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U of Georgia Passover SederTRANSCRIPT
Co-Sponsored by Hillel at UGA and the Institute for African American Studies
The Institute for African American
Studies
African American and Jewish Relations
Rabbi Jacob Rothschild with Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois
4 cups of wine
FDR’s 4 Freedoms
First cup of wine
Baruch atah Adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam, borei p’ri ha-gafen
Blessed are You, Eternal One, who creates the fruit of the vine.
Freedom of speech and expression
Parsley and Salt WaterRepresents the sweat and tears of our
ancestors in bondage.
Baruch atah Adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam, borei p’ri ha-adamah
Blessed are You, Eternal One, who creates the fruit of the Earth
Maggid- Telling the story of Passover
The Four Questions
Why is this night different from all other nights?
Why is it that on all other nights during the year we eat either bread or matzah, but on this night we eat only matzah?
Why is it that on all other nights we eat all kinds of herbs, but on this night we eat only bitter herbs?
Why is it that on all other night we do not dip our herbs even once, but on this night we dip them twice?
Why is it that on all other nights we eat either sitting or reclining, but on this night we eat in a reclining position?
Second cup of wine
Baruch atah Adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam, borei p’ri ha-gafen
Blessed are You, Eternal One, who creates the fruit of the vine.
Freedom of worship
Matzah and Bitter Herbs
Baruch atah Adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, ha-motzi lechen
min ha-aretz
Blessed are You, Eternal One, who brings forth bread from the ground
Represents the bitterness our ancestors felt while being enslaved.
Matzah and Bitter Herbs
Baruch attah Adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, asher kid-shanu b'mitzvo-tav, ve-tzivanu al achilat
matzah.
Blessed are You, Eternal One, who has sanctified us with his
commandments, and has commanded us with the eating of matzah.
Third cup of wine
Baruch atah Adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam, borei p’ri ha-gafen
Blessed are You, Eternal One, who creates the fruit of the vine.
Freedom from want
Open the door to welcome Elijah!
Open the door to a peaceful, joyful future for all!
Fourth cup of wine
Baruch atah Adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam, borei p’ri ha-gafen
Blessed are You, Eternal One, who creates the fruit of the vine.
Freedom from fear
Hallel- Songs of Praise
“Dayenu”It would have been enough
Ilu hotzi hotzianu hotzianu mimitzrayim, hotzianu mimiztrayin, DAYENU
Ilu natan natan lanu, natan lanu et hashabat, natan lanu et hashabatDAYENU
Ilu natan natan lanu, natan lanu et hatorah, natan lanu et hatorahDAYENU
Let my people go!
When Israel was in Egypt’s land, Let my people go.
Oppressed so hard they could not stand, Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt land.Tell old Pharaoh: Let my people go.
Thus said the Lord, bold Moses said, Let my people go.
If not I’ll strike your firstborn dead,Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt land.Tell old Pharaoh: Let my people go.
No more shall they in bondage toil,Let my people go.
Let them come out with Egypt’s spoil,Let my people go
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt land.Tell old Pharaoh: Let my people go.
Next year in Jerusalem!