Hagaddah for Hag HaMazoth in the Tradition of Karaite Judaism

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Hagaddah for Hag HaMazoth in the Tradition of Karaite Judaism

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Introduction When I was 8 years old, on the day before Hag HaMazoth, I suddenly became fascinated with the Passover hagadda, and informed my father that I would not being going to bed at my regular 9 oclock bedtime, but that I would be staying up to make and illustrate my own Passover hagaddah. I held out as long as I could, and finally fell asleep on the floor of my bedroom in a pile of magic markers, on top of the half-completed hagaddah, at about 12 midnight. My mother still keeps the unfinished portion in my memories box at my parents home in Queens, New York. At that point in my life, I had no idea that one day I would become a Kariate, let alone did I even know what a Karaite was. Therefore, it is with particular pride that, 35 years later, when I am about to, belatedly, create my first actual Passover hagaddah, that it is in the Karaite spirit and tradition. This particular hagaddah features some of the thousands of photographs that my wife Rifkah and I have taken of the Land of Israel over the past 7 years, many of them in the forested areas around Jerusalem. It is with great thanks to Yehowah, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, that I present this hagaddah to the Karaite community, and I wish them, all of the Children of Israel, and the entire world a beautiful and meaningful Hag HaMazoth. Melech ben Yaaqov Jerusalem, Israel 12 April 2011 First Edition

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Welcome to our Hag HaMazoth table! This Karaite Hagaddah is put together based mainly on verses from the Tanach.

Chapter 1 - What are the Passover Sacrifice and the Festival of Unleavened Bread?
First, let us learn a bit about the Passover sacrifice and the holiday of Hag HaMazoth. Where in the Torah are we commanded to celebrate this holiday? Why do we celebrate it?

Jerusalem in the early morning fog. Photographed from Ein Karem, Jerusalem on 7 April 2004.

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Leviticus 23 describes all of the Torahs yearly holidays in chronological order. The first one mentioned is the Festival of Unleavened Bread together with the Passover sacrifice.

Leviticus 23:4-8 [4] These are the Lords appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: [5] The Lords Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. [6] On the fifteenth day of that month the Lords Feast of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. [7] On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. [8] For seven days present an offering made to the Lord by fire. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.

Exodus 12 gives further details regarding the Passover sacrifice. Do verses 48-49 imply that any sojourner who brings the Passover sacrifice becomes like a native born Israelite for all purposes, or are the verses speaking only about the case of bringing the Passover sacrifice?

Exodus 12:43-51 [43] The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, These are the regulations for the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it. [44] Any slave you have bought may eat of it after you have circumcised him, [45] but a temporary resident and a hired worker may not eat of it. [46] It must be eaten inside one house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. [47] The whole community of Israel must celebrate it. [48] An alien living among you who wants to celebrate the Lords Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat of it. [49] The same law applies to the native-born and to the alien living among you. [50] All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. [51] And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.

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Fragment believed to be from the Aleppo Codex, containing verses from the Book of Exodus describing the plagues in Egypt, including the words of Moses to Pharaoh, "Let my people go, that they may serve me."

Exodus 13 mentions the Month of the Aviv and gives further details regarding the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

Exodus 13:3-10 [3] Then Moses said to the people, Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the Lord brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast. [4] Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving. [5] When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusitesthe land he swore to your forefathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honeyyou are to observe this ceremony in this month: [6] For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the Lord. [7] Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders. [8] On that day tell your son, I do this because of what the Lord did for me

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when I came out of Egypt. [9] This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand. [10] You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.

Aviv in modern Hebrew means springtime, but in the Torah, it is referring to a particular stage in the ripening of grasses from the wheat family. The Month of the Aviv is the month in which the Children of Israel exited from Egypt.

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Chapter 2 - Singing Psalms Before the Telling of the Exodus Story

Psalm 23 A psalm of David. [1] The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. [2] He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, [3] he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his names sake. [4] Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. [5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. [6] Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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Wild ibex grazing in a date palm orchard, Ein Gedi, Israel, 13 August 2005.

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Psalm 113 [1] Praise the Lord. Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. [2] Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. [3] From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. [4] The Lord is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens. [5] Who is like the Lord our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, [6] who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth? [7] He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; [8] he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people. [9] He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord.

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Chapter 3 - The Telling of the Exodus Story

Now we will tell the story of the Exodus of the Children of Israel from Egypt, as we are commanded to do in Exodus 13:8: On that day tell your son, I do this because of what Yehowah did for me when I came out of Egypt.

