into the water and then drying them with the
towel.
All hosts: Ceremonially wash your hands.
sP;r>K; Karpas
EATING OF GREENS
As we say a blessing and eat a green herb or vegetable, we
remember that it was springtime when the Pesach, and
Y‟shua‟s sacrifice, took place.
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Host: Break half of the uppermost matzah into small
pieces and distribute to all.
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, hamotsi lechem min ha-arets. `#r<a'h'Ø !miØ ~x,l,Ø ayciAMh;
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, asher kid‟shanu b‟Yeishua WnxeyvimiØ [:WvyEB.Ø Wnv'd>qi rv,a\ v‟tsivanu al achilat matzah. `rArm' tl;ykia]Ø l[;Ø WnW"ciw>
Everyone says:
Blessed are you, O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
who brings forth bread from the earth.
Blessed are you, O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
who has sanctified us by Y’shua
and bid us to eat matzah.
All: Eat the Matzah.
Let us remember the bitterness of slavery by eating the
maror.
Host: Break the remaining half of the uppermost
matzoh into small pieces, dip each piece in the maror,
and distribute to all.
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needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And
you are clean, though not every one of you." For he knew
who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not
every one was clean.
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on
his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand
what I have done for you?" he asked them. "You call me
'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am.
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,
you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an
example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell
you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a
messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that
you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
"I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have
chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture: 'He who shares my
bread has lifted up his heel against me.'
"I am telling you now before it happens, so that when
it does happen you will believe that I am He. I tell you the
truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and
whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me."
%rEAK rArm' hC'm;Ø ayciAm Motzi, Matzoh
Maror, Korech EATING THE PESACH FOODS
Motzi: Blessing the matzoh
Matzoh: Eating the matzoh
Maror: Eating the matzoh with bitter herb
Korech: Eating combination of matzoh, maror and charoset
We understand the meaning of our Pesach foods. Now we
are ready to eat them. First the matzah.
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We dip the greens in salt water to remind us of the tears of
slavery. The Jews were slaves in Egypt and we were all born
slaves to sin.
Host: take a sprig of parsley from the seder plate and
dip it into the salt water. Break off a piece of parsley
for each person.
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, borei p‟ri ha-adama `hm'd'a]h'Ø yrIP.Ø areAB
Everyone says:
Blessed are you, O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
who creates the fruit of the earth.
Everyone: eat the parsley dipped in salt water.
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BREAKING THE MATZOH
The matzah, or unleavened bread, that is used in the seder
is kept in a linen cloth. Tonight each table has one. You can
see that the cloth has three compartments to hold three
matzot, which symbolizes a unity (dx'a,) echad). This is a
whole, consisting of three parts.
There is no agreement among Jews as to why there are
three matzot. But believers in Y'shua know that it could
easily represent the tri-unity of God: the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
(Deuteronomy 6:4)
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We take the middle matzah and break it in two. We then
put the smaller piece back between the other two pieces and
wrap the larger piece in a separate napkin. This larger piece
is now called the afikoman, which means "dessert." We will
hide the afikoman until after the meal. Later we will find the
afikoman and everyone will be invited to share a taste of it.
Hosts: Break your middle matzah in two. Place one
half of the matzah in the unity and lay it on the table.
Bring the other half to the head table.
All the children must now close their eyes while the afikoman
is hidden. Once it is hidden, they may open their eyes.
Hosts: pour the second cup for everyone.
hN"T;v.NIØ hm;
Ma Nishtanah WHY IS IT DIFFERENT?
This next section is developed from Exodus 12:25-27a.
When you enter the land
that the LORD will give you as he promised,
observe this ceremony.
And when your children ask you,
'What does this ceremony mean to you?'
then tell them,
'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD,
who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt
and spared our homes
when he struck down the Egyptians.'
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WASHING THE HANDS
We all wash our hands now in preparation for the eating of
the Passover elements.
Host: Take cleansing water and towel around the
table so that all my dip their fingertips into the water
and dry them with the towel.
John 13:2-20
The evening meal was
being served, and the devil had
already prompted Judas
Iscariot, son of Simon, to
betray Jesus.
