Haggadah for Kids: a Simple, Secular Social Justice Haggadah That Rhymes
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for a world of peace and love next year! next love and peace of world a for Let’s end the night, give thanks, and cheer and thanks, give night, the end Let’s And now it’s finally time to eat! to time finally it’s now And Then let’s all nibble one more round. more one nibble all let’s Then The Afikomen has been found? found? been has Afikomen The FAIRNESS + FREEDOM + FAIRNESS If You Want to Sing Out Sing Out - Cat Stevens Cat - Out Sing Out Sing to Want You If Imagine - John Lennon John - Imagine A TINY TELLING OF OF TELLING TINY A Stand By Me - Ben E. King E. Ben - Me By Stand Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream - Simon & Garfunkel & Simon - Dream Strangest the Had I Night Last Lean on Me - Bill Withers Bill - Me on Lean Let’s wash our hands again! hands our wash Let’s Fight the Power - Public Enemy Public - Power the Fight That we’re all friends and should be kind. be should and friends all we’re That Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger Pete - Gone Flowers the All Have Where Let’s fill our cups and keep in mind in keep and cups our fill Let’s Blowin’ In the Wind - Bob Dylan Bob - Wind the In Blowin’ All You Need is Love - The Beatles The - Love is Need You All Feeling unsafe Feeling This Little Light of Mine - Raffi - Mine of Light Little This Not caring about other people other about caring Not I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor Gloria - Survive Will I Feeling left out because you’re different you’re because out left Feeling We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger Pete - Overcome Shall We Being treated unfairly treated Being War - Bob Marley Bob - War Being bullied Being Zombie - The Cranberries The - Zombie Made up of matzah, herbs and dates! and herbs matzah, of up Made Redemption Song - Bob Marley Marley Bob - Song Redemption Not having any place to live to place any having Not Now sandwiches go on our plates plates our on go sandwiches Now Not having any money any having Not it kind of covers everything: covers of kind it he’d add maror, matzot and meat. and matzot maror, add he’d Not having enough food enough having Not So here’s a playlist you can sing - - sing can you playlist a here’s So He thought since life was bittersweet was life since thought He Being caught in the middle the in caught Being and end by singing songs all night!) all songs singing by end and Being hurt in a fight a in hurt Being who said to snack like Scooby-Doo! like snack to said who (You read Haggadot from the right the from Haggadot read (You just flip it over; find the start. the find over; it flip just Rev Hillel was a famous Jew Jew famous a was Hillel Rev and spill some wine to show we care we show to wine some spill and Don’t try to tear this zine apart - - apart zine this tear to try Don’t Let’s think of things that aren’t fair fair aren’t that things of think Let’s The littlest kid has a big part now Three matzah pieces in a stack: So please stand up and take a bow Break the middle one. Put half back! First, we fill our cups! You have a very special task The other half will hide until Then take the karpas, dip and taste These four important things to ask: we’ve eaten, drunk and had our fill. but if you find it you can win salt water tears for those displaced Why is this night different from all other nights? a prize for the Afikomen! For people who’ve been hurt in fights For those who’ve lost their human rights 1. Why do we eat bread without yeast The Story of Passover For friends whose struggles we forget (it’s very strange bread for a feast)? For strangers we have never met Long ago, our family It’s our job to have empathy We had to run through the desert with haste! Were made to live in slavery. Protect each person’s dignity They worked in Egypt night and day, Be brave if something is unfair 2. Why does the veg have a bitter taste? but made a plan to run away Stand up for others, show we care. To remind us of when things weren’t so nice! They lived for decades on the run. Be mindful and show gratitude Before we drink, There was no time for anyone And keep a positive attitude! let’s take a minute just to think 3. Why do we dip our food in twice? to stop and rest or bake some bread. We crossed the desert safe at last, that we are lucky to be here They worried and were filled with dread. we’ve left our slavery in the past, with safety, comfort, friends held dear. The Karpas in water stands for tears. They ran and hid across the sea. but others still are suffering, The Maror in Charoset, sweeter years. The slaves were safe and finally free. and joy would be a selfish thing, Now drink! so dip again and honour those 4. Why do we eat while we recline? Matzah was bread they made in fear. who struggle while we’re in repose. Now anyone hungry is welcome here. Let’s wash our hands! We’re free now - slaves stood up to dine. Haggadah for Kids: A simple, secular social justice Haggadah that rhymes. You are welcome to share it. By Chella Quint 2015 .