Nuriot (Buttercups) in the forest around Jerusalem. Photographed Ein Karem, Jerusalem, on 4 April
2005.

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We start in the book of Genesis with some important background information to the Exodus story.

Genesis 45:4-10 [4] Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come close to me. When they had done so, he said, I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! [5] And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. [6] For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping. [7] But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. [8] So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. [9] Now hurry back to my father and say to him, This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; dont delay. [10] You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.

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Full moon of the Month of the Aviv, over a building in the classical Jerusalem style, with arched windows and doorways. Photographed in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, 16 April 2011.

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Exodus 1:14 [8] Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. [9] Look, he said to his people, the Israelites have become much too numerous for us. [10] Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country. [11] So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. [12] But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites [13] and worked them ruthlessly. [14] They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly.

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Previous page: The Development of the Hebrew Alphabet. Notice that in Early Hebrew, the letters actually represent figures, the Hebrew words for which describe the sound which is made, and consequently, the name of the letter. For instance, the figure for ayin is an eye, and the figure for yod is a hand. What other figures can you identify?

Exodus 1:15-22 [15] The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, [16] When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live. [17] The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. [18] Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live? [19] The midwives answered Pharaoh, Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive. [20] So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. [21] And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. [22] Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.

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Approaching Jerusalem, 16 April 2005

Yehowah hears the cry of his people and sends Moshe to bring Israel out of Egypt.

Exodus 3:7-10 [7] The Lord said, I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. [8] So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honeythe home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. [9] And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. [10] So

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now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.

Exodus 4:21-23 [21] The Lord said to Moses, When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. [22] Then say to Pharaoh, This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, [23] and I told you, Let my son go, so he may worship me. But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.

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Previous page: This inscribed monument contains the oldest known reference to King David outside of the Bible. It was written in Aramaic in the mid 9th century BC and is known as the Tel Dan Stela. Found during excavations in the ancient city of Dan, it is now located in the Israel Museum in Jeusalem.

Upon hearing Moses request, Pharaoh increases the burdens of the Israelites.

Exodus 5:1-9 [1] Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the desert. [2] Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go. [3]Then they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword. [4] But the king of Egypt said, Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work! [5]Then Pharaoh said, Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you are stopping them from working. [6] That same day Pharaoh gave this order to the slave drivers and foremen in charge of the people: [7] You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw. [8] But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; dont reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. [9] Make the work harder for the men so that they keep working and pay no attention to lies.

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Full moon over Jerusalem, taken on 18 January 2011 from the promenade in Talpiot, Jerusalem.

Exodus 6:1 [1] Then the Lord said to Moses, Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.

Exodus 6:6-8 [6] Therefore, say to the Israelites: I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. [7] I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out

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from under the yoke of the Egyptians. [8] And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.

The mountain air is as clear as wine, infused with the scent of pine -- the opening verse of the song Jerusalem of Gold, written by Naomi Shemer in 1967 and first sung by Shuli Natan. The song became the unofficial anthem of the Six-Day War which lasted from June 5-10, 1967 and in which Israel captured the West Bank of the Jordan River up to and including the Old City of Jerusalem.

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The Ten Plagues

Blood Frogs Lice Wild Beasts Pestilence Boils Hail Locusts Darkness Death of Firstborn

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Illuminated Rabbinical Passover Hagaddah showing the Ten Plagues

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The Slaying of the Firstborn

Exodus 11:4-7 [4] So Moses said, This is what the Lord says: About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. [5] Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. [6] There will be loud wailing throughout Egyptworse than there has ever been or ever will be again. [7] But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any man or animal. Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

Exodus 12:1-11 [1] The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, [2] This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. [3] Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamba for his family, one for each household. [4] If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. [5] The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. [6] Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the people of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. [7] Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. [8] That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. [9] Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water, but roast it over the firehead, legs and inner parts. [10] Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. [11] This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lords Passover.

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Exodus 12:31-32 [31] During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. [32] Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.

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Previous page: Storm clouds moving over Mount Meron, Tzfat, Israel, 22 January 2005.

Exodus 12:29-32 [29] At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. [30] Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead. [31] During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. [32] Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.

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Previous page: Abondoned house surrounded by wild mustard plants, Negev Desert, Israel, 10 Mar 2005

Exodus 13:17-18 [17] When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt. [18] So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.a The Israelites went up out of Egypt armed for battle.

Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving. When Yehowah brings you into the land he swore to your forefathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honeyyou are to observe this ceremony in this month. [Exodus 13:4-5] Depicted above is Aviv barley in the Judean Desert.

