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any time and in its sole discretion, by posting a change notice or a new agreement on the Haggadot.com Site. In the
event of substantive changes to this TOS, you may be notified by email. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your
only recourse is to not use the Site and the Haggadot.com Service. Your continued use of the Haggadot.com Site following
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The Haggadot.com Service.
Haggadot.com provides a number of Internet-based services through the Site as well as any other Haggadot.com affiliate
websites, digital content, mobile applications, online service or anywhere the TOS are shown (all such services,
collectively, the "Haggadot.com Service"). One such service enables users to create customized products, including
without limitation, merchandise and books (collectively, "Products"). Haggadot.com users may create and purchase
individual Products for their own personal use. Haggadot.com may offer a number of other services on its Site, including
without limitation, message boards, contests, and newsletters, which may change from time to time.
Use of the Web Site and Haggadot.com Service.
Eligibility. Haggadot.com will only knowingly provide the Haggadot.com Service to parties that can lawfully enter into
and form contracts under applicable law. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 13 years of age, you may use the
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Compliance with TOS and Applicable Law. You must comply with all of the terms and conditions of this TOS, the applicable
agreements and policies referred to below, and all applicable laws, regulations and rules when you use the Haggadot.com
Service and the Site.
Your License to Use the Web Site and the Haggadot.com Service.
Haggadot.com solely and exclusively owns all intellectual property and other rights, title and interest in and to the
Haggadot.com Service and Site, except as expressly provided for in these TOS. For example and without limitation,
Haggadot.com owns the copyrights in and to the Site, and certain technology used in providing the Haggadot.com Service.
You will not acquire any right, title or interest therein under this TOS or otherwise to any intellectual property owned
by Haggadot.com.
Haggadot.com grants you a limited revocable license to access and use the Site and the Haggadot.com Service for your own
personal purposes, subject to your compliance with this TOS. This license does not include the right to collect or use
information contained on the Site for purposes prohibited by Haggadot.com; to compete with Haggadot.com; to create
derivative works based on the content of the Site; or download or copy the Site (other than page caching). If you use
the Site in a manner that exceeds the scope of this license or you breach this TOS, Haggadot.com may revoke the license
granted to you.
This Section 2.3 does not pertain to your intellectual property rights. For information regarding your intellectual
property rights, please see Section 4.
Third-Party Content: Wherever Haggadot.com websites, online services, and digital content make reference to third party
organizations or include information, content, or graphics from third parties, Haggadot.com assumes third-party content
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third-party content. If you decide to access any other websites linked to or from this website, you do so entirely at
your own risk.
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Haggadot.com does not control those third parties or their services, and you agree that Haggadot.com will not be liable
to you in any way for your use of such services. These third parties may have their own terms of use and other policies.
You must comply with such terms and policies as well as this TOS when you use those services. If any such terms or
policies conflict with Haggadot.com's TOS, agreements, or policies, you must comply with Haggadot.com's TOS, agreements,
or policies, as applicable.
General Rules.
Prohibited Use. You may only use the Haggadot.com Service as expressly permitted by Haggadot.com. You may not cause harm
to the Site or the Haggadot.com Service. Specifically, but not by way of limitation, you may not: (i) interfere with the
Haggadot.com Service by using viruses or any other programs or technology designed to disrupt or damage any software or
hardware; (ii) modify, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any technology used to
provide the Haggadot.com Service; (iii) use a robot, spider or other device or process to monitor the activity on or
copy pages from the Site, except in the operation or use of an internet "search engine," hit counters or similar
technology; (iv) collect electronic mail addresses or other information from third parties by using the Haggadot.com
Service; (v) impersonate another person or entity; (vi) use any meta tags, search terms, key terms, or the like that
contain Haggadot.com's name or trademarks; (vii) engage in spamming or any activity that interferes with another user's
ability to use or enjoy the Haggadot.com Service; (viii) assist or encourage any third party in engaging in any activity
prohibited by this TOS; (ix) upload to, transmit through, or display any material that is unlawful, fraudulent,
threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or that infringes any third party’s
intellectual property rights or any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information of any third party; (x)
upload, transmit, or display any advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, investment
opportunities, or other unsolicited commercial communications (unless expressly permitted); (xi) display adult nudity or
inappropriate child nudity; (xii) use the Site for sale of goods or services; or (xiii) upload photographs or other
content depicting images or people who have not given permission to have their photographs or images uploaded to a share
site.
