Passover Instructions and Haggadah Script
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In Remembrance of Jesus! A Haggadah Script
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Preparing for Passover
The regulations about Passover are listed in Exodus chapter 12 and Numbers chapter 9. Much of the Passover preparation and seder is not Scripture, but tradition, passed from generation to generation for thousands of years. Yet, the LORD uses the tradition to teach about Himself, and from the account of the Last Supper in Luke 22, and John 21, we know that Jesus also followed the ancient traditions.
Of course the first thing to do is get the yeast out of your home. It is forbidden to eat yeast during the festival. You don't have to worry about rooms that never have food in them, like the bathroom. Vacuuming rooms that may have had food, like the bedroom, is usually sufficient. The tradition is that if the crumb is inedible to even a dog, because it is very small (less than the size of an olive), or has had cleaning product sprayed on it, etc., it doesn't count. Clean one room at a time, then render it off limits to yeast.
The kitchen takes some special effort. Take everything out of your food cabinets, put anything containing yeast or leavening in a box or bag to give away (read the labels- you'll be surprised!). Vacuum, then wipe out the cabinets, line with paper or foil if desired, and replace non-yeast items. Clean your stove top, burners and oven. Turn your oven on high for about an hour to burn off any remaining yeast. Take the racks and drawers out of your refrigerator and freezer and clean thoroughly. Clean counters and tables and chairs used for eating (if your kids are like mine, plenty of food hits the chairs!). Cover your tables and counters, if you desire, especially if you have a wooden table that may have yeast in the cracks. Boil utensils and/or run dishes through the dishwasher. Put away any wooden utensils, cutting board, salad bowls, etc., until after Passover.
Many people combine spring cleaning with Passover cleaning, but this is not necessary. Ridding your home of leaven should not be a burden. All family members should be rested and happy about Passover, NOT dreading the work!
The night before the seder, all leaven should be out of the home, except for a few bits reserved to hide for the children. Search for Chametz (leaven) after dark. Place ten olive-sized crumbs of bread around a room or your home. Say the blessing, "Blessed are You, Lord, our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning the removal of chametz."
Each child gets a candle (little ones can share with older ones), a feather, and a spoon. After dark, children search for the leaven with their candles in a formal inspection to be sure your home is ready for Passover. When they find leaven, they are to scoop the pieces into a spoon with a feather. The bread is then deposited into a paper bag. When all have been found, the bag is put in a secure place, so the leaven isn't scattered about. The leaven must be eaten or burned before sunset the next day.
The next day burn the leaven before sunset and say the nullification of the chametz. This is to cover any yeast that you may have missed.
"All leaven and anything leavened that is in my possession, which I have neither seen nor removed, and about which I am unaware, shall be considered nullified and ownerless as the dust of the earth. "
Before the seder, make sure everyone, especially the little ones, are rested and have had a snack and are not hungry. Set the seder up in a comfortable spot. You can use pillows to cushion your regular chairs, or move the table into the living room, where you can sit on comfortable chairs and the couch. Or you can use a low table and pillows on the floor. The point is to recline, and be comfortable, in celebration of freedom.
You can buy a seder plate, cups, candleholders, and matzo linens just for Passover, or you can just use what you have.
In addition to a regularly set table, you will need three whole pieces of matzo, layered and wrapped in linen, a pitcher of red wine (mix with grape juice, or use non-alcoholic wine, if you like), wine glasses, ceremonial washing bowls and salt water bowls, and the seder plate.
The seder plate should contain: a roasted lamb shank bone, a roasted egg, (you may also want to have slices of boiled egg nearby), bitter herb (horseradish), greens (parsley) and haroset.
To make the roasted egg, first boil a few eggs, then bake in the oven until lightly browned. Make a few, some may split during roasting. You'll only need one.
Haroset is the food that reminds us of the mortar used by the Hebrew slaves to build the monuments of Egypt. It is sweet because even the bitterest of labor seems sweet when we know redemption is near. I don't have a recipe, but just chop apples into small pieces, add crushed walnuts, a little wine, some honey (use sugar instead if very small children will be eating it--honey can cause botulism in babies.), cinnamon, and some apple sauce until it is the amount you want and the consistency of mortar. We like this, so we make a large batch and have it for supper, too.
Each person needs a bowl for ceremonial washing, and a bowl of salted water for dipping. Float a lemon slice in the washing water and a parsley sprig in salted water, so participants can tell them apart. You can place a set of bowls on the table for each person, or for every other person, to share.