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Exodus 14 - Selected verses [5] When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services! [6] So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. [9] The Egyptiansall Pharaohs horses and chariots, horsemen and troopspursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon. [10] As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. [15] Then the Lord said to Moses, Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. [16] Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. [21] Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, [22] and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. [23] The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaohs horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. [26] Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen. [27] Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the Lord swept them into the sea. [28] The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsementhe entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. [29] But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. [30] That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. [31] And when the Israelites saw the great power the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.

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Wild Daffodil with the buildings of Har Nof, Jerusalem in the background. Taken from the Jerusalem Forest, 21 January 2011.

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As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O Elohim. [Psalms 42:1] Ibex climbing ledges, Ein Gedi, Israel, 12 November 2010.

The Song of Deliverance at the Red Sea

Exodus 15:1-18 [1] Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to Yehowah: I will sing to Yehowah, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea. [2] Yehowah is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my Elohim, and I will praise him, my fathers Elohim, and I will exalt him. [3] Yehowah is a warrior; Yehowah is his name. [4] Pharaohs chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaohs officers are drowned in the Red Sea. [5] The deep waters have covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone. [6] Your right hand, Yehowah, was majestic in power. Your right hand, Yehowah, shattered the enemy.

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[7] In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble. [8] By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood firm like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea. [9] The enemy boasted, I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them. [10] But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. [11] Who among the gods is like you, Yehowah? Who is like youmajestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders? [12] You stretched out your right hand and the earth swallowed them. [13] In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling. [14] The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia. [15] The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people of Canaan will melt away; [16] terror and dread will fall upon them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone until your people pass by, Yehowah, until the people you bought pass by. [17] You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance the place, Yehowah, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, Yehowah, your hands established. [18] Yehowah will reign for ever and ever!

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Crescent moon over Jerusalem. Taken from the Jerusalem Forest, 8 January 2011.

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This conculdes the telling of the story of the exodus of the Children of Israel from the land of Egypt. As we know, the Children of Israel went on to receive the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai approximately three months later. The Ten Commandments forms the basis of morality not just for Israel, but for all of humanity. Forty years after the Exodus from Egypt, the next generation of Israel entered the Land of Israel under the leadership of Yehoshua bin Nun. Despite many exiles from our land due to our sins, and the destruction of two Temples to Yehowah, the Children of Israel are reassembling themselves once again in their ancient homeland, the Land of Israel.

This Year in the Rebuilt Jerusalem!

(and for those of us who have not yet come back home:)

Next Year in the Rebuilt Jerusalem!

Replica of the Second Temple, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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Chapter 4 - Songs of Rejoicing and Praise to Yehowah

Now we rejoice with songs and praises to Yehowah, for today we sit [in the Land of Israel and] not in the Land of Egypt. Today, we are free men [in our own land], and not slaves [and strangers in a foreign land]. Today, we have the Torah and we live according to its ways, and no longer wander in the darkness of foreign laws and cultures.

Spring vineyard covered in wildflowers, Neve Daniel, Israel, 8 April 2011.

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Psalms 126 [1] When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. [2] Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them. [3] The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. [4] Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negev. [5] Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. [6] He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.

Runoff from the mountains of the Golan Heights fills its rivers with rushing water in the springtime. Taken on 25 January 2005 in the Golan Heights, Israel.

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Psalm 114 [1] When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, [2] Judah became Gods sanctuary, Israel his dominion. [3] The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back; [4] the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. [5] Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, [6] you mountains, that you skipped like rams, you hills, like lambs? [7] Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, [8] who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.

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Barley and wildflowers, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, 22 March 2006.

Psalm 121 A song of ascents. [1] I lift up my eyes to the hills where does my help come from? [2] My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. [3] He will not let your foot slip he who watches over you will not slumber; [4] indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. [5] The Lord watches over you

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the Lord is your shade at your right hand; [6] the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. [7] The Lord will keep you from all harm he will watch over your life; [8] the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Sunset over the Jerusalem hills, taken from the Aminadav Forest, 1 October 2005.

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Appendix - Popular Hag HaMazoth Songs

Many of us grew up as Rabbinical Jews and have fond memories of attending our familys yearly Passover Seder. Therefore I have included some of the most popular songs from the Rabbinical Hagaddah and other sources.