Privacy Policy. By entering into this TOS, you agree to Haggadot.com's collection, use and disclosure of your personal
information in accordance with the Privacy Policy as amended from time to time.
Password Security. You are solely responsible for protecting the security and confidentiality of the password and
identification assigned to you. You shall immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or
identification or any other breach or threatened breach of this website’s security.
Ordering Policies. If you purchase Products, you agree to do so in accordance with Haggadot.com's ordering policies and
instructions on the Site. Your order constitutes an obligation to pay, subject to acceptance by Haggadot.com at our sole
discretion. Your order is accepted by us when we ship the goods to you. An order confirmation does not signify our
acceptance of your order, but merely confirms receipt of your order. We will send you a shipment confirmation once your
order is accepted. Haggadot.com reserves the right to cancel any order prior to delivery at our sole and absolute
discretion, whether or not you have already been charged. If your order is canceled pursuant to this section, and you
have already been charged, Haggadot.com will automatically issue a refund to you. As the products are individually
produced, an approximate availability and delivery time are shown alongside the product description prior to order
completion. The products will be delivered as soon as they are available. The times are estimates only and cannot be
guaranteed. At the latest, delivery will occur within thirty (30) days from acceptance of your order by Haggadot.com.
Please note that Haggadot.com is not able to deliver to all regions worldwide. All prices are subject to the delivery
charges, as well as any applicable taxes, duties, fees, or levies. Haggadot.com reserves the right to change the prices
published on the Services at any time. However, orders already submitted to us will not be affected by such changes.
Title to the Products you purchase passes to you when the Products are delivered to the common carrier.
Create and Buy General Rules and License.
Description. As part of the Haggadot.com Service, Haggadot.com offers a service (the "Create & Buy Service") that allows
you to upload images, video, audio, data, and other content as well as text, files, and works of authorship
(collectively, "Content") to the Site to create, produce, and purchase Products featuring the uploaded Content for your
own use. “Content” also includes without limitation, any Content that you contribute or share with other members through
the Site.
Delivery of Content. You will upload or deliver to Haggadot.com all Content that you want to use with the Create & Buy
Service in accordance with the applicable instructions on the Site. Haggadot.com may, in its sole and exclusive
discretion, determine whether any Content complies with such instructions and is satisfactory for use with the Create &
Buy Service.
Ownership of your Content. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise possess all necessary rights with respect
to the Content and that the Content does not and will not infringe, misappropriate, use, or disclose without
authorization or otherwise violate any copyright, trademark, trade secret right, or other intellectual property or other
property right of any third party.
Use of Likeness. You consent to the use of your likeness, and you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or
permission of every identifiable individual who appears in the Content to use such individual’s likeness, for purposes
of using and otherwise exploiting the Content in the manner contemplated by these TOS. If any such identifiable
individual is under the age of eighteen (18), you have obtained such written consent, release, and/or permission from
such individual’s parent or guardian. You agree to provide a copy of any such consents, releases, and/or permissions
upon our request.
Licensing Your Content to Haggadot.com. You will retain ownership of the Content that you upload to the Site. You hereby
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sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right and license to: (i) use such Content, in all media existing now or created
in the future, as Haggadot.com deems necessary to enable you to use the Create & Buy Service to create, produce, and
purchase Products; (ii) with respect to any Content that you expressly designate as being “public,” to link to, use,
reproduce, create derivative works from, license, sublicense, distribute, print, publicly display, and otherwise utilize
your Content including, without limitation, making your Content available to the Haggadot.com community. Please note
that, while you retain ownership of your Content, any template or layout in which you arrange or organize your Content
through tools and features made available through the Site or the Haggadot.com Service are not proprietary to you, and
the rights to such template or layout are reserved to Haggadot.com.
Licensing Your Content to other Haggadot.com Members. Except for any of your Content that you specify as “private”
during the submission process, you also hereby grant all other members of the Haggadot.com community a non-exclusive,
worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable license to use, copy, publicly display, create derivative works from, and otherwise
communicate and distribute your Content for any purpose on or through the Site or the Haggadot.com Service and/or in the
Haggadot.com member’s own products. You acknowledge and agree that any such Haggadot.com member can exercise the
foregoing rights without further notice, payment, or attribution to you. For avoidance of doubt, any of your Content
that you designate as “public” will not be limited to any restricted purpose and is provided on a non-proprietary and
non-confidential basis and will be generally accessible by other users of the Site and Haggadot.com Service.
