The candles should be lit by the youngest woman present (and capable of lighting a candle safely.) The light of the world came in through Mary.
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with Thy commandments, and has commanded us to kindle the light of the Festival Day.
The aim of the Seder on the night of Passover is to bring the events and miracles of the outgoing from Egypt into present immediacy, so that each of the celebrants, old and young, is made to feel as though he has personally come out of Egypt.
Pour the first cup of wine. This is the Cup of Sanctification. "I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians."
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who dost create the fruit of the vine.
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who hast kept us alive, and hast maintained us, and hast enabled us to reach this time.
This part of the Seder is done without blessing or statement, as if it has waited for some event to occur to give it meaning.
John 13:1-20 "Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me."
Take some of the karpas (parsley) and dip twice into the salt water.
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who dost create the fruit of the soil.
The greens may represent the hyssop, which was dipped into the blood of the Passover sacrifice and spread on the lintel and doorposts of Jewish households. Dipping it twice represents the crossings of the Red Sea and the Jordan river, and also the two baptisms, by water and by fire.
John 13:21-30 "When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night."
(See also Mark 14:12-21 and Matthew 26:17-25)
Uncover the three matzahs. Break the middle one in half, wrap it in the linen cloth, and hide it for Aphikoman (dessert.)
Raise the remaining matzah and say aloud, "This is the poor bread which our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. Let anyone who is hungry, come in and eat. Let anyone who is needy, come in and make Passover. This year we are here. Next year we will be in the land of Israel. This year we are slaves. Next year we shall be free men."
The door can be opened, to invite the poor to join the feast.
Pour the second cup of wine. This is the Cup of Deliverance. "I will free you from being slaves."
The youngest present asks the Four Questions:
Why is this night different from all other nights?
We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord our God took us out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Now if the Holy One, blessed is He, had not taken us out from there, then we, and our children, and our children's children would still have been slaves in Egypt. Though we were all of us wise, all of us understanding, all of us aged, all of us learned in the Torah, we should still be commanded to tell the story of the outgoing from Egypt. And whoever enlarges upon the tale of the outgoing from Egypt, that one merits praise.
A tale is told of Rabbi Eliezer, and Rabbi Joshua, and Rabbi Elezar the son of Azariah, and Rabbi Akiba, and Rabbi Tarphon: They were reclining in Bnei Brak and were telling about the outgoing from Egypt during the whole of that Passover night, until their pupils came and said to them: Our teachers, the time has arrived for the recitation of the morning Sh'ma.
Said Rabbi Elazar the son of Azariah: See I am like one seventy years old, and have never been privileged to hear the story of the outgoing from Egypt until Ben Zoma expounded the Writ as follows: It is said: "In order that thou mayest remember the day of thy going forth from the land of Egypt all the days of thy life." All the days of thy life indicates that the times of the Messiah are included. This is our present day.
Blessed is the All-Including, blessed is He who gave a Torah to his people, Israel. The Torah has spoken concerning four sons, one wise, one wicked, one simple, and one who wits not to ask.
In early times our ancestors were idol-worshippers, but now the All-Including has brought us near to worship of Him, as it says in Genesis 24:2-4 "And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt."
Blessed be He, who keeps His assurance to Israel, blessed be He! For the Holy One, blessed be He, planned the end of their bondage, in order to do as He had said to our father Abraham at the covenant between the Portions, as it says in Genesis 15:13-14 "And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance."
Lift the Cup of Deliverance.
And it is this that has stood by our fathers and us; for not only one has risen up against us to destroy us, but in all ages they rise up against us to destroy us; and the Holy One, blessed be He, rescues us from their hands.
Put down the Cup of Deliverance.
Go and learn what Laban the Aramean planned to do to our father Jacob (Jacob and Laban's Story); for Pharaoh decreed only that the male (children) should be put to death, but Laban had planned to uproot all."
Deuteronomy 26:5 "And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:"
Deuteronomy 1:10 "The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.:
Deuteronomy 26:6 "And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage"
Deuteronomy 26:7 "And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:"
Deuteronomy 26:8 "And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders"
"And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt ...", not through an angel, not through a seraph, and not through a messenger, but the Holy One, blessed be He, He alone, in His glory as it says in Exodus 12:12 "For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD."
These are the ten plagues which the Holy One, blessed be He, brought upon the Egyptians in Egypt, namely: (Using your finger or a spoon, place one drop of wine on your plate for each plague.)
How many are the goodly favors for which we are indebted to the All-Including!
How much greater then is our indebtedness to the All-Including for the multiple and manifold good He hath bestowed upon us! For He took us out of Egypt, and wreaked judgments upon them and upon their gods, and killed their firstborn, and gave us their riches, and split the sea for us, and let us pass through it in the dry, and sank our foes in it, and satisfied our needs in the desert for fourty years, and fed us on manna, and gave us the Sabbath, and brought us near Him at Mount Sinai, and gave us the Torah, and brought us into the land of Israel, and built for us the Chosen House to atone for all our iniquities.