Jesus knew that the
Father had put all things under his power, and that he had
come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from
the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel
around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin
and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the
towel that was wrapped around him.
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are
you going to wash my feet?"
Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am
doing, but later you will understand."
"No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet."
Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with
me."
"Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet
but my hands and my head as well!"
Jesus answered, "A person who has had a bath
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THE CUP OF JUDGMENT
(THE SECOND CUP)
With this second cup we remember the second promise God
made to the Jewish people:
"I will free you from being slaves to them."
(from Exodus 6:6-7)
The LORD freed Israel through His judgment on Egypt. And
God freed us from darkness and brought us into the kingdom
of Y‟shua.
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
(Colossians 1:13-14)
Everyone raise the second cup.
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu Wnyhel{a/ yyØ hT'a;Ø %WrB' Melech ha-olam ~l'A[hØ %l,m, borei p‟ri hagafen. `!p,G"h;Ø yrIP.Ø areAB
Everyone says:
Blessed are you, O LORD our God,
King of the universe,
who creates the fruit of the vine.
Everyone: lean to the left and drink from the second
cup.
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The Four Questions
Child #1: Why is this night different from all other nights?
On all other nights we may eat either leavened bread or
matzah. Why on this night only matzah?
Child #2: On all other nights we eat all kinds of vegetables.
Why on this night do we eat a bitter herb?
Child #3: On all other nights we are not required to dip our
vegetables even once. Why on this night two times? First
we dip karpas in salt water and then we dip maror in
charoset.
Child #4: On all other nights we sit straight in our chairs.
Why on this night do we lean to one side?
The Four Children
The Torah commands four
times that the Jews must
teach their children about the
Exodus from Egypt. These
four commands suggest that
there are four kinds of
children, each of whom learns
in a different way.
God's Word will call to mind four types of sons:
The wise, the wicked, and the simple one,
The fourth who cannot ask why things are done.
The wise son questions the father thus:
"What mean these many laws to us
Our God has given?" Tell him all
There is to tell of the Festival.
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In the future, when your son asks you,
"What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws
the LORD our God has commanded you?" tell him...
(Deuteronomy 6:20-21a)
The wicked son asks, "What's this to you,
The slavery of all you do?"
The father answers sadly, "Lo!
It seems God's love you do not know;
He ransomed me long years ago."
And when your children ask you,
'What does this ceremony mean to you?'
then tell them,
'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD,
who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt
and spared our homes
when he struck down the Egyptians.'"
(Exodus 12:26-27a)
The simple son cries, "Dad, what's this?"
Complexities you may dismiss,
But simply and with patience tell
How God delivered Israel.
"In days to come, when your son asks you,
'What does this mean?' say to him,
'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us
out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
(Exodus 13:14)
And as for him who cannot ask,
The father has a happy task:
He takes the symbols one by one
And shows them to his silent son.
On that day tell your son,
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PRAISE
(PART 1)
Psalms 113-118, known as the
Hallel, were sung in the temple while
the paschal lambs were slain. We
begin by reading the first of these
Psalms before we eat the meal.
Leader: Blessed are You, O LORD our God
Everyone: Who bids us rejoice with psalms of praise.
PSALMS 113
Praise the LORD.
Praise, O servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
Let the name of the LORD be praised,
both now and forevermore.
From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the LORD is to be praised.
The LORD is exalted over all the nations,
his glory above the heavens.
Who is like the LORD our God,
the One who sits enthroned on high,
who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes,
with the princes of their people.
He settles the barren woman in her home
as a happy mother of children.
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We dip the matzoh in the charoset to remind us of the
sweetness of freedom, which the LORD brought about
through the Exodus and through Y‟shua.
4. Why do we lean in our
chairs at the seder?
On this night we recline because in ancient times that was
the posture of free people at meals. Those whom God
liberated in the Exodus were no longer slaves.
It is helpful to know that the tables of that time did not look
like the famous painting of Leonardo da Vinci. Instead they
were horseshoe shaped and were very close to the ground.
Since there were no chairs people sat on the ground. On
Passover, to demonstrate freedom, pillows were placed
around the table and Jews would recline rather than sit
upright.