Reservation of Rights.
Monitoring. Haggadot.com reserves the right, but does not assume the obligation, to monitor transactions and
communications that occur through the Site. If Haggadot.com determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that you or
another Haggadot.com user will breach a term or condition of this TOS or that such transaction or communication is
inappropriate, Haggadot.com may cancel such transaction or take any other action to restrict access to or the
availability of any material that may be considered objectionable, without any liability to you or any third party.
Modification of the Service. Haggadot.com reserves the right to modify the organization, structure or "look and feel" of
the Haggadot.com Service or the Site, and may change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Haggadot.com Service at
any time without any liability to you or any third party. Haggadot.com shall have complete discretion over the features,
functions, prices and other terms and conditions on which the Haggadot.com Service is offered to Haggadot.com users.
Submissions.
When you submit questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, message board postings, material submitted via web forms,
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will have no obligation to keep any Submissions confidential. You will not bring a claim against Haggadot.com based on
"moral rights" or the like arising from Haggadot.com's use of a Submission. This Section does not apply to your Content
that you use in connection with the Create & Buy Service. Any personal information you submit is covered by our Privacy
Policy.
You shall not upload, distribute, or otherwise publish through this website any content, information, or other material
that (a) violates or infringes the copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary rights of any
person; (b) is libelous, threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, pornographic, or could give rise to any civil or
criminal liability under U.S. or international law; or (c) includes any bugs, viruses, worms, trap doors, Trojan horses
or other harmful code or properties.
Haggadot.com reserves the right to immediately remove any content it deems offensive, or in violation of these Terms and
Conditions. Haggadot.com also reserves the right to remove a user account, without notice, if the user has been found to
pose a threat to other users or has violated any rule laid out in the Terms and Conditions.
Copyright and Trademark Issues
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copyrights and trademarks and expect users of our Site and Haggadot.com Services to do the same. The Digital Millennium
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internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that any material used or
displayed on or through our Site or the Haggadot.com Services infringes your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us
a notice requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. The notice must include the following
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a single notification, a representative list of such works);
identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity, and information
reasonably sufficient to allow us to locate the material on our Site and/or the Haggadot.com Services;
the name, address, telephone number and email address (if available) of the complaining party;
a statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is
not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining
party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
If you believe in good faith that a notice of copyright infringement has been wrongly filed against you, the DMCA
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Haggadot.com Services, should be sent to:
Haggadot.com
PO Box 385
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
[email protected]
Upon receipt of a compliant DMCA Takedown Notice, Haggadot.com will investigate the claim, take appropriate action and
serve the notice on our member. If a member submits a DMCA Counter-Notice, Haggadot.com will forward such notice to the
party that submitted the relevant DMCA Takedown Notice and allow the member to repost the disputed content after 10
days, as provided by law. Haggadot.com reserves the right to terminate the account of any member who repeatedly
infringes the copyright rights of others, as determined in Haggadot.com’s sole discretion.
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warrants to you: (i) that you or it has the full power and authority to enter into and perform under this TOS, (ii) the
execution and performance of your or its obligations under this TOS does not constitute a breach of or conflict with any
other agreement or arrangement by which you or it is bound, and (iii) this TOS is a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the party entering into this TOS, enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions.
By You. In addition to any other representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, You represent and warrant
to Haggadot.com that, in your use of the Haggadot.com Service, you: (i) will not infringe the copyright, trademark,
patent, trade secret, right of privacy, right of publicity or other legal right of any third party, and (ii) will comply
with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. You further represent and warrant to Haggadot.com that: (i) there are
no claims, demands or any form of litigation pending, or to the best of your knowledge, threatened with respect to any
of your Content; (ii) Haggadot.com will not be required to make any payments to any third party in connection with its
use of your Content, except for the expenses that Haggadot.com incurs in providing the Haggadot.com Service; (iii) the
use of any instructions, formulae, recommendations, or the like contained in your Content will not cause injury to any
third party; and (iv) your Content does not contain viruses or any other programs or technology designed to disrupt or
damage any software or hardware.
Disclaimers and Exclusions.