John 14:8-9 "Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?"
Rabban Gamliel used to say: Whoever does not discuss the following three things on Passover has not fulfilled his duty, namely:
Passover Sacrifice: Why did our fathers eat the Passover Offering during the period of the Temple? It is because the Holy One, Blessed be He, passed over the houses of our fathers in Egypt, as it says in Exodus 12:27 "That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped."
One raises the Matzah and says:
Matzah: Why do we eat this matzah? Because the dough of our fathers did not have time to become leavened before the King of the kings of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, revealed Himself to them and redeemed them. As it says in Exodus 12:39 "And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual."
One raises the Maror and says:
Maror: Why do we eat this bitter herb? It is because the Egyptians embittered the lives of our fathers in Egypt, as it says in Exodus 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour."
In every generation people must see themselves as they had personally had come out of Egypt, as it says in Exodus 13:8 "You shall tell your son on that day: it is because of what the Lord did for me when I came forth out of Egypt." It was not only our fathers whom the Holy One redeemed from slavery; we, too, were redeemed with them, as it says in Deuteronomy 6:23 "And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers."
Lift the Cup of Deliverance.
Therefore it is our duty to thank, praise, laud, glorify, uplift, extol, bless, exalt, and adore Him, who did all of these miracles for our fathers and for ourselves. He brought us forth from slavery to freedom, from sorrow to joy, from mourning to festive day, from darkness to great light, and from subjection to redemption. Let us then, recite before Him a new song! Halleluyah, praise ye God!
Put down the Cup of Deliverance.
Psalms 113: Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised. The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms 114: When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Lift the Cup of Deliverance.
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who hast redeemed us, and hast redeemed out fathers from Egypt, and hast enabled us to live unto this night, to partake on it of Matzah and bitters. So may the Lord our God and the God of our fathers, let us live unto other Festive Seasons and Holidays, which shall come to meet us in peace. Happy in the upbuilding of thy city and joyous in thy worship, may we there eat of the Feasts and Passover Sacrifices, whose blood shall reach the wall of thine altar for acceptance. And may we thank Thee with a new song for our redemption and the liberation of our soul. Blessed are thou, Lord, who didst redeem Israel.
Blessed are thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who dost create the fruit of the vine.
Drink the Cup of Deliverance.
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who hast hallowed us with thy commandments, and commanded us concerning the washing of hands.
Break pieces from the upper matzah
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who dost bring forth bread from the earth.
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has hallowed us with Thy commandments, and hast commanded us concerning the eating of matzah.
Dip a bit of hazaret (romaine lettuce) in the haroseth
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who hast hallowed us with thy commandments and hast commanded us concerning the eating of bitters.
Put an olive size piece of maror (horseradish) between two pieces of matzah.
This did Hillel do when the Temple was standing. He used to combine matzah and bitters and eat them together, in observance of what is said in Numbers 9:11 "The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs."
Set the table and complete the meal. One should be completely sated before continuing as nothing should be eaten after the Afikoman. The betzah (hard boiled egg) is sometimes eaten in remembrance of the festival sacrifice or in mourning for the Temple. A rabbi of questionable learning and undoubtedly descended from Haim the porter, eats the egg with horseradish, saying that the bitterness of life in Egypt makes one accept his death. Another rabbi of better scholarship eats romaine lettuce, horseradish and haroseth between two pieces of matzah. Other combinations are possible as the celebrants choose.
The broken piece of matzah is retrieved, unwrapped from the linen cloth and distributed to the celebrants. Like the first washing of hands above, this part of the Seder is done without blessing or statement, as if it has waited for some event to occur to give it meaning.
Pour the third cup of wine. This is the Cup of Redemption. "I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment."
Mark 14:22-26 "And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives."
(See also Matthew 26:26-30 and Luke 22:15-21)
Psalms 126 "When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who dost feed the entire world with thy goodness, with grace, with lovingkindness and with pity. He gives bread to all flesh, for his lovingkindness endures forever. And in His great goodness, food has not been and shall not be lacking for us, for ever and aye, for the sake of His great name, for He feeds and supports all, and does good unto all, and prepares food for all His creatures which He did create. Blessed are thou, Lord, who feedest all.
Fear the Lord, ye His holy ones, afor there is no want for those who fear Him. Young lions have become poor and hungry, but those who seek the Lord shall not lack for any good thing. Thank the Lord for He is good, for His mercy endureth forever. Thou openest thy hand, and dost satisfy every living thing with love. Blessed is the man who trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord doth become his trust. I have been a boy, I have now grown old, and I have never seen a just man forsaken, and his children wanting bread. The Lord will give strength to His people with peace.
