The Seder (“the order”): Kadesh * Urchatz * Karpas * Yachatz Maggid * Rachtzah * Motzi Matzah Narberth Havurah Second Night Seder, 2021 / 5781 Maror * Korech * Shulkhan Orekh Here are a couple of things it may be helpful to know about the fow Tzafun * Barech * Hallel * Nirtzah of our seder. 1. Kadesh (frst cup of wine) 2. • If you’ve agreed to lead a portion of the haggadah, please be ready Urchatz (we wash our hands) to begin as soon as the person before you is fnished. 3. Karpas (we dip a green vegetable) 4. Yachatz (we break the middle matzah and hide the Afkoman, • If the portion that you’re leading requires candles, wine, a bowl for the larger half) washing hands, matzoh, or any other physical object(s), please have 5. Maggid (we tell the story) the necessary items on hand. 6. (We drink the second cup of wine) • If you have a question at any time during the seder, or something to 7. Rachtzah (we wash our hands again — we’ll skip this) share, please raise your hand on Zoom, and we’ll call on you. 8. Motzi Matzah (we bless the matzah) 9. Maror (we eat bitter herbs) • When you’re not speaking, please keep yourself muted. 10. Korekh (we make a matzah and maror sandwich) • The only exception will be when we’re singing songs. Anyone who 11. Shulkhan Orekh (short break) wants to sing along may unmute themselves, and we’ll make a 12. Tzafun (“the hidden” – we fnd and eat the afkoman) joyful cacophony together. 13. Barech (we say the blessing after the meal and have the third cup of wine) • We will create breakout rooms, and we’d like you to think of them 14. as your “table” at this seder. The people in your room are the people Hallel (we sing the songs of praise and drink the fourth cup of you happen to be “sitting with.” And you’ll have a few chances to wine) chat and share this experience together. 15. Nirtzah (we complete the seder) • Our Shulkhan Orekh — which in a normal seder is the time to feast — will be more like a 20-minute intermission, during which you can socialize with the people at your “table,” take a bathroom break, or have a snack. • There will be an afkoman hunt after Shulkhan Orekh. Light the Candles IV. Yachatz (we break the middle matzah and hide the Afkoman, the larger half)

V. Maggid (we tell the story)

Baruch atah adonai, eloheinu ruach ha’olam The symbols on the Seder plate asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel yom tov. Pesach – the Passover sacrifce, represented by a shank bone Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the Universe, (or a root, or a roasted beet). When the tenth plague afficted who has sanctifed us with Your commandments the Egyptians, God passed over the houses of the Israelites and commanded us to kindle the holiday lights. who offered the Passover sacrifce. Matzah – unleavened bread. The Israelites left Egypt so I. Kadesh quickly, their dough didn’t have time to rise. Maror – bitter herbs. They remind us of the suffering the Israelites went through as slaves. Baruch atah adonai eloheinu ruach ha’olam boreh pree hagafen. Charoset represents the bricks and mortar we used to build Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, the Pharaoh’s cities. who creates the fruit of the vine. Salt water represents the tears of slavery. Karpas – A green vegetable symbolizing the renewal of spring. Baruch atah adonai eloheinu ruach ha’olam, shehecheyanu, v'kiyemanu vehigiyanu la-z'man hazeh. Beitzah – A hard-boiled egg – symbolizes the festival sacrifce Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the universe, that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem. who has kept us in life, sustained us, Other symbols people use today – A pineapple (for refugees), and enabled us to reach this moment. a tomato (for migrant labor), an orange (for women’s rights). Jews today are adding their own symbols to remind II. Urchatz (we wash our hands) themselves that many people still aren’t free, and don’t all have equal access to the same things. What symbols would III. Karpas (we dip a green vegetable) you add, and why?

Baruch atah adonai eloheinu ruach haolam boreh pree ha’adamah. Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the earth.

2 The Four Questions Reader 4: And on all other nights we can sit as we please / on our heads, on our elbows, our backs or our knees / or hang by Reader 1: Why is it only on Passover night / we never know our toes from the tail of a Glump / or on top of a camel with how to do anything right? / We don't eat our meals in the one or two humps / with our foot on the table, our nose on the regular ways, the ways that we do on all other days. foor / with one ear in the window and one out the door / 'Cause on all other nights we may eat / all kinds of wonderful doing somersaults over the greasy knishes / or dancing a jig good bready treats / like big purple pizza that tastes like a without breaking the dishes / Yes — on all other nights you sit pickle, crumbly crackers and pink pumpernickel / sassafras nicely when dining / So why on this night must it all be sandwich and tiger on rye, ffty falafels in pita, fresh-fried / reclining? with peanut-butter and tangerine sauce /spread onto each side up-and-down, then across / and toasted whole-wheat Maggid – the story of Exodus bread with liver and ducks / and crumpets and dumplings, and bagels and lox / and doughnuts with one hole and Reader 1: We were slaves in Egypt, and our lives were doughnuts with four / and cake with six layers and windows miserable. But God visited Moses and told him to demand that and doors / Yes — on all other nights we eat all kinds of bread the Pharaoh set us free. When Pharaoh refused, God / but tonight of all nights we munch matzo instead. unleashed a series of plagues to punish the Egyptian people. Reader 2: And on all other nights we devour / vegetables, The ten plagues green things, and bushes and fowers / lettuce that's leafy and candy-striped spinach / fresh silly celery (have more when 1. Blood Dam you're fnished!) / cabbage that's fown from the jungles of Glome / by a polka-dot bird who can't fnd his way home / 2. Frogs Tzephardayah daisies and roses and inside-out grass / and artichoke hearts 3. Vermin Keenim that are simply frst class! / Sixty asparagus tips served in glasses / with anchovy sauce and some sticky molasses / But 4. Beasts Arov on Passover night you would never consider / eating an herb that wasn't all bitter. 5. Cattle Disease Dever Reader 3: And on all other nights you would probably fip / if 6. Boils Sheheen anyone asked you how often you dip. / On some days I only dip one Bup-Bup egg / in a teaspoon of vinegar mixed with 7. Hail Barad nutmeg / but sometimes we take more than ten thousand tails 8. Locusts Arbeh / of the Yakkity-birds that are hunted in Wales / and dip them in vats full of Mumbegum juice / Then we feed them to 9. Darkness Choshech Harold, our six-legged moose / Or we don't dip at all! We 10. Slaying of Makat Bechorot don't ask your advice. So why on this night do we have to dip the frstborn twice?