Dayenu
It Would Have Been Enough For Us If God would've taken us out of Egypt and not executed judgment upon them, it would've been enough for us. If He would've executed judgment upon them and not upon their idols, it would've been enough for us. If He would've judged their idols, and not killed their firstborn, it would've been enough for us. If He would've killed their firstborn, and not given us their wealth, it would've been enough for us. If He would've given us their wealth, and not split the sea for us, it would've been enough for us. If He would've split the sea for us, and not let us through it on dry land, it would've been enough for us. If He would've let us through it on dry land, and not drowned our enemies in it, it would've been enough for us. If He would've drowned our enemies in it, and not provided for our needs in the desert for 40 years, it would've been enough for us. If He would've provided for us for 40 years, and not fed us with the Manna, it would've been enough for us. If He would've fed us with the Manna, and

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not given us the Shabbat, it would've been enough for us. If He would've given us the Shabbat, and not brought us to Mount Sinai, it would've been enough for us. If He would've brought us to Mount Sinai, and not given us the Torah, it would've been enough for us. If He would've given us the Torah, and not brought us into the land of Israel, it would've been enough for us. If He would've brought us in to the land of Israel, and not built for us the Temple, it would've been enough for us.

Adir Hu
Mighty Is God Mighty is He, mighty is He Chorus: May He soon rebuild his house Speedily, speedily and in our days, soon. God, rebuild! God, rebuild! Rebuild your house soon! Distinguished is He, great is He, exalted is He (Chorus) Glorious is He, Faithful is He, Faultless is He, Righteous is He (Chorus) Pure is He, Unique is He, Powerful is He Wise is He, King is He, awesome is He Sublime is He, all-powerful is He, Redeemer is He, All-righteous is He (Chorus) Holy is He, Compassionate is He, Almighty is

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He, Omnipotent is He (Chorus)

Echad Mi Yodea
After each verse, the answer portion of all previous verses are recited in descending order.

Who Knows One? 1. Who knows one? One is our God, in heaven and on earth 2. Who knows two? Two are the tablets of the covenant 3. Who knows three? Three are the Patriarchs 4. Who knows four? Four are the Matriarchs 5. Who knows five? Five are the books of the Torah 6. Who knows six? Six are the books of the Mishnah 7. Who knows seven? Seven are the days of the week 8. Who knows eight? Eight are the days of the circumcision 9. Who knows nine? Nine are the months of pregnancy 10. Who knows ten? Ten are the Commandments 11. Who knows eleven? Eleven are the stars in the Joseph's dream 12. Who knows twelve? Twelve are the tribes of Israel 13. Who knows thirteen? Thirteen are the attributes of God

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Chad Gadya
One Little Goat Chad gadya, Chad gadya My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya, Chad gadya Then came the cat, And ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya, Chad gadya Then came the dog, And bit the cat, That ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya, Chad gadya Then came the stick, And beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya, Chad gadya Then came the fire, That burned the stick, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya, Chad gadya Then came the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the stick, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya, Chad gadya Then came the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the stick, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya, Chad gadya Then came the butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the stick, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim. Chad gadya, Chad gadya Then came the Angel of Death, And killed the butcher, That slew the ox, That drank

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the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the stick, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya, Chad gadya Then came the Holy One, Blessed be Gd, And destroyed the Angel of Death, That killed the butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the sticks, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, My father bought for two zuzim Chad gadya, Chad gadya

Eliyahu HaNavi
Eliyahu the Prophet Eliyahu of Tishbi Eliyahu of the Gilad Will come to us speedily With the anointed descendant of David

HaTikvah
As long as in the heart, within, A Jewish soul still yearns, And onward, towards the ends of the east, An eye still gazes toward Zion; Our hope is not yet lost, The hope of two thousand years, To be a free people in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

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Miscellaneous
We were slaves to Pharoah in Egypt, and now we are free men. That which applies to our fathers also applies to us: that not just a single person [Lavan] tried to destroy us, but in every generation there are those who try to destroy us, but the Holy One Blessed Be He saves us from them. What is different about this night from all other nights? On all other nights we eat leavened and unleavened bread, but tonight only unleavened bread. On all other nights we eat all kinds of vegetables, but tonight only bitter herbs. On all other nights we do not dip our vegetables [in salt water] even once, but tonight twice. On all other nights we eat either sitting up or reclining, but tonight we all recline. As a deer longs for springs of water, so my soul longs for you, Elohim. My soul is thirsty for Eolohim, for the living God. [Psalms 42:12] Elohim created for me a pure heart, and an upright spirit he renewed within me. Do not send me away from before you, and do not take away your spirit of holiness from me. [Psalms 51:1-11]

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