?מַה נִשְׁתַּנָה הַלַיְלָה הַזֶה מִכָּל הַלֵילוֹת
Ma nishtana ha-laila hazeh meekol ha-laylot?
What is different about this night from all other nights?

שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין חָמֵץ וּמַצָה, הַלַיְלָה הַזֶה, כֻּלוֹ מַצָה
Shebechol ha-laylot anoo ochleen chametz oo-matzah, chametz oo-matzah,
ha-laila hazeh, ha-laila hazeh, coolo matzah? 

On all other nights we eat chametz and matzah. 
Tonight, we only eat matzah?

שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין שְׁאָר יְרָקוֹת, הַלַיְלָה הַזֶה, מָרוֹר?
Shebechol ha-laylot anoo ochleen she’ar yerakot, she’ar yerakot
ha-laila hazeh, ha-laila hazeh, maror? 

On all other nights we eat all sorts of vegetables. 
Tonight, bitter herbs?

שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵילוֹת אֵין אָנוּ מַטְבִּילִין אֲפִילוּ פַּעַם אֶחָת, הַלַיְלָה הַזֶה, שְׁתֵּי פְעָמִים?
Shebechol ha-laylot eyn anoo matbeeleen afeeloo pa’am echat, afeeloo pa’am echat
ha-laila hazeh, ha-laila hazeh, shtey feyameem? 

On all other nights we don’t even dip vegetables once. 
Tonight, twice?

שֶׁבְּכָל הַלֵילוֹת אָנוּ אוֹכְלִין בֵּין יוֹשְׁבִין וּבֵין מְסֻבִּין, הַלַיְלָה הַזֶה, כֻּלָנוּ מְסֻבִּין?
Shebechol ha-laylot anoo ochleen beyn yoshveen oo-veyn mesubeen, beyn yoshveen oo-veyn mesubeen,
ha-laila hazeh, ha-laila hazeh, coolanoo mesubeen? 

On all other nights we eat sitting or reclining. 
Tonight, all of us recline?

Add some questions of your own to the traditional four. 

These questions have traditionally been asked by the youngest person at the seder, often a child. The seder is designed to stimulate children’s curiosity. It is an educational ritual, in a way that is alien to capitalist schooling. It asks us to learn from experience, from our ancestors, and from each other. Its pedagogy is believing everyone has wisdom to share, but questioning everything. The uninitiated may find the Haggadah’s repetition of Torah and Talmud stories to be dogmatic and irrelevant to modern-day radical study, but if we fulfill our commandment to see the Exodus as our own personal narrative, these stories become revolutionary. As Paulo Freire said, “The oppressed must be their own example in the struggle for their redemption.” 


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