Tonight's Seder is dedicated in loving memory:

          Sidney & Evelyn Rosenblum, &

          Robert & Herta Blaine

Who gave us the value of TRADITION......

We miss you...

We thank you......

And to all sitting at our Seder table....

           We thank you for being here to keep tradition.....

           This Haggadah is dedicated to you.....

Shelly & Rick

Haggadah means "Telling"

We will begin our Seder with the "Kadesh"  by reciting a blessing over the wine. This is the 1st of 4 cups during the Seder.

These 4 cups represent the 4 promises made by G-d to Moses ( & the Israelites) during the book of exodus.

         1) Take them out of Egypt

          2) Free the from Slavery

          3) Redeem them as a people

          4) Take them to the land of Israel

it is customary to wash your hands prior to dipping the greens.

The leader will now wash hands,  a symbol that each participant has washed their hands.

There are 3 pieces of matzah  here, I will break the middle matzah into 2 pieces, 1 larger than the other. I will wrap the larger piece called the Afikomen, meaning dessert in Greek.

The Afikomen reminds us: the future will be greater than the past, and tomorrow's Passover nobler than yesterdays exodus.

This is the bread of aflication, the bread of hope which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt.

Let all who are hungry come and eat,

let all who are needy come and celebrate Passover with us.

We eat matzah in memory of our ancestors fleeing from Egypt, with no time for the dough to rise. Their bread therefore looked much like the matzah of today.

In order to complete our Sedar each participant must have a taste of the Afikomen,  I will guard it from being stolen, but should it disappear, I must find it to end our Sedar.

Blessed is God, blessed is He. Blessed is He who gave the Torah to His people, Israel. Blessed is He.

The Torah speaks of four types of children: one is wise, one is wicked, one is simple, and one does not know how to ask.

The Wise One asks: “What is the meaning of the laws and traditions God has commanded?” (Deuteronomy 6:20) You should teach him all the traditions of Passover, even to the last detail.

The Wicked One asks: “What does this ritual mean to you?” (Exodus 12:26) By using the expression “to you” he excludes himself from his people and denies God. Shake his arrogance and say to him: “It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt...” (Exodus 13:8) “For me” and not for him -- for had he been in Egypt, he would not have been freed.

The Simple One asks: “What is all this?” You should tell him: “It was with a mighty hand that the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.”

As for the One Who Does Not Know How To Ask, you should open the discussion for him, as it is written: “And you shall explain to your child on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did.’