There are many video chat apps, each with advantages and disadvantages. Apps such as Zoom are meant for large conference calls, and can host many people at once. However, they tend to optimize the audio of a single voice instead of many voices at once, meaning that singing together or talking over each other makes everything impossible to understand. Therefore, this Seder is structured such that one person at a time speaks or sings, while others are muted.

Most video chat apps are not secure, and will monitor what everyone is saying. This haggadah includes a surveillance warning during the seder.

Some suggestions if you are planning on hosting a virtual Seder:

Get familiar with the app ahead of time. Try a “rehearsal seder” with a few people.
Find the text-chat option, if any.
Learn how to mute and un-mute people. If you’re using Zoom, learn how to mute everyone.

Food and Drink

The rituals of the Seder call for the following food items:

Matzah
Maror (horseradish)
Charoset (nuts, raisins, and spices)
Wine (or any “fruit of the vine”, including V8 juice)
A green vegetable (typically parsley)
Salt water
A prepared dinner or snack

You should try to have as many of these as possible (especially if you are hosting).

However, this haggadah was written at a time when there are shortages of specific ingredients in every supermarket. You must allow other Jews partake in the mitzvot of the seder. For the purposes of this haggadah, in this year, you can fulfill the rituals as long as at least one person on the video chat has the required ingredient (such as wine). If no one has ingredients, this haggadah has alternate prayers and readings.

1. Introduction

What to Expect

Whoever hosts the video conference says:

The invention of the Seder was an act of resilience in the face of catastrophe. Two thousand years ago, the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans. Passover used to be celebrated at the Second Temple; no Temple, no Passover. But the surviving rabbis devised a new ritual, the Seder, which did not require a Temple. And so the observance of Passover continued from generation to generation.

This haggadah was made for the year 5780, or 2020 according to the secular calendar. A new catastrophe, the COVID-19 pandemic, has forced us to devise new rituals yet again. This haggadah is written for a virtual video-chat Passover Seder, and to address our isolation, grief, and outrage.

Content Warnings: COVID-19, food, racism, and genocide.

If you are using Zoom, the current speaker continues:

Please note that Zoom, the app we’re using, isn’t a secure means of communication. Zoom monitors everything we say and gathers data.

The same person continues:

Speech and song are core to a Seder. However, it is impossible in a video chat for more than one person to speak at a time; the sound will get garbled and no one will understand anyone else.

If someone else is speaking or singing, please mute yourself. Please try muting yourself now.

Wait for people to mute; show them how to as need.

Whenever someone is talking, singing, or praying, everyone else should be muted; but feel free to recite or sing along with them while muted.

Every time there’s a new section, prayer, or song, the current speaker will ask for a new speaker. If you want to read or sing the next section, un-mute yourself and begin. The previous person should mute themselves. If some people at the seder don’t know you, please introduce yourself.

Let’s try it now. Will someone read the next section?

A new person says:

You might still want to discuss the haggadah, the Passover story, and so on with other people at the Seder. In this virtual Seder, be careful not to interrupt anyone, because the audio will glitch. Try not to talk for too long either; rambling over a video app is much less engaging than rambling in-person.

If the app has text-chat option (such as Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skype), add:

This app has a text-chat option that you can use to kibbitz. Try finding the text-chat button and sending everyone a little message. If you don’t know how, you can un-mute yourself to ask for help.

Will someone read the next section?

A new person says:

Some parts of the Seder, such as blessing the wine, require food or drink that some people won’t have, or maybe no one has them. Whoever is speaking will ask something like “Will someone with a glass of wine bless the wine?” If no one volunteers (either because no one wants to or because there is no wine), there’s always an alternate reading or prayer.

2. Kadesh

Sanctify

Shabbat Candles

Whoever last spoke asks:

Will someone with candles light them and say the blessing?

A new person who has candles lights the candles.

Everyone covers their eyes.

A new person sings:

Blessed are you, LORD our God, who has commanded us to kindle these (Shabbat and)* yom tov lights.

baruch atah adonai eloheynu melech asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzevanu l’halikner shel (shabbat v’shel)* yom tov

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל [שַׁבָּת וְשֶׁל]* יוֹם טוֹב

Source: ritualwell.org, “Holiday Candle Lighting Blessings”

* Add if tonight is Erev Shabbat (Friday night).

Alternate Prayer if No One has Shabbat Candles

The same person says:

Will someone recite an alternate prayer?

A new person says:

May our homes be consecrated, O God, and may we all find health, and happiness, and goodwill for all.

The First Cup

Everyone who has wine pours a little into a wineglass.

The same person asks:

Will someone with wine bless the first cup of wine?

A new person with wine pours wine into the wineglass and raises the wineglass for all to see.

The new person sings:

Blessed are you, LORD our God, who has created the fruit of the vine.

baruch atah adonai eloheynu melech ha’olam borey p’ri hagafen

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָפֶן

Source: ritualwell.org, “Kiddush Over Wine“

Everyone with wine drinks.

Alternate Prayer if No One has Wine

The same person asks:

Will someone offer a toast with a glass water?

A new person pours a glass of water and raises the glass for all to see.

The new person recites:

To our people, to its future, to its courage, to its hope, to a brighter brave tomorrow, free of chain and free of rope.

Source: Haggadah published by the Workmen’s Circle in Los Angeles, 1955. From Of Moses and Marx – Folk Ideology and Folk History in the Jewish Labor Movement, p. 169.

Shecheyanu

Traditionally this prayer is only recited on the first Seder. However, in these extraordinary times, it can be sung both nights.

