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Feast of the Passover  (Final)

 

  XI  Shulchan Orekh…..The Festive Seder Dinner!!

 

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Those demonstrations or teachings on the Seder conducted without a dinner can use many of the traditional songs during this interim.

 

The following are some songs taken from the “Judasim 101: Peasach” website:

 

Many people think of Pesach as a time of deprivation: a time when they cannot eat bread or other leavened foods. This is not the traditional way of viewing the holiday. Pesach is Z'man Cheiruteinu, the Time of Our Freedom, and the joy of that time is evident in the music of the season. There are many joyous songs sung during the seder.

 

Mah Nishtanah (Why is it Different?)

 

This is the tune sung during the youngest participant's recitation of the Four Questions:

Why is this night different from all other nights, from all other nights? Mah nishtanah ha-lahylah ha-zeh mi-kol ha-layloht, mi-kol ha-layloht?

 

1) On all other nights, we may eat chametz and matzah, chametz and matzah. On this night, on this night, only matzah. She-b'khol ha-layloht anu okhlin chameytz u-matzah, chameytz u-matzah. Ha-lahylah ha-zeh, ha-lahylah ha-zeh, kooloh matzah.

2) On all other nights, we eat many vegetables, many vegetables. On this night, on this night, maror. She-b'khol ha-layloht anu okhlin sh'ar y'rakot, sh'ar y'rakot. Ha-lahylah ha-zeh, ha-lahylah ha-zeh, maror.

3) On all other nights, we do not dip even once. On this night, on this night, twice. She-b'khol ha-layloht ayn anu mat'bilin afilu pa'am echat, afilu pa'am echat. Ha-lahylah ha-zeh, ha-lahylah ha-zeh, sh'tay p'amim.

4) On all other nights, we eat either sitting or reclining, either sitting or reclining. On this night, on this night, we all recline. She-b'khol ha-layloht anu okhlin bayn yosh'bin u'vayn m'soobin, bayn yosh'bin u'vayn m'soobin. Ha-lahylah ha-zeh, ha-lahylah ha-zeh, koolanu m'soobin.

 

 

Dahyenu (It Would Have Been Enough For Us)

 

This is one of the most popular tunes of the seder, a very up-beat song about the many favors that G-d bestowed upon us when He brought us out of Egypt. The song appears in the haggadah after the telling of the story of the exodus, just before the explanation of Pesach, Matzah and Maror. I provide just two sample verses from a rather long song. The English does not include all of the repetition that is in the Hebrew.

 

Had He brought us out of Egypt and not judged them, it would have been enough for us. Ilu hotzi-hotzianu hotzianu mi-Mitzrayim, v'lo asah bahem s'fateem dahyenu.

(Chorus) It would have been enough for us. Dahy-dahyenu, dahy-dahyenu, dahy-dahyenu, dahyenu, dahyenu, dahyenu.

Dahy-dahyenu, dahy-dahyenu, dahy-dahyenu, dahyenu, dahyenu!

 

 

Had He judged them and not done so to their idols, it would have been enough for us. Ilu asah bahem s'fateem, v'lo asah beyloheyhem, v'lo asah beyloheyhem dahyenu.

Chorus, etc.  

 

Eliyahu Ha-Navi (Elijah, the Prophet)

 

Many people sing this song when the Cup of Elijah is poured and the door is opened in anticipation of his return.

 

Elijah the Prophet, Elijah the Tishbite, Elijah, Elijah, Elijah the Gileadite Eliyahu ha-Navi, Eliyahu ha-Tishbi, Eliyahu, Eliyahu, Eliyahu ha-Giladi.

Speedily and in our days, come to us, with the messiah, son of David, with the messiah, son of David. Bimhayrah v'yamenu, yavo aleynu, im Moshiach ben David, im Moshiach ben David.

