Psalm 113

LEADER:  Praise the Lord!  Praise, O servants of the Lord.  Praise the name of the Lord.

ALL:  Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth and forever.

LEADER: From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised.

ALL:  The Lord is high above all nations; His glory is above the heavens.

LEADER:  WHo is like the Lord our G-d?  Who is enthroned on high?

ALL:  Who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth

LEADER: He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap,

ALL: To make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.

LEADER: He makes the barren woman abide in the house as a joyful mother of children.

ALL: Praise the Lord!

Psalm 118:

ALL:  Blessed are You, O Lord our G-d, King of the Universe; You bring forth bread from the earth.

[Distribute the upper Matzoh and the half of the middle Matzoh not hidden.]

ALL:  Blessed are You, O Lord our G-D, King of the Universe; You have sanctified us by Your commandments and commanded us to eat unleavened bread.

[ALL eat Matzoh.]

[Distribute and combine Maror & Charoses.  Save some enough Maror for later.]

LEADER: We now eat the Bitter Herbs, combined with Charoses.  We recall the bitterness of slaver but in the Charoses, the sweetness of G-d's redemption.  We recite the blessing:

ALL:  Blessed are You, O Lord our G-D, King of the Universe; You have sanctified us by Your commandments and commanded us to eat the Bitter Herbs.

[ALL eat Herbs & Haroses]

[LEADER: distribute bottom Matzoh.  ALL: place some Bitter Herbs and Charoses between two pieces of Matzoh and say the following:]

ALL:  In memory of the Temple, as Hillel did in days of old, we combine Matzoh and Bitter Herbs and eat them together.

[ALL eat]

[serve dinner]


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Source: Family Haggadah