Be sure to set a complete extra place setting, for Elijah.
Start the seder just after sunset, so the little ones don't get sleepy. This is their night! Over and over in Scripture we see the purpose of the Passover is to teach our children. It should be a fun and joyous experience. Don't let it drag out too long. Keep it moving. Wait until morning, or during preparation, for explanations.
The elements should be eaten in haste, no longer than 4 minutes each.
There is an "intermission" in the seder, when you will eat dinner. Make the dinner ahead of time and keep it warm, or make something that can be cooking unattended, so mom can relax and enjoy the seder. She should not be coming and going to check on the food.
It is traditional to wear a head covering, to remind yourself of the authority of God over you. You can make a simple yarmulke (skull cap) for your boys by cutting circles out of felt (about the size of a coffee filter). Use zig-zag scissors to make it fancy, if you like. Cut a straight line halfway through, and fold to make almost a cone shape. Pull the point down inside a little, so it is flatter at the top. Stitch together or glue with fabric glue. You can cover your little girls' heads with a pretty scarf.
This haggadah, or Passover Play, was written for my family. You will need a copy for each reading member who will be participating. Adult #1 is my husband, Adult #2 is me, Adult #3 is our oldest child, who is a teenager. The children are listed oldest to youngest, with the littlest ones having no reading parts. You can assign "parts" any way you wish. The songs listed are the ones we sing. You can substitute your own favorites, or omit, except for Dayenu, which is traditional. If you don't know Dayenu, you can just read the words and shout "Dayenu!" (pronounced, "Die-ay-new")
It is also traditional to recite the Hallel, Psalm 113, before drinking the fourth cup.
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Passover Items Checklist
For the leaven search:
Spoon, feather and candle per each child, paper bag, matches
For the seder:
Haggadah
Yarmulkes for the boys/men
Head coverings for the girls/women
Matzo linen
Seder plate
Wine glasses for everyone, plus one for Elijah
Plates for everyone, plus Elijah
2 Candles for the table
2 bowls per person (one for salt water, one for lemon water), or you can put one between each two place settings
Wine/grape juice
Shank bone
Roasted egg
Sliced boiled egg
Matzo
Parsley
Horseradish
Haroset (chopped apples, mixed with honey, walnuts, applesauce, wine and cinnamon)
Salt for salt water
Lemon for wash water
Prizes for afikoman for each child (or you can use money)
You will also need to purchase food for dinner.
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In Remembrance of Jesus!
Haggadah
By Kathryn Frazier
For my babies
"This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD- a lasting ordinance." Exodus 12:14
"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.' In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; 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." 1st Corinthians 11:24-26
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION® . Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. The "NIV" and "New International Version" trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by International Bible Society. Use of either trademark requires the permission of International Bible Society.
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Adult #1: Our Father God in heaven, we know that you are the source of all things. We set this night aside to remember the mighty acts You have done as you took care of your people. With the people that we love, and with these symbols of our joy, we come together for this sacred celebration. With all the household of faith, we are linked to the past and bonded together for eternity.
To all: This is the time to rid our hearts and lives of any sin or distractions that may separate us from fellowship with God. Take a moment to make sure that your heart is right with God before we continue.
(moment of silent prayer )
Light the candles.
THE BLESSINGS OVER THE CANDLES
Hostess: (covering eyes with her hands): Blessed are You, O Lord, our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us in Jesus, in whose Name we light the festival lights.
ALL: Blessed are you, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who has kept us alive and sustained us, and has brought us to this festive season.
THE CUP OF SANCTIFICATION
Adult #1: Just as purging yeast from our home makes the house holy, confession makes the person holy, and lighting the candles makes the day holy.
Now the first cup of wine makes the meal holy.
The first cup is the Cup of Sanctification. It is our faith in Jesus, the Messiah of Israel, and the Savior of the world, that sanctifies us to live separate, holy lives. Let us take it together and set apart this day.
ALL: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who makes the fruit of the vine.
Each person drinks from his own cup at the same time.
WASHING THE HANDS
Adult #2: The ancient rules said that hands had to be washed before dipping food into liquid. So let us now wash our hands.
Everyone ceremonially washes his hands in the bowl of water that is set on the table for this purpose.