 

 

Adir Hu (He is Mighty)

 

Adir Hu is a great sing-along song, because it has a lot of repetition. You don't need to know much Hebrew to get by with this one! It's also got a catchy tune. It's sung as the seder comes to a close. It expresses our hope that the messianic age will begin soon, and the Temple will be rebuilt. Each line of praise begins with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in alphabetical order, a common gimmick in Jewish hymns.

 

He is mighty, He is mighty Adir hu, adir hu

Chorus:

May He soon rebuild his house

Speedily, speedily and in our days, soon.

G-d, rebuild! G-d, rebuild!

Rebuild your house soon! Chorus:

Yivneh vayto b'karov

Bim'hayrah, bim'hayrah, b'yamenu b'karov

E-yl b'nay! E-yl b'nay!

B'nay vayt'kha b'karov

He is distinguished, He is great, He is exhalted

(Chorus) Bachur hu, gadol hu, dagul hu,

(Chorus)

He is glorious, He is faithful, He is faultless, He is righteous

(Chorus) Hadur hu, vatik hu, zakay hu, chasid hu,

(Chorus)

He is pure, He is unique, He is powerful,

He is wise, He is King, He is awesome,

He is sublime, He is all-powerful, He is the redeemer, He is all-righteous

(Chorus) Tahor hu, yachid hu, kabir hu,

Lamud hu, melekh hu, nora hu,

Sagiv hu, izuz hu, podeh hu, tzaddik hu

(Chorus)

He is holy, He is compassionate, He is almighty, He is omnipotent

(Chorus) Kadosh hu, rachum hu, shaddai hu,

takif hu

(Chorus)

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XII  Tzafun:  The Afikoman

 

The father or leader of the Seder now brings forth the hidden piece of Matza that had been broken, wrapped in white linen and buried.  If during the Seder, the Matza, called the “Afikoman”, which means, “that which comes after”, has been taken from its hidden place by one of the children, then the father or leader of the Passover Seder will have to redeem it in silver.  The piece of Matza is the last thing eaten at the Seder…and is called the “dessert”.

 

As I said before, the Matza is taken out of the Matza cover at the beginning of the Seder.  The Matza cover is divided into three compartments.  This represents the one God who has revealed Himself in three specific persons: the Father (Jehovah), the Son (Yeshua – Jesus)and the Holy Spirit (Ruach Hokodesh). The same is seen in the Old Testament description of the three courts of the Tabernacle.  They call the Afikoman, the hidden bread.

The son (center piece Matza) is hidden between the other two pieces..”the Father and the Holy Spirit”.  The Jewish people understood the Father and the Spirit, but they did not understand the Son.  He was hidden.  I am reminded of the (1 Colossians 3:3) “your life is hid with Christ in God.”  Timothy calls Christ the “mystery of the ages” (1 Tim 3:16).  This middle piece is broken.  Jesus  said at that last Passover, “this is my body broken for you;” (1 Corinthians 11:24)  And like Jesus, the Matza is wrapped in white linen and buried. (Matthew 27:59) “And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in clean linen cloth.”  (Matthew 27:60) “And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock:”  With the third cup of wine….redemption, the bread is brought forth from its entombment and all at the table eat of it with the wine.  It is the last thing eaten, as if “he who eats of this bread, shall never hunger.” (John 6:35)

 

The parallels between the Messiah and the hidden bread are obvious and in the ancient copies of the Haggadah, this was reflected in it writing.  One of them, written over 100 years ago reflects that connection.

 

“I am ready and prepared to keep the commandment eat the Afikoman for the sake of the G_d and His presence, may it be counted as done in the name of all Israel.  I am observing the commandment so that I may remember the Passover lamb that was eaten at the end of the Seder before midnight, may the eating of the Afikoman also achieve all the spiritual things accomplished in the Passover lamb itself.  May it be thy will O Lord our G_d and the G_d of our Fathers, that you build the holy temple soon during our lifetime.  May we be able to bring our offerings there and eat of the Passover lamb during our lifetime, as the Torah says.  And then, of the first year, roasted over the fire, together with the Matza and Moror, may we be able to do this in our holy city of Jerusalem soon in our lifetime.”