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who dost create the fruit of the vine.
Drink the Cup of Redemption
Psalms 79:6-7 "Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place."
Psalms 69:25 "Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents."
Lamentations 3:66 "Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD."
There is a custom to open the door and see if Elijah is waiting.
Pour the fourth cup of wine. This is the Cup of Completion. Exodus 6:6-7 "Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians."
Psalms 115: Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
Psalms 116: I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I said in my haste, All men are liars. What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms 117: O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms 118: O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever. I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
The soul of every living being blesses thy name, Lord our God, and the spirit of all flesh glorifies and exalts thy remembrance, O our King unceasingly. Thou art God from eternity unto eternity, and besides Thee we have no king who redeems and helps. Thou who dost liberate and save and sustain and pity in all times of trouble and distress: we have no king but Thee.
Thou art the God of the first and last, the God of all creatures, the Lord of all generations, who is lauded with many praises, who doth guide His universe with lovingkindness and His creatures with mercy. And the Lord slumbereth not and sleepeth not, He who awakeneth sleepers and arouseth slumberers, and giveth speech to the dumb, and releaseth the imprisoned, and supporteth the fallen, and maketh upright the bowed. To Thee alone we give thanks. Though our mouth were filled with song like the sea and our tongue with music like the rumbling of its waves, and our lips with praise like the open spaces of the sky, and our eyes were bright like the sun and moon, and our hands outstretched like the eagles of heaven, and our feet were fleet like the hinds, still we should not suffice to thank Thee, O Lord our God and the God of our fathers, and to bless they name, for one of the thousand-thousand thousands of thousands and myriads of myriads of good occasions which thou didst confer upon our fathers and upon us.
From Egypt thou didst redeem us, Lord our God, and from the house of slavery didst thou liberate us, in hunger thou didst feed us, and in satiety thou didst sustain us. From the sword thou didst succor us, and from evil, deadly diseases thou didst deliver us. Till now thy mercies have helped us, nor have thy livingkindnesses forsaken us. And mayest thou not desert us, Lord our God forever. Therefore the limbs which thou hast carved in us, the spirit and breath which thou didst blow into our nostrils, and the tongue which thou didst place in our mouth, they verily they shall thank and bless, and praise and glorify, and exalt and adore, and hallow and make royal Thy name, our King. For every mouth thanks Thee, and every knee bends before Thee, and all inner organs and kidneys chant unto Thy name, as it is written, "All my bones say: Lord, who is like unto Thee? Thou savest the oppressed from one stronger than himself, and the poor man and the needy from his despoiler." Who is like unto Thee, and who may be compared to Thee, and who is equal to Thee, O great God, strong and fearful One, Supreme God, Creator of heaven and earth? We shall praise Thee, and laud Thee, and glorify Thee, and bless Thy holy name, as it is said by David in Psalms 103:1 "Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name."
O God in the supremacies of Thy might! Thou who art great in the glory of thy name, who art strong forever, who art fearful in thine awe-inspiring deeds! Thou King who dost sit on a high and exalted throne!
He who dwells in eternity, High one and Holy one is His name! As it says in Psalms 33:1 "Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright." In the mouth of the righteous shalt Thou be praised, and in the words of the just shalt Thou be blessed, and in the tongue of the pious shalt Thou be made high, and in the midst of the holy shalt Thou be sanctified.
May Thy name be praised forever, our King, O God, O King, who art great and holy in the heavens and the earth, because for Thee, Lord our God and the God of our fathers, are meet song and praise, laudation and chant, power and government, eternity, greatness and might, fame and beauty, holiness and royalty, blessings and thanksgiving from now unto eternity. Blessed art Thou, God, King great in praises, God to whom we owe thanks, Master of wonders, who is fond of melodious songs, King, God who lives in all eternities.
Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who dost create the fruit of the vine.
Drink the Cup of Completion
Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, for the vine, and the fruit of the vine, and for the yields of the fields, and for the good, wide, lovely land, which Thou hast willed to give as an inheritance to our fathers, to eat of its fruit and to be sated with its good. For Thou art the Lord, who art good and dost good unto all. And we thank Thee for the land and for the fruit of the vine. Blessed art Thou, Lord, for the land and for the fruit of the vine.
(Keeping in mind the command of God to Pharoah through Moses, and remembering the words to the Wicked Son, it is possible to say the following: )
Ended the act of the Passover night,
Each law and custom kept aright.
As we've lived to do it without a stain,
God grant we do it time and again.
Pure One, Dweller in height august,
Raise up the folk of countless dust!
Soon lead the stem-shoots of Thy ward,
Redeemed and singing Zionward!
Next year in Jerusalem!