Ma Nishtana

FOUR QUESTIONS

Mah nishtanah, ha-laylah ha-zeh,mi-kol ha-leylot

She-b'khol ha-leylot 'anu 'okhlin chameytz u-matzah,ha-laylah ha-zeh, kulo matzah

She-b'khol ha-leylot 'anu 'okhlin sh'ar y'rakot, ha-laylah ha-zeh, maror

She-b'khol ha-leylot 'eyn 'anu matbilin 'afilu pa`am 'achat, ha-laylah ha-zeh, shtey p`amim

She-b'khol ha-leylot 'anu 'okhlin beyn yoshvin u-veyn m'subin, ha-laylah ha-zeh, kulanu m'subin

מַה נִּשְׁתַּנָּה, הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה מִכָּל הַלֵּילוֹת

שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּאוֹכְלִין חָמֵץ וּמַצָּה הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה, כֻּלּוֹ מַצָּה

שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּאוֹכְלִין שְׁאָר יְרָקוֹת הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה, מָרוֹר

   שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אֵין אָנוּ מַטְבִּילִין אֲפִילוּ פַּעַםאֶחָת הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה, שְׁתֵּיפְעָמִים

שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אֵין אָנוּ מַטְבִּילִין אֲפִילוּ פַּעַםאֶחָת הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה, שְׁתֵּיפְעָמִים

שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵּילוֹת אָנוּאוֹכְלִין בֵּין יוֹשְׁבִין וּבֵין מְסֻבִּין הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּהכֻּלָּנוּמְסֻבִּין

Why is this night different from all the other nights;

That on all other nights we eat many vegetables, on this night, maror

That in all other nights we do not dip vegetables even once, on this night, we dip twice

That in all other nights  some eat sitting and others reclining, on this night, we are all reclining


haggadah Section: -- Four Questions