 

Jesus, as the father of the Passover, took the bread and He blessed it, saying, “ Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.”  This is another prophetic utterance reflecting His resurrection to come three days later.

 

Let’s take a closer look at the bread.

 

 

 

….It’s STRIPPED  (Isaiah 53:51) “By His stripes we are healed”.

 

….It’s PIERCED  (Zech 12:10)  “And they shall look upon Him who they have pierced.”

 

….It’s PURE, without leaven. (1 John 3:5) “In him was no sin”.

 

….It was PLACED On DISPLAY. (Exodus 5:22/John 12:32) “If I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me.”

 

….Jesus was born in Bethlehem (which mean the “HOUSE OF BREAD”)

 

….Jesus was raised in Nazareth (Which means a stalk of grain)

 

….Jesus used images of bread all though his teaching.  He was “baked in the fire”, judged on our behalf.  And He was buried of the 2^nd feat day, the Feast of Unleavened Bread and risen on the Festival of First Fruits.

 

 

 

 XIII  The Third Cup……….Redemption

 

The Third Cup of wine….the cup of redemption is represented by a silver chalaise.  Like in the Tabernacle and the Temple, silver always represents redemption.  Traditionally the wine was mixed with a little water.  Some Rabbis feel this was done so the children also could partake of the wine.  I am reminded that as the Roman soldier pierced the side of Jesus with a spear, out from His side flowed blood and water. (John 19:34)

 

 

Jesus took the wine and He blessed it.  Does anyone know what that blessing was?  First let’s look at the Jewish wedding.

 

                              -Parallels in Jewish Tradition-

 

a.      A contract is made with the bride, which they both sign.  The groom pays the bride’s father a dowery.  Often the price is very high, but under the advise of the groom’s father, the price is paid in full.

 

b.     The groom goes to “prepare a place for her.  Their new home.

 

c.     The bride waits at home of her father…consecrated, bought with a price, with oil in her lamp, as the groom might come at night.  She wears a veil if she goes out because is no longer her own.

 

d.     With the groom, things are going as fast as possible, but even he does not know the day or the hour of the wedding, as it is in his fathers hands.

 

e.      The big day comes.  The groom gets his groomsmen ready and his best man and off they go.  He sends the best man ahead to warn others of his impending arrival, who gives a great shout, “Behold the bridegroom cometh.”.

 

f.       The best man would wait outside the room for the voice of the groom and would be told when the marriage had been consummated.  (John 3:29)

 

g.     They would have a seven day celebration that would end….with a great marriage supper.  Sometimes they would even run out of wine…..unless there was someone to turn the water into wine.

 

                           Wedding/ New Testament Comparisons

 

 

a.      Jesus (Yeshua) approached us with a contract as we see in Jeremiah 31:31-34,  “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

 

b.     As we can see the contract is particularly advantageous to us as it forgives us of all sin and is paid in full, by Jesus Himself.

 

c.     Jesus found the price very high, but because it was the will of the Father and because of His great love for us, the bride, He paid the price in full.

 

d.     Then He “went to prepare a place for us, that where He is we might be also”.  He went to prepare a mansion for us.

 

e.      Like the Jewish wedding, the day and the hour are in the Fathers hands.

 

f.       The believer is to be set-apart, sanctified, bought with the blood of Christ Himself.  We are no longer our own…we belong to Him.

 

g.     Like the bride we are to have oil in our lamps (the Holy Spirit).

 

h.     Jesus will let us know of His coming.  He sent John the Baptist before Him to tell the people that the “kingdom of God was at hand”.  Before He takes the church home He will let us know, “with the trump of God and the voice of an Archangel.”

 

i.        And we will wear beautiful white linen, which represents “the righteousness of saints”

 

 

All this is to demonstrate that blessing upon the wine, is also a toast to the bride in the lifting up the cup with the right hand and sealing the contract.

 

The blessing was:  Blessed art thou, I Lord our God, King of the universe, creator of the fruit of the vine.”

