BCDS Haggada Highlights

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
In addition to the standard text, the Bi-Cultural Day School Haggada
includes writings, commentary, and our school’s favorite Passover
songs. We encourage families to utilize these resources by reviewing
the contents of this volume in advance and making use of these
additions.
2 Foreword
4 Introduction
The Haggada Suggested Resources
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12 Kiddush
20 The Four Questions
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26 The Four Children 140 Commentary

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40 And Laid Upon us Hard Bondage 155 Song: Building Cities
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42 And When we Cried 150 Holocaust Reading

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44 And the Lord Brought us Out of Egypt 154 Song: Listen, King Pharaoh
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50 The Ten Plagues 155 Song: One Morning

76 The Grace After Meals
93 Elijah’s Cup 146 The Fifth Cup
152 Prayer for the State of Israel
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116 Next Year in Jerusalem

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Appendix
140 Commentary: The Four Children
144 The Model Seder
145 Search: Where is Moshe?
146 The Fifth Cup
150 A Holocaust Reading
152 Prayer for the State of Israel
154 Favorite Passover Songs
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FOREWORD
AND YOU SHALL TELL
YOUR CHILDREN
By Walter Shuchatowitz, Founding Principal
I am certain that every child at Bi-Cultural will know before

Passover arrives that Haggada means “telling.” Telling stories
is at the core of teaching, and always has been. The story of the
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leveled learning at our school every spring.

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Visitors often told me when they

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nothing more thrilling to hear than

children’s voices singing Passover
prayers and songs. And to attend
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Model Seder is to witness

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teaching—and learning—
at its best.
Passover is the most
widely celebrated Jewish
holiday because it is a
family holiday, a time to
come together and to
experience the comfort
of sharing traditions
and customs that families
cherish. It is a time to

INTRODUCTION
THE PASSOVER SEDER:
HOMESCHOOLING
AT ITS BEST
By Dr. Gerald B. Kirshenbaum, Headmaster 2005–2011
F rom our earliest history,

our tradition has emphasized
education. Indeed, this
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emphasis and the many tomes
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Talmud, Midrash, and a
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myriad of other books and

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commentaries—have earned
us the moniker “The People of
the Book.” Of all our books and traditions, however, the finest example
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of pedagogy is found here in the Haggada and in the Seder which takes
place not in our seminaries and houses of study, but at home. This is not
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exist between our schools and our homes, between faculty and family.
A thoughtful application of pedagogic principles is woven into the
script of the Haggada. The Seder is a stage set for an evening filled with
Experiential Learning. Quoting the Talmud, the Haggada teaches us:
‫“ בכל דור ודור חייב אדם לראות את עצמו כאילו הוא יצא ממצרים‬In every
generation a person is obligated to see himself or herself as if he or
she personally went out of Egypt.” The Seder is not to be a history
lesson from a book, but rather, a reflection of personal experience. The
Haggada of Maimonides complements this idea by suggesting that
not only do the Seder participants need to see themselves as going

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‫קערת הסדר‬
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‫ביצה‬ ‫זרוע‬
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‫מרור‬
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‫כרפס‬ ‫חרוסת‬
‫חזרת‬

‫ יחץ‬/ ‫ כרפס‬/ ‫ ורחץ‬/ ‫קדש‬
‫ מוציא מצה‬/ ‫ רחצה‬/ ‫מגיד‬
‫ שלחן עורך‬/ ‫ כורך‬/ ‫מרור‬
‫ נרצה‬/ ‫ הלל‬/ ‫ ברך‬/ ‫צפון‬
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e program for the evening is announced beforehand in the following form:
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KIDDUSH
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WASHING THE HANDS

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DIVIDING THE MATZA
TELLING THE STORY
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WASHING THE HANDS

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BLESSING OVER MATZA

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EATING THE BI ER HERB

THE BI ER SANDWICH
THE FESTIVE MEAL
EATING THE AFIKOMAN
G CE AFTER MEALS
HALLEL
CONCLUSION

e rst cup of wine is poured. Li the cup with the right hand and say
the following (on Shabbat, add the words in parentheses):
I am hereby prepared and ready to ful ll the commandment of the rst of the four cups.
For the sake of the uni cation of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Divine Presence,
through that which is hidden and concealed, in the name of all Israel.
(Quietly: And there was evening and there was morning – Gen.
the sixth day. And the heavens and the earth were nished, and all their host. Gen.
And by the seventh day God ended His work which He had done; and He
rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. And God
blessed the seventh day and sancti ed it, because on it He rested from all His
work which God had created and done.)
Blessed are You,
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Lord our God, King of the Universe,
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who creates the produce of the vine.
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Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe,