REBIRTH AND RENEWAL
Adult #2: The wine is red, like the blood of the Passover lamb, and like the blood of Jesus. The greens (holds up greens) are for the hyssop that they used to apply the blood to the doorposts. The salt water (holds up salt water) is for the tears that God's people cried when they were slaves in Egypt, and the waters of the Red Sea that God parted to allow His people to cross to safety. We dip the greens in the salt water.
All take a sprig of green from the seder plate and dip into the salt water and eat.
ALL: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the earth.
BREAKING THE MIDDLE MATZO
Adult #1 lifts up the container of matzo.
Adult #1: The unleavened bread we use at the seder is kept in linen. The linen has three places to hold three matzos. This shows unity: three in one. Do you know Someone who is three in one? (allow children to answer)
Adult #1 takes out the middle matzo, holds it up, and breaks it in two. He puts back the smaller piece between the other two matzos in the linen. Then he wraps the bigger piece.
Adult #2: The middle matzo is broken and the small part replaced. The bigger piece is called the afikoman, "that which comes after".
Child #1: The middle matzo being broken reminds us of Jesus, who is the second person of God, and gave His body for us.
Adult #3: We're going to hide the afikoman until after dinner. Later, we can share it. I wonder who will find it? Everyone close your eyes!
Children close their eyes as adult hides the afikoman.
Adult #1: (holding up the matzo linen) This is the bread of affliction that God's people ate in Egypt. Then God's people were slaves, now we are free! We celebrate Passover this year in Tampa, but maybe next year in the New Jerusalem.
Adult #3: God allowed His people to become hungry in the wilderness, so that He could test their hearts. Then He gave them manna. Who knows what manna was? (allow children to answer)
Child #2: God always gives us what we need.
Child #1: We are free people, so let's share what we have with others.
ALL: Give thanks to the Lord. His mercies are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness.
TELLING THE STORY
The Four Questions
Adult #3: Exodus 12:26-27 says, "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'." The four questions help us tell the story.
Adult #2: Mah nish-ta-nah ha-lai-lah hazeh mikol ha-lay-lot? This means…
CHILDREN: Why is this night different from all other nights?
Child #3: On all other nights we eat leavened or unleavened bread, why only unleavened on this night?
Child #2: On all other nights we eat any kind of vegetable. Why tonight the maror, the bitter herbs?
Child #1: On all other nights we don't dip our vegetables even once. Why do we dip two times on this night?
Child #2: On all other nights, we eat sitting up. Why on this night do we recline?
Adult #3: On this night, we eat matzo to remind us of how fast God delivered His people from slavery. It was so fast that there wasn't even time for the bread to rise. We get the yeast out of our house to remind us to get sin out of our lives.
We remember that when Jesus comes, it will be fast! In the twinkling of an eye, as a thief in the night, and we want to be ready when He comes for us.
Adult #2: On this night we eat maror to remind us that slavery is bitter, whether the slavery is to a people, like in Egypt, or to sin in our lives.
Adult #1: On this night, we dip the greens into the salt water to think about the tears shed in bondage. We dip the matzo in the haroset to show the sweetness of freedom. The LORD turns our sadness into joy.
Adult #3: On this night we recline, because we are free. That is what free people did in ancient times.
Adult #1: To experience the freedom of Passover, we must first experience the affliction.
Child #1: God told Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse: and all peoples of the earth will be blessed through you." Genesis 21:1-3
Adult #2: "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." Romans 4:3
Child #3: Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Adult #3: God said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."
Adult #1: Israel had twelve sons. The twelve sons of Israel became the twelve tribes of Israel. Israel's son Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt, but God blessed him and he became a ruler, second in command only to Pharaoh.
Adult #2: After Joseph died, a new Pharaoh, who did not know Joseph, came to power. He made slaves of God's people and treated them cruelly. God's people cried out to God to help them.
ALL: God hears our cries!
Child #3: "By faith Moses' parents hid him…"
Child #1: "By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward." Hebrews 11:24-26
Adult #1: "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 into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey'." Exodus 3:7-8
Adult #2: God brought His people out of Egypt with a mighty Hand and an outstretched Arm.
ALL: God hears our cries!
THE TEN PLAGUES
Adult #1:
The ten plagues that God sent on the Egyptians punished them for mistreating His people, and showed that the gods of Egypt were not real gods. There is only true God, the King of the Universe.
Adult #2: The plagues on Egypt were the result of their own sin. Do we rejoice because they were punished? (allow children to answer) No. We know they suffered, and we feel sadness for them.
