Shara Feit is a playwright, performer, and dramaturg whose play "little lives" was a finalist for the 2019 O'Neill Playwrights Conference. She was raised Modern Orthodox, and we are very grateful to her for dumbing herself down for a Haggadah curated by Reform Jews.

Before we begin in earnest, here’s a nice man from Toronto, Canada who is going to teach you about / how to sing Ha Lachma Anya. Start at 2:29 if you just wanna learn the tune.

Ha lachma anya di achalu avahatana b'ara d'Mitzrayim. Kal dichfin yeitei v'yeichul. Kal ditzrich yeitei v'yifsach. Hashata hacha, l'shanah haba'ah b'ara d'Yisrael. Hashata avdei. L'shana haba'ah b'nei chorin.

This is the bread of destitution/affliction* that our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Anyone who is famished should come and eat, anyone who is in need should come and partake of the Pesach sacrifice. Now we are here, next year we will be in the land of Israel; this year we are slaves, next year we will be free people.

*Shara is used to the translation “affliction.” Translation of the Aramaic courtesy of Sefaria.com


haggadah Section: Maggid - Beginning
Source: Shara Feit