 

   “Baruck ato Adoni, Eluhaynu meleck haw olam, borey paree agophen.”

 

Jesus said, “I am the true vine.”  We are the branches.  Before Jesus comes into our lives our branches are withered from the decay of sin and we were barren of any fruit.  But the Father grafted us onto the true vine of His Son so that now as we abide with Him we become a “fruitful bough…hanging over the wall”  The fruit of “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and patience, witnessing to the world the character of Christ.

 

 

XIV  Barekh: Grace after Meals

 

Reading from the Haggadah:  “Y’hee shaym Adoni m’vo-roch v’ad olam”.

“Let is bless G_ds name forever and ever.

 

“Blessed art thou, O Lord our G_d, King of the universe, who in thy goodness feedest the entire world, and in mercy providest sustenance for all living creatures.  The blessing of food has never failed us, for in thy goodness, thou dost provide for all our needs.

 

IX  Nirtzah: Closing     Elijah’s Cup..The Cup of Joy

 

The fourth cup is poured, including a cup set aside for the prophet Elijah, who is supposed to herald the Messiah, and is supposed to come on Pesach to do this. The door is opened for a while at this point (supposedly for Elijah.

Tradition tells us that Jesus turned over this last cup, before it was filled saying, “I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Fathers kingdom”. (Luke 22:18)

 

 

Every Seder closes with these words:  “Next Year in Jerusalem”

                              “ L’shana ha’ba-ah b’Yerushalayim”

So, we to wait for that glorious day….for the marriage supper of the lamb, in New Jerusalem!!

 

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Whether in homes or in the local church I like to finish this Seder with communion together, to lift our cups to the Lord and give thanks for the awesome plan of the groom.

 

 

Feast of Passover  No. 4

 

           The Four Questions         Ma-nish-a-nah

 

 

The youngest asks in the household or congregation who is able, asks for questions from the Haggadah.  Since at one time, every child has been the youngest…everyone would have a chance to hear the answers and thus the commandment to pass this down to all generations would be fulfilled.  The four questions are:

 

1)     Why is this night different from all other nights?  On all other nights we can eat any kind of bread but on this night only unleavened bread?

 

2)     Why on all other nights we can eat any kind of herbs but on this night only bitter herbs?

 

3)     Why on all other nights we do not even dip once but on this night we dip twice?

 

4)     Why on all other nights do we sit up at the table but on this night we all sit in a reclined position?   Why?

 

Answers:   

 

1)     Unleavened Bread (Matza)is the symbol of purity and holiness, as it contains  no leaven.  Leaven is a symbol of sin, as we seen in both the Tenach and the New Testament. (Exodus 24:25/ 1 Corinthians 5:7) “Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:” What more fitting that on the night of their deliverance from slavery in Egypt by a Holy and Righteous God, that they would use this symbol of holiness.  Also this was the bread of affliction made in great haste with no time for the leaven to rise as they were thrust out of Egypt.

 

2)     Bitter Herbs (Maror) represent the bitterness of slavery and bondage in Egypt.  As Christians we see this as the bitterness and bondage to the slavery of sin.  (John 8:34) “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”

 

3)     The Dipping of the Parsley (Karpas) into the salt water represents both the tears of repentance, as well as the Hebrew children who entered the Red Sea and came out safely on the other side.  As Christians we too see tears of repentance and the second dip is our Baptisim.  We also came out in safety…changed.  (Romans 6:4) “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. It was also this action whereby Jesus identified Judas as the one who would betray Him at the last Passover meal they would share together.

 

4)     The reclining in their seats represents their deliverance from slavery.

Even so, we can see this as a celebration of our freedom. (John 8:32) “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

 

 

In Orthodox households the Mageed (the story of the Exodus) was chanted.  After the reading of the four questions (the Ma-nish-a-nah) and the answers are read from the Haggadah, the “Be-khol-dor-vecor”  (In every generation

every individual, we are redeemed.”) is read.  To me these are both

reminders that God desires “that all be saved”….and that so great a salvation is offered “to whosoever will” trust in His sacrifice for the world.  Truly it was enough (Dayanu) to secure a place for us in God’s kingdom.