Adult #1: A full cup of wine is for joy. As we talk about the plagues, we take a little bit of wine out of our cups, because of the sadness of the plagues.
As we say each plague, dip your finger into your cup, take a drop, and place it onto your plate.
ALL:
Blood [dip and drip]
Frogs [dip and drip]
Lice [dip and drip]
Flies [dip and drip]
Disease [dip and drip]
Boils [dip and drip]
Hail [dip and drip]
Locusts [dip and drip]
Darkness [dip and drip]
Death of the firstborn [dip and drip]
Adult #1: Lord God Almighty, we thank you for delivering your people from these plagues, and we ask for your continued mercy and protection.
Adult #2: Dayenu means "it would have been enough". If God had only done one of His mighty acts, it would have been enough, "Dayenu!"
DAYENU!
[Take turns reading the verses. After each verse, sing the chorus to Dayenu]
If God had only delivered from slavery, but had not punished the Egyptians, dayenu!
If He had led through the Red Sea, but not provided in the wilderness, dayenu!
If He had provided in the wilderness, but not given us the Torah, dayenu!
If He had given us the Torah, but not the New Testament, dayenu!
If He had provided Jesus as our Passover, but didn't show us how to live, dayenu!
If He had given us eternal life, but not given us His Holy Spirit, dayenu!
If He had given us His Spirit, but were not coming for us someday, dayenu!
ALL: BUT HE IS COMING FOR US!
[Sing chorus twice at the end]
THE THREE ESSENTIALS
Adult #1: The three essentials of the Passover are: the pesach (the Passover Lamb), the matzo (the unleavened bread), and the maror (the bitter herb).
[lifting shank bone] This represents the Passover lamb that was sacrificed. It's blood was applied to the doorposts of the homes of God's people. When the angel of death saw the blood applied, he passed over, and did them no harm.
Child #1: It also reminds us of the blood of Jesus. When we apply His blood to our souls by trusting in Him, death cannot hurt us, either.
Adult #2: [lifting the matzo linen] The matzo reminds us of how fast God delivered His people. They didn't even have time to allow their bread to rise.
Child #2: It also reminds us that even when He was tempted, Jesus didn't have any sin.
Adult #3: [lifting seder plate] The maror reminds us that slavery is bitter.
Child #1: It also reminds us that slavery to sin is bitter.
Child #3: But we can be free.
ALL: "Freed by the Son we are free indeed!"
THE CUP OF DELIVERANCE
Adult #1: The second cup is the cup of deliverance.
All raise the second cup.
Adult #1: Blessed are You, O LORD, our God, King of the Universe, who delivered us from judgment, and brought us to this night. So You will carry us to other celebrations in the place prepared for us by Jesus, and in the New Jerusalem.
ALL: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, who makes the fruit of the vine.
All drink from the second cup.
SONG: Horse and Rider
WASHING THE HANDS
Adult #2: Now we wash hands to prepare to eat the Passover elements.
Everyone washes hands in the bowls provided.
Adult #1: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the universe who has commanded us to eat the Passover.
PARTAKING OF THE ELEMENTS
Adult #1: Let us share the elements in the ancient tradition, just as Jesus did when He was on earth. [raising the matzo linen]
ALL: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.
Adult #1 breaks small pieces from the upper and middle matzos, and passes a piece to each person.
ALL: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has commanded us to eat unleavened bread.
All eat quickly.
Adult #2: We remember the bitterness of slavery by eating maror.
Adult #1:
It was at this point in the seder that Jesus pointed out that Judas would betray Him. He said, "the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish." As soon as Judas took the bread, satan entered into him. It was a bitter end for Judas, as he became enslaved to his own sin.
Adult #1 breaks bottom matzo into pieces and dips into the maror. After each piece is dipped, he passes it to someone, until the last piece he dips for himself. Everyone waits until after the blessing to eat.
ALL: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has commanded us to eat maror.
All eat quickly.
Adult #1: Now we'll put it all together. I will give you two pieces of matzo, and you make a little sandwich out of matzo, maror, and haroset.
Adult #1 breaks off two pieces of matzo for each person and passes them out. Each person makes a sandwich of matzo, maror, and haroset.
ALL: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, who turns our mourning into dancing.
All eat quickly.
Adult #3: [holding up the roasted egg] The roasted egg reminds us of the blood sacrifices, and of the destruction of the Temple in 70AD.
