To show that we are a free people, we pour the cups of wine for each other, no one pouring his or her own cup.

We enter in sanctity to this gathering by saying a blessing over the first cup of wine.

Baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech haolam\ borei^ p’ri hagofen*.

Blessed are you HASHEM our Mighty One, Sovereign of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech haolam shehecheyanu v’kimanu v’higianu lazman, lazman hazeh

Blessed are you HASHEM our Mighty One, Sovereign of the universe, who as breathed life into us, sustained us and enabled us to reach this occasion.


haggadah Section: Kadesh
Source: Original, Siddur Tehilat Hashem and The Santa Cruz Haggadah