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BASIS. Haggadot.com DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE, Haggadot.com SERVICE OR ITS USE: (i) WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, (ii) WILL BE FREE OF INACCURACIES OR ERRORS, (iii) WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR (iv) WILL OPERATE IN
THE CONFIGURATION OR WITH THE HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE YOU USE. Haggadot.com MAKES NO WARRANTIES OTHER THAN THOSE MADE
EXPRESSLY IN THESE TOS, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF TITLE, ACCURACY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ANY WARRANTIES
THAT MAY ARISE FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR USAGE OF TRADE.
Limitation of Liability.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER Haggadot.com, NOR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, OR AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY, “THE HAGGADOT PARTIES”)
SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
DAMAGES RELATING TO LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, USE, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL) ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR
CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE Haggadot.com SERVICE OR THIS TOS, BASED ON ANY CAUSE OF ACTION, OR FROM UNAUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR CONTENT OR DATA, EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL
PURPOSE AND EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FURTHERMORE, THE HAGGADOT PARTIES WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY
TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONTENT UPLOADED. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE
OR THE Haggadot.com SERVICE IS TO STOP USING THE SERVICES. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF THE HAGGADOT PARTIES SHALL BE THE ACTUAL PRICE PAID THEREFORE BY YOU. NOTE: CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS
MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR CERTAIN OTHER TYPES OF DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE
ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Indemnification.
You must indemnify and hold Haggadot.com and its employees, representatives, agents, affiliates, directors, officers,
managers and shareholders (the "Indemnified Parties") harmless from and against any and all claims, causes of action,
liabilities, damages, losses, expenses, and/or. costs (including without limitation, attorneys' fees) that arise
directly or indirectly out of or from: (i) your violation of these TOS or any other agreement or terms of use with us;
(ii) your violation of any representation or warranty contained herein or any applicable law; (iii) your Content; (iv)
your activities in connection with obtaining any products or services from us; or (v) any activity related to access to
or use of your account by you or any other person. The Indemnified Parties shall (a) promptly give you written notice of
the claim; (b) give you sole control of the defense and settlement of the claim against the Indemnified Parties (except
that you may not settle any claim against the Indemnified Parties without the express written consent of the Indemnified
Parties); and (c) give you reasonable assistance, at your expense.
Term and Termination.
Term. This TOS shall remain in full force and effect while you use the Site and Services.
Termination. In its sole discretion, with or without notice to you, Haggadot.com may: (i) suspend, limit your access to
or terminate your use of the Site and/or the Haggadot.com Service; (ii) suspend, limit your access to or terminate your
account; (iii) remove any of your Content from Haggadot.com's servers and directories; and (iv) prohibit you from using
the Haggadot.com Service and/or the Site. Upon termination for any reason, your right to access and/or use the Site
and/or the Haggadot.com Service will immediately cease.
Survival. Notwithstanding Section 12.2 above, this TOS will survive indefinitely unless and until Haggadot.com chooses
to terminate this TOS.
Effect of Termination. If you or Haggadot.com terminates your use of the Site or the Haggadot.com Service, Haggadot.com
may delete any Content or other materials relating to your use of the Haggadot.com Service on Haggadot.com's servers or
otherwise in its possession. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you understand that any Content you expressly designated as
being “Public” and that Haggadot.com or other users of the Site made available in other areas of the Site other than
your user profile (including, without limitation, in another user’s library) may not be deleted. Haggadot.com will have
no liability to you or any third party for any termination of your use of the Site or Service or for any deletion of
your Content or for any Content that was not deleted that remains on the Site.
Notice.
All notices required or permitted to be given under these TOS (other than in connection with Section 7) will be in
writing and delivered to the other party by any of the following methods: (i) U.S. mail, (ii) overnight courier, or
(iii) electronic mail. If you give notice to Haggadot.com, you must use the following addresses: 19 Worth St., Saratoga
Springs, NY 12866 [email protected] & [email protected]. If Haggadot.com provides notice to you, Haggadot.com will use
the contact information provided by you to Haggadot.com. All notices will be deemed received as follows: (i) if by
delivery by U.S. mail, seven (7) business days after dispatch, (ii) if by overnight courier, on the date receipt is
confirmed by such courier service, or (iii) if by electronic mail, 24 hours after the message was sent, if no "system
error" or other notice of non-delivery is generated. If applicable law requires that a given communication be "in
writing," you agree that email communication will satisfy this requirement.
Dispute Resolution.