Jesus, at the Last Supper, would have reclined upon
cushions, leaning on his left elbow.
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'I do this because of what the LORD did for me
when I came out of Egypt.'
(Exodus 13:8)
As believers in Y‟shua we must also be sensitive to how our
children are asking about salvation and answer them
appropriately.
dyGIm; Maggid THE STORY
The leader now begins to reply to the Ma Nishtanah by
telling the story of freedom from bondage in Egypt.
This Pesach seder is a special way to relive a time when the
Jewish people were slaves. With God's help, they became
free.
Jacob's son, Joseph, had been
sold into slavery in Egypt by his
brothers, but God had blessed
him. He became second only to
Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt. With
God‟s help Joseph was able to
help all the Egyptian people avoid
a famine.
When Jacob discovered that Joseph was alive in Egypt and
that there was plenty of food there, he came with his family
from Canaan.
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In those days, the Jewish people were called Hebrews, and
they were a small group when they arrived in Egypt. It was
the best of times, and the Hebrews grew in number and
were happy.
About 400 years passed.
“Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph,
came to power in Egypt.”
(Exodus 1:8)
He was afraid of the large number of Hebrews in his country.
He was afraid that the Jewish people would turn against him.
The Pharaoh ordered that the Hebrew people become slaves.
They were forced to work day and night to make bricks and
build cities. It was a terrible time for the Jewish people!
They made their lives bitter
with hard labor in brick and mortar...
(Exodus 1:14a)
But the Jewish people continued to multiply, so the king
ordered that every newborn boy be killed. But in
faithfulness to His people, the LORD raised up a deliverer.
His name was Moses.
God spoke to Moses from the burning bush.
The LORD said,
"I have indeed seen the misery
of my people in Egypt.
I have heard them crying out
because of their slave drivers,
and I am concerned
about their suffering.
So I have come down
to rescue them
from the hand of the Egyptians
and to bring them up out of that land
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2. Why do we eat maror
at the seder?
Maror is the bitter herb on our seder plate. It reminds us
that the Egyptians made the lives of the Jews bitter when
they were slaves.
They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick
and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields;
in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.
(Exodus 1:14)
Each year, as we sit together at the seder table, we imagine
that each of us went out of Egypt. The Torah teaches us:
On that day tell your son,
'I do this because of what the LORD did for me
when I came out of Egypt.'
(Exodus 13:8)
Similarly, as believers in Y‟shua we remember the bitterness
of the bondage to sin and death from which He has freed us.
3. Why do we dip foods twice?
On this night we dip the greens into salt water to remind us
of the tears shed in bondage.
Charoset is the sweet mixture on the seder plate. It looks
like the clay the Jews used to make the bricks for the
Pharaoh. We dip the maror in the charoset to remind us
that the Jewish slaves worked very hard in Egypt. When we
combine something bitter with something sweet, we
remember that even when people are sad there is always
hope for a happier time.
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The Three Essentials and Four Answers
Rabbi Gamaliel, president of the Sanhedrin and Paul's
teacher, used to say, "Whoever does not explain the
following three essentials of the Passover has not fulfilled his
duty." These are pesach (the Passover lamb), matzoh (the
unleavened bread) and maror (the bitter herbs).
We have already explained the meaning of the Passover
lamb. Now we will learn about the matzoh and the maror by
answering the four questions asked by the children.
1. Why do we eat matzah
on Pesach?
Matzah is made with carefully prepared flour
mixed with water. It has no yeast. Matzot are baked until
crispy, brown and flat. To ensure that it does not become
leavened during baking, it is pierced in many places. Jewish
tradition states that the baking of matzot may only take 18
minutes from the moment the flour meets the water until it
is tossed into the oven. Originally matzah was round.
Square matzah came into predominance during the 20th
century. It was quite a hullabaloo. The rabbis were not sure
if it was kosher or not.
Eating matzah reminds us that when the Jewish people were
escaping to freedom, they did not have time to let their
dough rise.
The matzoh also reminds us of Y'shua.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
(Isaiah 53:5)
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into a good and spacious land, a land
flowing with milk and honey...”