 

The best version of the Exodus story can be found in the book of Exodus.  The important point is not just that God delivered His people, but how He chose to do that.  God could have used any means He wanted to “translate” His people out of Egypt and into the promised land.  But Gods work with mankind has never been just about the destination but the journey.  God would have them take a lamb without spot or blemish from among the flock of Israel.  Four days before the Passover, the lamb was selected and examined by the people.  Jesus entered into Jerusalem four days before Passover and was examined by the people.  Many cried, Hossana”, (Oh, Save Us!)  The Passover lambs were kept in an area called “Ephratah”, just outside Bethlehem, watched over by temple priest/ shepherds.  (Micah 5:2)  “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting. The lamb was slain outside the gate and its blood sprinkled upon the lintels and doorposts of the house, that the angel of death would “pass over” those covered with the blood.  Our body is the “the house or temple of the Holy Spirit” (Hebrews 3:6) “But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.”  Jesus (Yeshua), Gods lamb without spot or blemish, has sprinkled His own perfect blood upon “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord” (Romans 10:13), and we have passed from death unto life by faith in His sacrifice for us. (1 John 3:14) “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.

 

The message to be remembered down through the ages is that BLOOD SAVES!!

 

(Leviticus 17:11) “For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls:”

 

The story continues….

 

Giving of the Law at Mt. Sinai, wandering in the wilderness, and finally entering into the promised land.  The ceremonial foods are taken and eaten from the Sedar plate.(K’arah) 

 

The items on the Seder Plate are:  Bitter Herbs (Maror)…often ground horseradish, Vegetable (Karpas)..usually parsley, Charoset (a sweet mixture of honey, nuts, apples and cinnamon), an Egg, and a Lambshank (Zeroah).  On the table is Unleavened Bread (Matza) ,Salt Water to dip the Karpas and Wine for the Four Cups.

 

We have already spoken of the Bitter Herbs (Maror) and the Dipping in Salt Water. Let’s look at the other items on the Seder Plate.

 

1)     Parsley (Karpas) represents to both the Jew and the Christian the promised land and its abundance. Although we recognize the fulfillment of Gods promise as the Hebrew people came into the land of Cannan, as well as the fulfillment of prophecy as Israel was born again in 1948…as Christians we see another promised land, promised to those who believe in the name of the Son of God.  The Kingdom of Heaven.  We see the description of New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven (Revelation 21:2) and its beauty is beyond description.

 

2)     Charoset represents the sweetness of a life devoted to God.  The “sweet savour of Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:15)

 

3)     To the Jewish people, the Egg represents the hardness of Pharaohs heart, and was probably added to the Seder plate during the Babylonian captivity.  But to Christians it also represents the new life we have in Christ.

 

4)     The Lambshank (Zeroah) represents the lamb sacrificed at the Passover, as well as in the temple at Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).  It is interesting that the word “zeroah” lterally means “right arm”, “right hand”, or “mighty power”…all terms directly linked to the Messiah…and linking the Messiah to the sacrificial lamb.

 

                      -A Scriptural Parallel-   (Genesis 37-50)

 

The Passover story really begins with Joseph being sold in to slavery by his brothers who were jealous of his relationship with his father

Jacob and with the Lord.  During the following seventeen years in Egypt, divine providence brings Joseph to a place great favor in the eyes of  Pharaoh and Joseph becomes a man of great power and authority…just under Pharaoh himself.  A severe famine brings the sons of Jacob for food. Which Joseph had been storing up for the previous seven years being forewarned by the Lord of the famine.  After a wonderful story of the families reconciliation and forgiveness, Jacob and the rest of their family and servants moved to Egypt.  When Jacob died, Joseph fulfilled his dying wish to be taken back to Cannan for burial, where his body is still today.  Many years later as Joseph grew old, he prophesized that one day all their descendants would again return to Cannan and when they did, they were to take his bones back with them for burial in that land of his fathers. (Genesis 50:24-25).  After Joseph’s death, his body was embalmed and buried in the Valley of the Kings in accordance with his royal station.  While in Egypt, Joseph was called…Joseph of Rama…which means “Joseph in the seat of idolatry” as he was just under Pharoah in his authority over the most idolatrous kingdoms in existence at that time.  The Egyptians had hundreds of gods, and yet Joseph remained faithful to the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. 