All disputes arising out of, relating to or connected with these TOS or your use of any part of the Haggadot.com Service
will be exclusively resolved under confidential binding arbitration held in California, before and in accordance with
the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, by a sole arbitrator applying California law (without regard for
conflicts of law principles). The arbitrator's award will be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of
competent jurisdiction. Any action to enforce an arbitrator's award will be brought in a federal or state court located
in California. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the personal jurisdiction of the Federal and California State
courts. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section Can 14, Haggadot.com may seek equitable relief,
including, without limitation, injunctive relief and specific performance, without the requirement of posting a bond or
other security or proving money damages are insufficient, from a court of competent jurisdiction.
Miscellaneous.
These TOS will be binding upon each party hereto and its successors and permitted assigns, and governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of California without reference to conflict of law principles. This TOS is not
assignable or transferable by you without the prior written consent of Haggadot.com. This TOS (including all of the
policies and other Agreements described in this TOS, which are incorporated herein by this reference) contain the entire
understanding of the parties regarding its subject matter, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and
understandings between the parties regarding its subject matter. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right,
power or privilege under this TOS will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any
right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power,
or privilege. You and Haggadot.com are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, or
employee-employer relationship is intended or created by this TOS.
IT’S FIVE O’CLOCK IN ISRAEL
A short play for the seder
By: Jessica Weaver, Sarah Sweet and Stav Bendor
CHARACTERS
Narrator
Pharaoh
Advisor
“PARROTHEADS”
Slave / PARROTHEAD 1
Slave / PARROTHEAD 2
Slave / PARROTHEAD 3
Slave / PARROTHEAD 4
Slave / PARROTHEAD 5
Herald
Yocheved
Princess
Miriam
Toucan
God
Moses
Aaron
NARRATOR: The story of Moses has been told and retold. It is a reminder to the Jewish people – and to all of us – that it hasn’t always been five o’clock somewhere. Once we were all slaves to The Man, but now we all have our toes in the water, ass in the sand. We once thought climbing the corporate ladder was the ultimate goal, but now we party with a purpose. In our times of despair, it is important for us to remember that the heart of Margaritaville lives on in all of us.
And so, this year, as in all years before, for generation upon generation, we tell the story of Passover. Now, I invite you to chillax, grab a margarita, kick off your flip flops, and listen to this tale. We begin in corporate Egypt, nowhere near the beach….
PHARAOH: Advisor, bring me the latest census report. I want to know all the people who I rule over!
ADVISOR: Yes, boss. I have the numbers here.
PHARAOH: Let’s see. Nubians, Midians, yes, very good. Are there really that many Hebrews? Or as they like to call themselves, “Parrotheads”?
ADVISOR: Oh yes, boss. They are growing in number.
PHARAOH: Do you think that might be a danger? Perhaps they will challenge my rule (take PTO) – make demands. You know how these workers are always complaining about the size of the rocks for the new Pyramids. I am worried that they will band together to rise up against me!
ADVISOR: Yes, boss, you are right, we must do something to break their spirits.
PHARAOH: First, let’s start with something small. We’ll eliminate the free La Croix in the office refrigerator. If that doesn’t work, we’ll implement a closed-toed shoe dress code. If that doesn’t break them, then we’ll turn to harsher measures.
NARRATOR: The Parrotheads struggled to keep up with Pharaoh’s demands.
PARROTHEAD 1: My feet are killing me in these shoes. And they can’t breathe, oy! I can’t take this.
PARROTHEAD 2: I wish I could just put on my flip flops and lay on the beach. No team can work like this. We’ll fall over.
PARROTHEAD 3: Put your shoes back on, The Man is coming!
ADVISOR: Efficiency, people! We have to file 900 more papers by the end of the day. Hope you guys are ready for a late night!
PARROTHEAD 4: We are working as fast as we can, boss. Are you saying we’re going to miss happy hour?!
ADVISOR: Listen, smart aleck, I’ve got a lot of pressure on my shoulders. If The Man doesn’t get his papers, we’re all out of a job. As The Man says, “If you’re not stressed, you’re not working hard enough!”
PARROTHEAD 5: We haven’t had a break or a La Croix all day!
ADVISOR: And you are not going to get one! Why go to therapy when there’s bubble wrap?!
NARRATOR: We join Pharaoh back in his corner office on the top floor of a downtown skyrise.
PHARAOH: This is not good. We have way too many beach bums in these cubicles – er, streets.
They are not cut out for this corporate lifestyle. How do I know that in time of crisis they might not turn against us? I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead. I must find a way to get rid of these laid back hippies.