Child #3: "It is the blood that makes atonement for one's life" Leviticus 17:11
Child #2: The blood of animals only covered sins. It didn't wash them away. The blood of Jesus washed away our sins forever. "And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins." Hebrews 10:18
Adult #1: The egg also is for the second Passover sacrifice, a freewill offering. It was given out of the desire to have good fellowship with God. To remind us that sacrifice costs us something, and sometimes comes with tears, we dip the egg into salt water.
Everyone dips slice of egg into salt water and eats.
Adult #1: Now, it's time to eat! So, we'll take a little break, have dinner, and then finish the seder.
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SERVE DINNER AND RELAX DURING THIS TIME.
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REDEEMING THE AFIKOMAN
After dinner, allow the children to search for the afikoman. When it is found, it must then be held for ransom by the children, who negotiate for a present or money, before handing it over. The seder cannot continue until the afikoman is redeemed.
Pour the third cup of wine.
Adult #1: The matzo is called "echad" which means unity. The middle part of the matzo is the afikoman. [holding up the afikoman] The afikoman was broken, hidden away, and brought back. To redeem it, a ransom had to be paid.
Adult #2: Jesus is the second Person of the Trinity. Moses called Him "echad"! His body was broken, buried and brought back to life!
Adult #1: [distributes a piece of the afikoman to each person] The afikoman is our dessert. It is the last thing we taste, to help us remember God's deliverances in the past, the present, and the future.
ALL: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.
Adult #1: Then Jesus gave a new commandment, and said, "Take, eat, this is My Body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
All eat the afikoman.
Adult #3: "When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land He has given you." Deuteronomy 8:10
Adult #1: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, who feeds the whole world by Your grace. We thank you for our plentiful land and for the freedom that we enjoy.
ALL: We thank You, God, for Your promises, for Your commands and for Your love.
Adult #2: We have remembered the past, how God brought His people out of Egypt. Now we think about the future. Just as God kept His promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, He will keep His promises to us. We look forward to the coming Kingdom of Jesus, when we will live in peace and freedom from sin.
THE CUP OF REDEMPTION
Adult #1: The third cup is the Cup of Redemption. It is because of God's promise to Moses, " I will redeem you with an outstretched arm."
Adult #2: "No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him--the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough--that he should live on forever and not see decay" Psalm 49:7-9
Child #1: "But God will redeem us from the grave! He will take us to Himself!" Psalm 49:15
Adult #3: We look forward to the day when God says, "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD', because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." Jeremiah 31:33-34
All raise the third cup.
Adult #1: Jesus said, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
ALL: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, who makes the fruit of the vine.
All drink.
SONG: Nothing but the Blood of Jesus
ELIJAH'S PLACE
Adult #1: A place has been set at the table but not used. It is for Elijah. The prophet Malachi said that Elijah would come to warn people of God's judgment before the Messiah came.
Adult #2: We open the door, to see if Elijah will come and announce the coming of Messiah Jesus. We open the door to show our trust in God, and to warn others that He is coming again, but the next time, He will come in judgment.
Child opens the door. Door remains open until the following is completed:
Adult #1: Not unto us, O LORD, but to Your Name be the glory, because of Your love and faithfulness!
ALL: Why do the nations say, "where is their God?" Our God is in heaven; He does whatever pleases Him.
Adult #1: You who fear Him, trust in the LORD. He is your help and shield.
ALL: The LORD remembers us and will bless us. He will bless those who fear Him.
Child shuts the door.
THE CUP OF PRAISE
Pour the fourth cup.
Adult #1:
The fourth cup is the Cup of Praise. It is also called the Cup of the Kingdom. Jesus didn't take this cup.
Adult #2: Jesus said, "I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom."
Adult #3: After praying that it might pass from Him, he took another cup, the wrath of God, instead.
All raise the fourth cup.
Adult #1: In thanksgiving for the eternal life that God has given us, and because we look forward to a better festival in His coming Kingdom, we raise the Cup of Praise.
ALL: Blessed are You, O LORD our God, King of the Universe, who makes the fruit of the vine.
All drink.
Song: Soon and very soon (we are going to see the King)
ALL: "I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,
and I am saved from my enemies." [Psalm 18:3]
Adult #1: The seder is now complete. We have been privileged to partake of it, and may we be so privileged in the future.
ALL: Next year in the rebuilt Jerusalem!
All hold hands and sing a hymn. "Blessed Be the Tie That Binds"