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who has chosen us from all peoples, and has raised
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us above all tongues, and has sancti ed us with His

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commandments. And You have given us, O Lord our

God, in love, (Sabbaths for rest, and) appointed times
for rejoicing, festivals and seasons for gladness, this
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(Sabbath day and this) Festival of Matzot, the season of

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our freedom, (in love,) a sacred gathering in memory

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of the departure from Egypt. For You have

chosen us, and have sancti ed us from
among all peoples, and have given
us for our inheritance
(Your Sabbath and)
Your appointed holy times
(in love and favor,) in rejoicing and gladness.
Blessed are You, O Lord,
who sancti es (the Sabbath and) Israel and the festivals.

‫מוזגים כוס ראשון‪ ,‬נוטלו ביד ימינו ומקדש )בשבת מוסיפים את המילים בסוגריים(‪:‬‬ ‫קדש‬
‫הנני מוכן ומזומן לקיים מצוות כוס ראשון של ארבע כוסות‪.‬‬
‫לשם ייחוד קודשא בריך הוא ושכינתיה על ידי ההוא טמיר ונעלם בשם כל ישראל‪.‬‬
‫בראשית א‬ ‫י־ב ֶֹקר‬

‫י־ﬠ ֶֽרב וַ י‪ִ ‬ה ֽ‬ ‫)בלחש‪ :‬וַ י‪ִ ‬ה ֶ‬
‫בראשית ב‬ ‫אכ ּתוֹ ֲא ׁ ֶשר‬ ‫יוֹם ַה ׁ ּ ִש ׁ ּ ִשי׃ וַ י‪ֻ ‬כ ּל ּו ַה ׁ ּ ָש ַ ֽמיִ ם ו‪ָ ‬ה ָ ֽא ֶרץ ו‪ ‬כל־צ‪ָ ‬ב ָאם׃ וַ י‪ַ ‬כל ֱאל ִֹהים ַּביּוֹם ַה ׁ ּ ‪‬ש ִב ִ‬
‫יﬠי ‪‬מ ַל ‪‬‬
‫אכ ּתוֹ ֲא ׁ ֶשר ָﬠ ָ ׂשה׃ וַ ָי‪‬ב ֶֽר ‪‬ך ֱאל ִֹהים ֶאת־יוֹם ַה ׁ ּ ‪‬ש ִב ִ‬
‫יﬠי‪,‬‬ ‫ל־מ ַל ‪‬‬
‫יﬠי ִמ ּ‪‬כ ‪‬‬ ‫ָﬠ ָ ׂשה‪ ,‬וַ יִּ ׁ ‪‬ש ּבֹת ַּביּוֹם ַה ׁ ּ ‪‬ש ִב ִ‬
‫ר־ב ָרא ֱאל ִֹהים‪ַ ,‬ל ֲﬠשׂ וֹת‪(.‬‬ ‫אכ ּתוֹ‪ֲ ,‬א ׁ ֶש ָּ‬ ‫ל־מ ַל ‪‬‬
‫וַ י‪ַ ‬קדֵּ ׁש אֹתוֹ‪ִּ ,‬כי בוֹ ׁ ָש ַבת ִמ ּ‪‬כ ‪‬‬
‫סברי מרנן‬
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‫עוֹלם‪ּ ,‬ב ֵוֹרא ּ ‪‬פ ִרי ַה ָ ּג ֶֽפן‪.‬‬
‫ָ ּברוּך‪ַ ‬א ָּתה יהוה ֱאל ֵֹהֽינ ּו ֶמ ֶֽל ‪‬ך ָה ָ‬
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‫עוֹלם‪ֲ ,‬א ׁ ֶשר ָ ּב ַֽחר‬ ‫ָ ּברוּך‪ַ ‬א ָּתה יהוה ֱאל ֵ ֹֽהינ ּו ֶ ֽמ ֶל ‪‬ך ָה ָ‬
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‫רוֹמ ָ ֽמנ ּו ִמ ‪ּ‬כל ָל ׁשוֹן‪ ,‬ו‪ִ ‬קדּ‪ָ ׁ ‬שֽנ ּו ‪ּ ‬ב ִמצ‪ ‬ו ָֹתיו‬ ‫ָ ּבֽנ ּו ִמ ‪ּ‬כל ָﬠם‪ ,‬ו‪ ‬‬
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‫)ש ָ ּבתוֹת ִל ‪‬מנו ָּחה‬ ‫וַ ִּת ֶּתן ָלֽנ ּו יהוה ֱאל ֵֹהֽינ ּו ‪ּ ‬ב ַא ֲה ָבה ׁ ַ‬
‫ּ(מוֹﬠ ִדים ‪‬ל ִ ׂש ‪‬מ ָחה‪ַ ,‬ח ִ ּגים וּז‪ַ ‬מ ּנִים ‪‬ל ָ ׂש ׂשוֹן‪ֶ ,‬את‬ ‫ו ֲ‬
‫)ה ׁ ּ ַש ָ ּבת ַהזֶּ ה ו‪ֶ ‬את יוֹם( ַחג ַה ַּמ ּצוֹת ַהזֶּ ה‬ ‫יוֹם ַ‬
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‫)ב ַא ֲה ָבה( ִמ ‪‬ק ָרא ֽק ֶֹד ׁש‬ ‫ז‪ַ ‬מן ֵחרו ֵ ּֽתנ ּו ‪ּ ‬‬
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‫יאת ִמצ‪ֽ ָ ‬ריִ ם‪ִּ ,‬כי ָבֽנ ּו‬ ‫זֵ ֶֽכר ִליצִ ַ‬
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‫ָב ַח ‪ֽ‬ר ָּת ו‪ֽ ָ ‬‬