HERALD: Hear ye, hear ye. It is hereby decreed by Pharaoh, CEO of Intensive Labor and Bureaucracy, that any new Parrotheads in corporate Egypt be forced to dry off and renounce all beach vacations.
YOCHEVED: There is no way that I will let Pharaoh keep my baby off of island time. I will fly him to St. Somewhere.
NARRATOR: Yocheved put her baby into a giant hollowed out coconut, and hid it in the reeds by the river. She sent her young daughter Miriam to hide nearby and watch. Soon, the Princess (VP of Marketing) came down to the water to bathe.
PRINCESS: What is this? Let’s not let this baby waste away in Margaritaville. I will take him with me.
MIRIAM: We can’t have Moses becoming a corporate sellout, he should feel connected to the Jewish people and the beach life he comes from. Now that he’s on a strict 9-to-5 schedule, we’ll get close to him and crack the Princess. We’ll go fast enough to get there and slow enough to see.
NARRATOR: And so Yocheved’s son, Moses, grew up as the Pharaoh’s protege, with all the riches and prestige that such a position entailed. But still, Moses felt great pity for the Parrotheads-slash-enslaved-Jews. One day, he came across an Egyptian mocking a slave for wearing a Hawaiian shirt and flip flops. With a heart filled with rage, Moses attacked the guard and then he, too, set his clock to beach time. Of course, by doing so he was breaking the office dress code and would have to face Pharaoh as a consequence. So, he ran away to the beach and became a shepherd.
TOUCAN: caw-caw
NARRATOR: One morning, one of Moses’ toucan’s strayed from the B.E.A.C.H. (Best Escape Anyone Can Have). Moses followed the toucan all the way to the little tiki bar on the shore and came across a bush that was burning, but not being consumed. He turned to look at it, and God called out to him.
GOD: Moses
MOSES: Aloha!
GOD: I am God and I have seen the pain of the enslaved Jews in corporate Egypt. I’ve got a Caribbean soul I can barely control. I have come to deliver the Jews out of the hands of the Egyptians and that Pharaoh, and to bring them out of Egypt to a better place – Key West, Florida. Life has given the Parrotheads limes, now it’s time to make a margarita. And now, I will send you to Pharaoh so that you can deliver my people to the promised land.
MOSES: WAIT. I can’t do this. I blew out my flip flop and stepped on a pop top. I’m not ready to be the leader of the Parrotheads. The head Parrot.
GOD: May you always have a shell in your pocket and sand in your shoes.
MOSES: What should I tell the people? When they ask who sent me, what should I say? What is your name even?
GOD: ‘I AM THAT I AM’; Tell everyone and they will listen to you. I am Jimmy Buffett. Pour me something tall and strong, make it a hurricane before I go insane. It’s only half past twelve, but I don’t care. It’s five o’clock somewhere.
MOSES: Umm…
GOD: Yes, I am a pirate. Two hundred years too late. The cannons don’t thunder, there’s nothing to plunder. I’m an over 40 victim of fate.
MOSES: …..
GOD: Cheeseburger in paradise. Heaven on Earth with an onion slice. Not too particular, not too precise. I’m just a cheeseburger in paradise.
MOSES: Those aren’t kosher.
GOD: Take life with a grain of salt. Several of them. All around the rim of my glass.
MOSES: Is this going to be done any time soon?
GOD: I know that Pharaoh will not let you leave, except by a mighty hand. And I will put forth my hand and my Coral Reefer Band, and after that he will let you go.
MOSES: God, please. I can’t do it! What about my lispth. Can you pleasth thsend thomeone elth?
GOD: Change your attitude so we can change your latitude. What about Aaron? I know that he can speak well. He works like a captain, and plays like pirate Tell him about me, and put the words in his mouth. I will teach you both what you should do.
NARRATOR: And so Moses went to the Parrotheads, and told them how God promised them margaritas on every day that ended with a ‘y,’ and convinced them that God had spoken to him. He then went to the Pharaoh and told Aaron what to say.
AARON: Listen up, Pharaoh! We are here to demand, in the name of a really chillax God, that you release the Hebrew people from slavery.
PHARAOH: Good show, good show. So, Aaron and Moses, back after all of these years to bring shame on yourself? I could call you something, but I think I'll just call it a day.
AARON: You cared for my brother Moses for many years. At one time, he loved you. But he is the son of a Hebrew slave. Does that mean anything to you?! Breathe in, breathe out, move on Pharaoh. The Parrotheads are leaving.
