Hello Readers! This Haggadah is made by Bella and Asaf and we are currently high schoolers. Our seder is focused around kindness and animal cruelty. The reason we chose this topic is because we wanted to educate the public on the issues that were surrounding animal cruelty and conscious eating. We want to encourage people to become more aware and explore the different food choices. People should start exploring the vegan diet which is not only a solution to the animal cruelty problem, but it is also much healthier for the environment and your body. We need to liberate these animals because we know what it feels to not be respected and treated fairly. As Jews, we want to be liberators as God liberated us from Egypt. When animals are killed for food, they are not killed in the most respected and comfortable way for the animal. They are killed in the most convenient way for the humans. By the way the humans kill the animals, they are completely disrespecting the animals as the Jews were disrespected in Egypt. Additionally, changing the way you eat not only benefits the animals, but also benefits yourself. Benefits of a vegan diet include lower risk of obesity, coronary heart disease, heart attacks, high blood pressure, diabetes, and some forms of cancer. Thank you for reading our Haggadah and we hope that you can adjust your eating diet in order to not support these industries that are brutally murdering these animals for food and being more conscious about what you eat!

Why do we eat much on this night and others eat little?
Why do we eat the unleavened bread and throw our leavened bread away instead of donating it to the food pantry?
Why do we dip our food into sauce and salt andcharosetwhile others may not even havea crumb to dip?
Why do we lay back, relax and eat the food that comes to us so easily while others work to buy bread for their family?

This clip originally appeared on Ritualwell.org.

Factory farming and consumption of animals/animal products are the #1 cause of destruction of the environment and climate change!

• Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than all transportation combined. 
• Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
• Methane is 25-100 times more destructive than CO2.  Methane has a global warming power 86 times that of CO2.
• Livestock is responsible for 65% of all emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas 296x more destructive than carbon dioxide and which stays in the atmosphere for 150 years.
• Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) water use ranges from 70-140 billion gallons annually.  Animal agriculture use ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons of water annually. 

Discuss.

1) Is there a connection between how we treat humans and how we treat animals? 

2) Does knowing where my food come from change my view on if I should or shouldn't eat it?

3) Why do we find it disgusting and disgraceful to eat a dog or a cat but ​normal and acceptable to murder a cow and eat it? (I'm not talking about looks, thats a personal preference) How can I call myself an animal lover when I slaughter animals for my own benefit?

4) Is there any way to humanly  murder   a life that does not want to die?

The Generous Child
The generous child knows all about food justice and donates much of their monthly allowance to charity. This child encourages their parents to volunteer, brings the most cans in during school food drives, and never eats too much.

The Spoiled Child
The spoiled child knows and understands food justice, but chooses not to care. This child is selfish, easily upset by not getting what they want, and is likely a picky eater. This child's catch phrases are “So what?!” and “That’s not my problem.”

The Stoical Child
The stoical child may know something about food justice, may care, but does absolutely nothing to help. This is the kid who writes "bring in cans" every day during the fundraiser in their planner, but forgets each time.

The Child Who Doesn’t Know
The child who doesn’t know is the kid who lives life happily and ignorantly with absolutely no clue that there are people who don’t/can’t do the same. This child may have an overprotective parent that shelters them from the challenges of life.

This clip originally appeared on Ritualwell.org.

By: Merle Feld

The Wise One: I want to know where this matzah, this brisket, this chocolate cake came from. Is the food at this feast truly sanctified? Has the meat that is giving me pleasure been processed by someone who is too young to be working? By someone who is paid the wages of a slave? With what research tools and by what methods may I identify food which is in every way kosher?

The Wicked One: How is it my problem if the animal whose flesh I enjoy tonight suffered as it lived and died? Why should I be concerned if the woman my parents have hired to serve and clean up our large gathering cannot go home until after the buses have stopped running?

The Simple One: Who harvested all the produce at our seder table and how are their lives blessed or plagued? What dishes can we make from fruits and vegetables grown near our home or frozen in season and stored for tonight? What is a carbon footprint?

The One Who Does Not Know How To Ask A Question: I just want to celebrate this happy holiday and not disturb myself with large issues I cannot possibly understand or problems that are too vast to be solved.

We were slaves in Egypt,

So long ago.

An evil king oppressed us,

That cruel Pharaoh!

God sent Moses

To redeem us,

To take us out of slavery.

That's how God kept the promise

To set us free.

Could you imagine a world where humans worked together with animals instead of tearing them down? 

We begin our "Exodus" from being meat eaters by stopping this fight with our own conscience. Asking ourselves the ultimate of questions: "Is it time for me to care and actually make a change?"

Plagues Animal Agriculture Causes to the Planet

Stench (think Harris Ranch on I-5)

Drought (do you really want to use your shower water to irrigate your vegetable garden?)

Pesticide pollution (no more apples and honey for you, the bees are all gone)

Water pollution (your drinking water smells like pig poop)

Methane air pollution (cow fart fog in the central valley making ozone)

Climate change from methane (say goodbye to your snow pack!)

Fossil fuel depletion (long gas lines)

Land depletion (no place left to grow your fruit and veggies)

Ecosystem destruction (no frogs left)

Animal pain (if you are not able to watch PETA videos, you can’t handle the truth)

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/diets/549526/Vegan-diet-benefits

If you just had "meatless Monday's" Dayenu

If you just told one friend about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle Dayenu

If you try the vegan lifestyle for a week Dayenu

If you make an effort to know where your food is coming from Dayenu

If you try your hardest to eat more pure and organic Dayenu