(Exodus 3:7-8a)
“But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless
a mighty hand compels him. So I will stretch out my hand
and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will
perform among them. After that, he will let you go.”
(Exodus 3:19-20)
The ten plagues that the LORD inflicted upon Egypt punished
them for their harsh treatment of His people and humiliated
their "gods."
The Ten Plagues
As we name the plagues together, take a drop of wine from
your cup with your finger and allow it to drip onto your plate.
~D' (Dam - blood)
There was BLOOD in all the water of Egypt.
The Egyptians could not bathe. They could
not take a drink. They could not water their
flowers or crops. They could not enjoy a
refreshing swim. The fish died and the river
smelled horrible.
[:Der>p;c. (Ts‟fardei-a - frogs)
Frogs hopped and croaked everywhere. No
one could sleep, walk or play in peace.
They were even in their kitchens and ovens.
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~yNIKi (Kinim - gnats)
Gnats made everyone scratch their skin so hard
that people hurt all over.
bAr[' (Arov - flies)
Swarms of stinging FLIES landed on the
Egyptians, poured into their houses and
covered the ground. The land was ruined by
them.
rb,D, (Dever - disease)
The Egyptians‟ livestock got DISEASES that could not be
cured. Horses, donkeys, camels, sheep and goats died. But
not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
!yxiv. (Sh‟chin - boils)
Boils burst from their skin. They were so uncomfortable!
The Egyptians could not even get dressed without screaming
from the pain. Their animals got boils too.
dr"B' (Barad - hail)
Hail rained down as dangerous balls of ice and lightning
flashed. The hail smashed roofs and damaged crops. It
broke everything the Egyptians owned.
hB.r>a; (Arbeh - locusts)
Locusts swarmed over all the trees and
blades of grass. The buzzing and sound of
flapping wings frightened everyone.
Vegetables and fruits were gobbled up and
only dust remained on the ground.
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`WnYED;Ø ~yIr;c.Mimi ØWna'yciAhØ Wlai If He brought us
If He brought us
If He brought us out of Egypt
If He brought us out of Egypt
Dayeinu
`WnYED;Ø hr"ATh;-ta,Ø Wnl'Ø !t;n" Wlai If He gave us
If He gave us
If He gave to us the Torah
If He gave to us the Torah
Dayeinu
`WnYED;Ø x:yvim.-ta,Ø Wnl' xl;v'" Wlai If He sent us
If He sent us
If He sent to us Messiah
If He sent to us Messiah
Dayeinu
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Dayeinu (It would have been enough for us)
This song is an expression of thankfulness for the many gifts
that God has given to us. One author explains,
Picture a box with a beautiful bow.
Open it… it‟s a present you‟ve
been dreaming of!
Wait… there‟s more inside: another
box with a second gift.
“How many kindnesses you show
me!” you say.
Inside the second gift, there‟s a third. “This is beyond
my hopes!” you exclaim. Inside the third gift there‟s a
fourth, and then a fifth—a whole series of gifts.
“If you had just given me one gift,” you say, shaking
your head in disbelief, “that would have been enough.
But for all these gifts I say, thank you.”
Pesach is a time to thank God for making our lives better.
We are grateful for all of His gifts!
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%v,x{ (Choshech - darkness)
Darkness blotted out the sun. People were always cold.
Moonlight and stars did not appear. Every day was pitch
black.
tArAkB.Ø tK;m; (Makat B‟chorot - death of the first-born)
The firstborn son in every Egyptian family DIED. Also the
firstborn of their animals DIED.
"On that same night I will pass through Egypt
and strike down every firstborn
--both men and animals--
and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt.
I am the LORD.”
(Exodus 12:12)
Finally, the Pharaoh was convinced that the Hebrew people
had to go and he allowed them to leave Egypt. And God
brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold.
But after they left Pharaoh changed his mind.
The armies of Egypt were behind the Jews and the great Red
Sea was in front of them. The sea held them back, but with
God's help, the sea parted and the Jewish people passed
through on dry land. Pharaoh's
chariots and horses and all his
army were trapped and
drowned in the sea.
A new and happy time began
for the Jews. As they stood on
the other side of the sea they
sang.
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