NARRATOR: God sent many plagues to Egypt. He turned the water in the Nile to blood, he sent a plague of frogs, he sent lice and flies, and he made all the pineapples rot so they could no longer make piña coladas.
AARON: Now will you let my people go?
PHARAOH: No.
AARON: We’re getting paid by the hour, older by the minute. My boss just pushed me over the limit.
NARRATOR: Plague after plague continued to fall on Egypt. Cattle illness, boils, hail, locusts and darkness. Remarkably, the plagues only touched the corporate Egyptians. The Parrotheads were safe under their palm trees and 80 degrees.
AARON: Pharaoh, we don’t know what else we can do to make you see that eventually you’ll have to give in. God told Moses that the next plague will kill the firstborn of every Egyptian household. Don’t let this happen. Let my people go!
PHARAOH: I do not know your god, and I will not let your people go. It will never be five o’clock here. Get out!
NARRATOR: God came to Moses and had him tell the Jewish people to slay a lamb and mark their doors with its blood and a wear a lei around their neck. Then, the Angel of Death surfed over Egypt. He took the lives of all the firstborn, except for those in the homes marked with blood. It was devastating! The people of Egypt were saddened and horrified.
ALL SING:
Wasting Away in Plague-arita Ville
Nibbled on by locusts
Tryin’ to get some rest
All those Egyptians covered in boils
Blood on my six string
Frogs on my porch swing
All of our pineapples beginning to spoil
Wastin’ away again in Plague-aritaville
Searching for my long lost chance to bolt
Some people claim that there’s a firstborn to blame
But I know
*ba ba ba ba ba*
It’s Pharaoh’s fault
Darkness’ the reason
Lice here all season
Nothing to show but a sick cow or two
But it’s a real beauty
Wild animals have cooties
How they all got here I haven’t a clue
Wastin’ away again in Plague-aritaville
Searching for my long lost chance to bolt
Some people claim that there’s a firstborn to blame
But I know
*ba ba ba ba ba*
It’s Pharaoh’s fault
AARON: Pharaoh, we are sorry for your loss. There’s booze in the blender, and soon it will render. A concoction that will help you hang on. But now that you have seen how powerful God is, will you let my people go?
PHARAOH: You need a holiday. Take a holiday. Just go.
NARRATOR: In our seder, we fill our wine up to remember our joy in being able to escape corporate Egypt for Margaritaville. Yet our happiness is not complete, because the Egyptians suffered from the plagues, and eventually were killed so that we could be free. Therefore, we spill a drop of wine from our cups as we say each plague.
ALL: BLOOD, FROGS, LICE, BEASTS, CATTLE DISEASE, BOILS, HAIL, LOCUSTS, DARKNESS, PLAGUE OF THE FIRSTBORN
AARON: Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt and out of the house of bondage. Jimmy Buffett has brought you from this place, and he will lead you to the Promised Land.
MOSES: We must go quickly before Pharaoh changes his mind.
MIRIAM: Moses, we won’t yet have cut the pineapples!
AARON: It doesn’t matter, we have to cruise on back home.
PHARAOH: I have just let my Parrotheads fly free. This is not good for the people of Egypt. All that my fathers have worked for will vanish if I lose the Hebrew slaves. Who will build the pyramids? Who will build the cities? Who will organize the office happy hours? The entire economy of Egypt will collapse without the Hebrews. I WANT MY PARROTHEADS BACK.
HERALD: All soldiers and warriors – get your swords and armor. Saddle your horses. We’re going after them!
MIRIAM: Look! The Egyptians are coming! They will kill us all! Moses, DO SOMETHING!
MOSES: Do not be afraid. God has provided for us up to now, and he will continue to do so. Never give up for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
GOD: Lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall walk through the sea on dry land. On the other side is a beach and somewhere warm. And a very attractive cabana boy.
NARRATOR: Moses stretched out his staff, and the children of Israel walked through the parted waters. When Pharaoh’s armies followed in pursuit, the waters closed in on them and hit them all. Fins up!
MOSES: We made it across the Red Sea! We are free!
NARRATOR: And Miriam took a timbrel in her hand, and all of the women went out after her with timbrels and danced. Then, the Hebrew people followed Moses toward the Promised Land and dreamed in colors borrowed from the sea. Finally, Margaritaville is at peace.
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