Thread:Yisroel1/@comment-35776050-20190405173316/@comment-35776050-20190409184048

Maggid- So during Maggid, the main part of the seder, we remember whne our ancestors were slaves in Egypt and we say some things also. So I did some digging and found a Haggada (the book that has all the things we say and what we do during the Seder-we usually keep them in the atic all year round except Passover but i found one that escaped) so I'm gonna go through it and explain each thing. Hang in there, this may take a while.

We start with Ha Lachma Anya. It literally translates to "Poor Man's Bread." Why? Because Matzah is considered the poor man's bread for reasons that have slipped my mind now. It's a short passage we say that's basically saying anyone can come and eat with us. Everyone deserves to enjoy Passover so they could all come and eat with us. One of the lines (obviously translated-everything we say is either in Aramaic or Hebrew) is "All who are hungry come and eat." I think rhat says enough. We're also praying that next year we'll be able to celebrate in Jerusalem, the Holy land. We usually sing this part in my house.

Next is the Mah Nishtana where everyone asks four questions about the Seder jight and everything. It goes in order from youngest to oldest. (I'm teaching it to M&M! He says: Mah Nishtana Haleila Hazeh Mikul Haleilos? Daddy, why is this night different? It's the cutest!) This whole thing is focused specifically on the kids, so this is the highlight of the Seder for most little kids. For me, it's when we get our chocolate reward after we say it :). Not every family does that, but mine does. After everyone says it seperately we all sing it together in hebrew and in yiddish. Again, not everyone does this (in fact, it's really uncommon) but it's a long standing tradition in our house.

Next is Avadim Hayeinu, the answer to the questions. It's a passage we say about that we were slaves tp Pharoah in Egypt, and that's why we do these starnge things in this night. We usually thing this part in my house.

After this is Maaseh Birabi Eliezer. It's basically a story of a few Rabbi's on a Seder night a really really long time ago. In my house, we say this all quietly. It usually gets all my siblings who can't read hebrew yet or who have no patience to, very annoyed.

After this is a few more passages we say quietly that aren't really important to talk about.

Next is Baruch Hamakom. In this short and sweet passage, we thank God for taking us out of Egypt. In my house we sing this together and it's nice :)

Next up comes the Arbah Banim, where we talk about the four "sons" and their different personalities. Theirs the wise son, wicked son, simple son, and the son that doesnt even know how to ask questions. Then we say a small paragraph about each quietly

After is a whoooooooooooool;e bunch of long passages we all just say quietly while the younger kids complain XD

Next is the Makkos. We have a cup full of wine (or grape juice oiin our case) so we say each of the ten plagues God did on the egyptians as a punishment for enslaving us. We talk about each of them, and then my dad (sometimes a brother) sings it out and we dip a pinkie in the wine and then put the drop on ypur pinkie onto a plate. This is because we don't celebrate our enemies suffering, only our freedom so we're taking out a bit of wine.

then some more boring stuff

And now is Dayeinu!!!! We list all the things God did for us and after each we say Dayeinu!!! meaning it would have been enough, but then you did the next good thing! In most houses it's sand out loud

Next is Pesach, Matzah, Oomaror. Here we point to each of these thing on lur seder table and recite a small paragraph about each of them. This is THE most important part of the ENTIRE night! (Pesach- shankbone which we dont eat Matzah- just Matzah and Maror- bitter herbs)

Now we say some praises to God

And then we make a blessing on the cup of wine and there- we drank two of the four cups we have to drink and Maggis is over