‫אוֹתנ ּו ִקדַּ ֽ ׁ ‪‬ש ָּת‬
‫ִמ ‪ּ‬כל ָה ַﬠ ִּמים‪) ,‬ו‪ַ ׁ ‬ש ָ ּבת(‬
‫ּמוֹﬠ ֵדי ‪‬ק ‪‬ד ׁ ֶשֽךָ‬
‫ו ֲ‬
‫)ב ַא ֲה ָבה ו ‪ּ‬ב ָרצוֹן(‬ ‫‪ּ‬‬
‫‪ּ ‬ב ִ ׂש ‪‬מ ָחה ו ‪ּ‬ב ָ ׂש ׂשוֹן ִהנ‪ַ ‬ח ‪‬ל ָּ ֽתנוּ‪.‬‬
‫)ה ׁ ּ ַש ָ ּבת ו‪( ‬יִ ‪ׂ ‬ש ָר ֵאל ו‪ַ ‬הזּ‪ַ ‬מ ּנִים‪.‬‬ ‫ָ ּברוּך‪ַ ‬א ָּתה יהוה‪ ,‬מ ַקדֵּ ׁש ַ‬
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‫ַחד ַ ּג ‪‬דיָ א ַחד ַ ּג ‪‬דיָ א‬
‫דִּ ז‪ַ ‬בן ַא ָ ּבא ִ ּב ‪‬ת ֵרי זוּזֵ י‬
‫וַ ֲא ָתא ׁשוּנ‪ָ ‬רא ו‪ָ ‬א ‪‬כ ָלה ‪‬לגַ ‪‬דיָ א‬
‫נָשך‪ ‬ל ׁשוּנ‪ָ ‬רא דּ‪ָ ‬א ‪‬כ ָלה ‪‬לגַ ‪‬דיָ א‬ ‫וַ ֲא ָתא ַּכ ‪‬ל ָ ּבא ו‪ַ ׁ ‬‬
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‫נָשך‪ ‬ל ׁשוּנ‪ָ ‬רא‬
‫דּ‪ַ ׁ ‬‬ ‫וַ ֲא ָתא ֻח ‪‬ט ָרא ו‪ִ ‬ה ָּכה ‪‬ל ַכ ‪‬ל ָ ּבא‬
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‫דּ‪ָ ‬א ‪‬כ ָלה ‪‬לגַ ‪‬דיָ א‬

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‫וַ ֲא ָתא נו ָּרא ו‪ׂ ָ ‬ש ַרף ‪‬ל ֻח ‪‬ט ָרא דּ‪ִ ‬ה ָּכה ‪‬ל ַכ ‪‬ל ָ ּבא‬
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‫נָשך‪ ‬ל ׁשוּנ‪ָ ‬רא דּ‪ָ ‬א ‪‬כ ָלה ‪‬לגַ ‪‬דיָ א‬ ‫דּ‪ַ ׁ ‬‬
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‫וַ ֲא ָתא ַמיָּ א ו‪ָ ‬כ ָבה ‪‬לנו ָּרא דּ‪ׂ ָ ‬ש ַרף ‪‬ל ֻח ‪‬ט ָרא דּ‪ִ ‬ה ָּכה ‪‬ל ַכ ‪‬ל ָ ּבא‬
‫נָשך‪ ‬ל ׁשוּנ‪ָ ‬רא דּ‪ָ ‬א ‪‬כ ָלה ‪‬לגַ ‪‬דיָ א‬ ‫דּ‪ַ ׁ ‬‬

