Many Ashkenazim dip their fingers into the glass and spill the drops on a napkin or plate. Some have each person spill their drops one at a time into a special bowl, which is saved and poured out outside during the “pour out thy wrath” section later on. Others have only the seder leader pour large drops of wine directly from their glass into a bowl, with someone else simultaneously pouring water into the bowl; everyone else avoids looking at the bowl for fear of “being contaminated” by the “plague waters,” which are rushed to the toilet and poured out right away. Iraqi Jews often cover the table with a special second tablecloth while saying the ten plagues to protect the food. Some Indian Jews have only the leader pour wine out from a large, special “Pharaoh’s cup” and then rush to wash their hands to avoid contamination. In Libya, however, the “plague wine” is considered a powerful segula or good luck charm, and single girls who are looking to get married bathe their feet in everyone’s spilled wine, in hopes of finding a good match in the coming year.

Everyone removes a drop of wine or grape juice from their glasses as each plague is read. 

  דָם
dahm
blood


צְפַרְדֵעַ
tz’fardeya
frogs

כִּנִים  
keeneem

lice


עָרוֹב
                                                                                                                        arov
                                                                                                                     
beasts

דֶבֶר
dever
pestilence

שְׁחִין
sh’cheen
boils


  בָּרָד  
                                                                                                                   barad

fiery hail

אַרְבֶּה
arbeh
locusts

חשֶׁךְ
choshech
darkness


מַכַּת בְּכוֹרוֹת

makat bechorot 

slaying of the firstborn
 


haggadah Section: -- Ten Plagues
Source: Min Ha-Meitzar: An Abolitionist Haggadah from the Narrow Place by Noraa Kaplan