 

Four hundred years pass and there arose Pharaohs who knew not of Joseph.  Great cries of anguish went up to God as the Hebrew people were forced into slavery.  God raises up Moses to deliver His people but God hardens Pharaohs heart so that His glory and power might be seen in the peoples deliverance.  God brings great plagues upon the Egyptians that concludes with the death of all the first born of Egypt.  Only those within a house whose doorpost and lintels have been

sprinkled with the blood of the Passover lamb are untouched as the angel of death passes over Egypt.  Pharaoh is defeated and tells Moses to take his people into the wilderness to worship for three days. But it was not long after the Hebrews had left Egypt, that the Pharaoh knew that they were not returning and began to make plans to pursue them and force them back into Egyptian slavery.

 

 

The question is:  How did Pharoah know that the Hebrews would not be returning after the three days of worshiping in the wilderness?

 

 

Because the tomb of Joseph was open and his bones were gone…taken back to Cannan for burial in fulfillment of Josephs last dying wish.

 

The Chaldean word “Rama” meaning “a place of idolatry”, is much the same as the Hebrew word “Arimathaea”.  Arimathaea is a town in Israel named after its “high” places that were used in the worship false gods.  Are we seeing the parallel yet?

 

Now, let’s jump ahead another 1, 476 years.  Jesus (Yeshuwa) lays down His life at the hands of wicked men to die on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for all those that would believe and trust in Him.  He is taken down from the cross and buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea. 

 

After three days, they find the stone rolled away and His body is gone. 

 

 

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                                          -Scriptural Parallel-

 

The name Jesus is actually a translation..…of a translation.... of a translation.

Jesus name in the Hebrew is Yeshua, which means “Savior”.  Yeshua was not directly translatable into Greek…which used the name Iesous.  Iesous became Yesous….. Yesous became Jesous….. Jesous became Jesus.  If you directly translate Yeshua into English it becomes Joshua.  How interesting.  Who was it who brought the Hebrew people into the promised land?  Joshua

 

(Joshua 6:20)  and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

 

Let’s compare that to the New Testament promise of Yeshua

 

 

(1 Thessalonians 4:16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

 

Yeshua (Jesus) bringing us into the promised land of heaven.

 

 

 VIII   The Second Cup……… Deliverance

This is a time for the Jewish people to look back on what they were delivered from.  The father or leader of the Seder would dip his finger in the wine and drop…one drop at a time....the wine onto a white saucer before him each time reciting a plague that fell upon the Egypt.  As Christians it is a time for us to remember what we were delivered from and the Jesus shed His blood …one drop at a time…for the sins for the entire race of Adam, and secured a place in heaven for all those that believe on Him.

 

  

  IX  Rachtzah ……..The Washing of hands

This time the washing of hands is done with a blessing in preparation for eating the Matza.  There is also a blessing given over the all the grain products (the Motzi) and the bitter herbs (the Moror)  And finally the blessing upon the Matza itself.

 

“Baruch ato Adoni, Eluhaynu meleck haw olam, a moshek amin ahorey”.

 

Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.”

 

More about this important prayer at the end of the Seder.

 

 

  X  Korech……. Rabbi Hillel’s Sandwich ?

A portion of the Seder sometimes includes this tradition.  Rabbi Hillel placed the Moror and the Charoset together between two pieces of Matza.  It is interesting that the sweetness of the Charoset, which represents Gods love in sending the Messiah cancels out the bitterness of the Moror, which represents sin.

 

 

  XI  Shulchan Orekh…..The Festive Seder Dinner!!