‫יוֹד ‪‬ﬠ‬ ‫ֶא ָחד ִמי ֵ ֽ‬
‫יוֹד ‪‬ﬠ‬‫ֶא ָחד ֲאנִי ֵ ֽ‬
‫ֶא ָחד ֱאל ֵֹהֽינ ּו ׁ ֶש ַּב ׁ ּ ָש ַ ֽמיִ ם ו ָּב ָ ֽא ֶרץ‬
‫יוֹד ‪‬ﬠ‬ ‫ׁ ‪‬שנַ ֽיִ ם ִמי ֵ ֽ‬
‫יוֹד ‪‬ﬠ‬‫ׁ ‪‬שנַ ֽיִ ם ֲאנִי ֵ ֽ‬
‫ׁ ‪‬שנֵי לוּחוֹת ַה ‪ּ ‬ב ִרית‬
‫ֶא ָחד ֱאל ֵֹהֽינ ּו ׁ ֶש ַ ּב ׁ ּ ָש ַ ֽמיִ ם ו ָּב ָ ֽא ֶרץ‬
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‫יוֹד ‪‬ﬠ‬
‫לוֹשה ִמי ֵ ֽ‬ ‫ׁ ‪‬ש ׁ ָ‬
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‫לוֹשה ֲאנִי ֵ ֽ‬ ‫ׁ ‪‬ש ׁ ָ‬
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‫לוֹשה ָאבוֹת‬ ‫ׁ ‪‬ש ׁ ָ‬
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‫ׁ ‪‬שנֵי לוּחוֹת ַה ‪ּ ‬ב ִרית‬

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‫יוֹד ‪‬ﬠ‬‫ַא ‪‬ר ַ ּבע ִמי ֵ ֽ‬
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‫ַא ‪‬ר ַ ּבע ֲאנִי ֵ ֽ‬
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‫ַא ‪‬ר ַ ּבע ִא ָּמהוֹת‬

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‫לוֹשה ָאבוֹת ׁ ‪‬שנֵי לוּחוֹת ַה ‪ּ ‬ב ִרית‬ ‫ׁ ‪‬ש ׁ ָ‬

‫ֲח ִמ ׁ ּ ָשה ִמי ֵ ֽ‬
‫ֲח ִמ ׁ ּ ָשה ֲאנִי ֵ ֽ‬
‫תוֹרה‬ ‫ֲח ִמ ׁ ּ ָשה ֻח ‪‬מ ׁ ֵשי ָ‬
‫לוֹשה ָאבוֹת ׁ ‪‬שנֵי לוּחוֹת ַה ‪ּ ‬ב ִרית‬ ‫ַא ‪‬ר ַ ּבע ִא ָּמהוֹת ׁ ‪‬ש ׁ ָ‬

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Who knows two ?
I know two.
e tablets of the covenant are two.
Our God is One in heaven and earth.
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Who knows three ?
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I know three.
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e patriarchs are three.
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e tablets are two.

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Who knows four ?

I know four.
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e tablets are two.
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Who knows ve ?
I know ve.
e books of the Torah are ve.
e matriarchs are four.
e tablets are two.

COMMENTARY
THE FOUR CHILDREN
T he Haggada introduces
the description of the Four
Children with the poetic “Baruch
Hamakom”:
‫—ברוך המקום‬Blessed be the
Omnipresent, ‫—ברוך הוא‬Blessed
be He, ‫ברוך שנתן תורה לעמו ישראל‬
—Blessed be the One Who gave
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the Torah to His people Israel—
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The word baruch (blessed) appears
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four times in this paragraph to

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represent each of the Four Children: the wise one, the rebellious one,
the simple one, and the one who doesn’t have the capacity to inquire.
The Haggada notes the differences in learning abilities and lifestyles
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with each of the children, telling us that we must differentiate in our

teaching methods to accommodate children of all backgrounds and
abilities. Each type of child has merit in the eyes of Hashem and is
worthy of blessing. It is written in the Book of Proverbs:
‫“—חנך לנער על פי דרכו‬Teach a child according to his/her way.”
We strive to live up to this motto on a regular basis, to individualize
instruction in order to fulfill this great lesson.
Rabbi Richard Auman
Education Administrator

WHERE IS MOSHE?
A PASSOVER SEARCH FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
From the files of Rabbi Abraham Lieberman, ‫ז’’ל‬

Judaic Studies Director; 1967-1976, 1981-2005
1. Where is Moshe mentioned in the Haggada?