3 Reader 2: After the frst nine plagues, Pharaoh refused Moses’ Dayenu demands. But after the fnal plague, he gave us our freedom. We gathered up our belongings, took a leap of faith, and Ilu hotzi hotzianu hotzianu mi mitzrayim hurried to leave Egypt before Pharaoh changed his mind. hotzianu mi mitzrayim dayenu Day-dayenu, day-dayenu, etc. Which of course he did, sending his army to chase us. When (If we had just been freed from Egypt, we came to the sea of reeds, Moses lifted his staff and the it would have been enough) waters parted, allowing us to cross safely to the other side. When the Egyptian soldiers followed, God released the Ilu natan natan lanu natan lanu et hashabat waters, drowning them. natan lanu et hashabat dayenu (If we had just been blessed with the Sabbath, Reader 3: This was only the beginning of our diffcult journey. it would have been enough) We wandered in the desert for 40 years, not knowing how we Ilu natan natan lanu natan lanu et hatorah would survive and when we would reach the promised land. natan lanu et hatorah dayenu But God provided for us by sending us manna to eat, and (If we had just been given the Torah, Miriam’s well followed us, giving us water to drink. And at it would have been enough) last we came to the promised land and rebuilt our lives. This is a story that we’ve repeated every year for millennia, to VI. The second cup of wine make sure we never forget. Even in the darkest times, such as during the Holocaust and the Russian pogroms, we’ve found inspiration in this story of our triumph over our diffculties Baruch atah adonai eloheinu ruach ha’olam boreh pree hagafen. and our liberation from slavery. Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the Universe, Reader 4: Now the COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted our who creates the fruit of the vine. lives. But we got through all those other hardships, and we’ll get through this one. And while we can’t come together VII. Rachtzah (we wash our hands again...we’re skipping this.) physically, we can still come together as one. And if nothing else, this situation is teaching us to appreciate so many things that we’d been taking for granted.

4 VIII. Motzi Matzah (we bless the matzah) XI. Shulkhan Orekh Usually this is the evening meal; in this case, it will be a 20-minute intermission in our breakout rooms. Feel free to eat a snack or use the bathroom also. Baruch atah adonai eloheinu ruach ha’olam hamotzi lechem min ha-aretz. Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the Universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.

Baruch atah adonai eloheinu ruach ha’olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat matzah. Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the Universe, who has sanctifed us with Your laws and commanded us to eat matzah.

IX. Maror (we eat bitter herbs)

Baruch atah adonai eloheinu ruach ha’olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat maror. Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the Universe, who has sanctifed us with His laws and commanded us to eat bitter herbs.

X. Korekh (we make a matzah and maror sandwich).

5 XII. Tzafun (“the hidden” (we look for the afkoman!) XIV. Hallel (we sing a song of praise and drink the fourth cup of wine) Welcoming Elijah and Miriam “Karpas” by Roni Horn, from the Women’s Seder Sourcebook Long before the struggle upwards begins, Eliahu hanavi, Eliahu ha-tishbi, Eliahu, Eliahu, Eliahu ha-Giladi there is tremor in the seed. Bimhera v’yameinu, yavo eleinu, im Mashiach ben David, Self-protection cracks, im Mashiach ben David roots reach down and grab hold. Elijah the prophet, Elijah the Tishbite, Elijah the Giladite The seed swells, and tender shoots push up toward light. May he soon (in our days) come to us, This is karpas: spring awakening growth. with the messiah son of David A force so tough it can break stone. Miriam ha-n'vi'ah, oz v'zimrah b'yadah, Miriam tirkod itanu l'hagdil zimrat olam Bimheirah v'yameinu, hi t'vi'einu, el mei ha-y'shuah, Baruch atah adonai eloheinu ruach ha’olam boreh pree hagafen. el mei ha-y'shuah Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the Universe, Miriam the prophet, strength and song in her hand who creates the fruit of the vine. Miriam, dance with us to increase the song of the world Miriam, dance with us to repair the world XV. Nirtzah (we complete the seder) Soon she will bring us to the waters of redemption

XIII. Barech (we say the blessing after the meal and have the third cup of wine) Lishana Haba’ah Biyerushalayim Next Year in Jerusalem!! Next year, may we all be free! May we all dwell in peace! Next year, may we all have a place to live and food to eat! Baruch atah adonai eloheinu ruach ha’olam boreh pree hagafen. Next year, may we all be treated with dignity and respect! Next year, may we not have to do this on Zoom again! Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the Universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

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