How many times is he mentioned?
2. Where is (King) David mentioned in the Haggada?
How many times is he mentioned?
3. Where in the Haggada does it mention the part of Egypt in
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Where in the Haggada does it mention the “treasure cities”
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5. Where in the Haggada does it say that God took us out of
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Egypt by Himself—not through any angel or messenger?

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6. Where in the Haggada does it say how long the Israelites

were in Egypt?
7. Where in the Haggada does it say how long the Israelites
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were in the desert?

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Egyptians suffer?
9. Where in the Haggada is the number 3 mentioned?
List three locations.
10. Name the plague that is referred to by a part of the body.
11. What rabbi’s name is not mentioned—only the name
of his father?
12. Where in the Haggada does it mention God’s ability to
turn a rock into a pool of water?
13. Where in the Haggada does it say the “Tora” drank water?
(Hint: ‫)תורא‬

There are those who explain that the Cup of Elijah
set on our tables to honor this great prophet who
visits our Passover Seder finds its origins in this
fifth verse. Elijah the Prophet will herald in the
ultimate redemption, a time when we will once
again live in peace in our land, and thus the Cup
of Elijah is certainly an appropriate fulfillment of
this verse.
Yet it seems that many of the rabbis actually drank a fifth cup on the
Seder night, and throughout Jewish history there have been those who
have added a fifth cup to their Seder ritual.
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seminar punctuated in the
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BCDS MODEL SEDER
FAVORITES
Songs by Shirley Cohen
LISTEN, KING PHARAOH

Oh listen, Oh listen, Oh listen, King Pharaoh.
Oh listen, Oh listen, please let my people go.
They want to go away.
They work too hard all day.
King Pharaoh, King Pharaoh,
What do you say?
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The Haggada Suggested Resources

26 The Four Children 140 Commentary

42 And When we Cried 150 Holocaust Reading

50 The Ten Plagues 155 Song: One Morning

116 Next Year in Jerusalem

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I am certain that every child at Bi-Cultural will know before

leveled learning at our school every spring.

Visitors often told me when they

walked through the halls there is

nothing more thrilling to hear than

Model Seder is to witness

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F rom our earliest history,

myriad of other books and

coincidental and underscores the educational partnership which must

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WASHING THE HANDS

WASHING THE HANDS

BLESSING OVER MATZA

EATING THE BI ER HERB

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Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe,

us above all tongues, and has sancti ed us with His

commandments. And You have given us, O Lord our

(Sabbath day and this) Festival of Matzot, the season of

our freedom, (in love,) a sacred gathering in memory

of the departure from Egypt. For You have

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‫בראשית א‬ ‫י־ב ֶֹקר‬

‫ָב ַח ‪ֽ‬ר ָּת ו‪ֽ ָ ‬‬

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‫דּ‪ָ ‬א ‪‬כ ָלה ‪‬לגַ ‪‬דיָ א‬

‫דִּ ז‪ַ ‬בן ַא ָ ּבא ִ ּב ‪‬ת ֵרי זוּזֵ י‬

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‫ׁ ‪‬שנֵי לוּחוֹת ַה ‪ּ ‬ב ִרית‬

‫ֶא ָחד ֱאל ֵֹהֽינ ּו ׁ ֶש ַ ּב ׁ ּ ָש ַ ֽמיִ ם ו ָּב ָ ֽא ֶרץ‬

‫ַא ‪‬ר ַ ּבע ִא ָּמהוֹת‬

‫לוֹשה ָאבוֹת ׁ ‪‬שנֵי לוּחוֹת ַה ‪ּ ‬ב ִרית‬ ‫ׁ ‪‬ש ׁ ָ‬

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e tablets are two.

Our God is One in heaven and earth.

Who knows four ?

e matriarchs are four.

e patriarchs are three.

Our God is One in heaven and earth.

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four times in this paragraph to

between the various types of children and nevertheless each one is

entitled to a “baruch”, a bracha—a blessing. The word baruch is used

with each of the children, telling us that we must differentiate in our

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From the files of Rabbi Abraham Lieberman, ‫ז’’ל‬

1. Where is Moshe mentioned in the Haggada?

that the Israelites built for Pharaoh?

Egypt by Himself—not through any angel or messenger?

6. Where in the Haggada does it say how long the Israelites

were in the desert?

According to Rabbi Yose, how many plagues did the