The same person asks:

Will someone sing a shecheyanu, to praise God for allowing us to reach this day?

A new person sings:

Blessed are You Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe who has given us life, sustained us, and allowed us to reach this day.

baruch atah adonai eloheynu melech shehecheyanu v’kiamnu v’heegee’anu lazman hazeh

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה

Source: netivyah.org, “The Shehecheyanu: A Blessing to Commemorate Special Occasions“

Prayer for Healing

The same person asks:

Will someone sing a prayer of healing?

A new person sings:

Mi Shebeirach avoteinu
M’kor habracha
L’imoteinu

May the source of strength who blessed the ones before us
Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing and
Let us say, amen.

Me Shebeirach imoteinu, m’kor habracha l’avoteinu
Bless those in need of healing with r’fua sh’leima,
The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, and
Let us say, amen.

Source: templesolel.net, “MI SHEBEIRACH — PRAYERS FOR HEALING” [PDF], Music by Debbie Friedman

3. Ur’Chatz

Hand-Washing

Whoever last spoke continues:

This is “ur’chatz”, or “hand-washing”. When I say “go”, you will go wash your hands. Use soap! I’ll wait a minute for everyone to come back. OK… go!

Wait for everyone to wash their hands and return.

4. Karpas

Dip The Vegetables

The same person asks:

Will someone with karpas, or green vegetables, and saltwater, recite the blessing and dip the karpas into the saltwater?

A new person with karpas (typically parsley) and saltwater recites, then dips the karpas into the saltwater and eats it:

Blessed are you, LORD our God, who has created the fruit of the Earth.

baruch atah adonai eloheynu melech ha’olam borei p’ri ha-adamah

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה

Source: opensiddur.org, “Haggadah for Pesach”

Alternate Reading if No One Has Karpas and Saltwater

The same person asks:

Will someone teach us about the Jews in times of plague?

A new person says:

As Jews, we have known many hard times, and we have endured many plagues. The Talmud teaches us:

“If there is a plague in the city, stay indoors, for outside, the sword will bereave, and inside terror shall reign.”

Source: Bava Kamma 60b, via @jewdas

5. Yachatz

Break the Middle Matzah

The same person asks:

Will someone with three matzot break the middle matzah?

A new person with three matzot removes the middle matzah and breaks it in half. They raise the larger half for all to see.

The new person says:

Traditionally, I would hide this larger half as the “afikomen”, which after dinner everyone would search for… But I won’t, because you might have trouble finding it here in my home!

Nevertheless, we will search for it later…

Alternate Remarks If No One Has Three Matzot

The same person continues:

Traditionally, one of us would hide this larger half of a piece of matzah as the “afikomen”, which after dinner everyone would search for… There will still be a search for the afikomen later.

6. Maggid

Tell The Story

Uncover the Matzah

The same person asks:

Will someone teach us about matzah?

A new person says:

Matzah is the bread of affliction that our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let none go hungry or without shelter, especially in these dark times.

The Four Questions

The same person asks:

Will the youngest person at this Seder recite the four questions?

The youngest person at the Seder recites:

How is this Passover different from all other Passovers?

On all other Passovers, some of us were content and some of us were afraid. But on this Passover, we are all afraid.

On all other Passovers, we ate together. But on this Passover, we eat apart.

On all other Passovers, some of us were well and some of us were sick. But on this Passover, many of us are sick.

On all other Passovers, we were distracted. But on this Passover, we are vigilant and hopeful.

The Four Children

The same person asks:

The Torah speaks of four types of children. Will someone teach us about them?

A new person says:

The wise child asks: “What is the meaning of God’s commandments and judgments?” Answer this child: “Was it God who gave such laws, that a small part of humankind shall take all of what the rest have and waste and squander and live in a sea of pleasure?”

The wicked child asks: “Work makes life sweet! What is your work? Why should you not work?” By commanding us to work, this child rises above the community. By rising above the community, this child denies God’s fundamental truths of equality and freedom; we will have nothing to do with this child.

The simple child asks: “What is all this? Why can’t we discuss this civilly?” You shall answer them: “Through our cries we freed ourselves from Egypt and through our cries now we will free ourselves again.”

And for the child that does not know enough to ask: Tell this child the story of the servitude of our past and of our present.

Source: Haggadah published by the United Jewish Labor Bund in Russia and Poland, April 1900. Translation from Of Moses and Marx – Folk Ideology and Folk History in the Jewish Labor Movement, p. 157.

The Passover Story

The same person asks:

We celebrate Passover to remember an ancient story of slavery, plague, and, eventually, liberation. Will someone begin the story of Passover?

A new person says:

“Our ancestors were wandering seasonal workers who traveled to the land of Egypt. There they became numerous and powerful.”

Source: Deuteronomy 25:5, NRSV

The same person asks:

Will someone continue the story?

A new person says:

“Then a new king arose over Egypt who did not know the Israelites. And he said to his people: ‘Look, the Israelites are so numerous that they will commit violence, and steal our jobs. Let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they may not increase.’ So Pharaoh set taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them; but the more they were oppressed, the more they resisted and spread out amongst the other workers in the land, so that the Egyptians came to fear the Israelites.”

Source: Exodus 1:8-12, Jewish Study Bible

The same person asks:

Will someone continue the story?

A new person says:

“There was a wealthy Hebrew named Moses who lived in the court of the Pharaoh. One day, this Moses witnessed an Egyptian beating a Hebrew slave. He betrayed the wealthy elites of the land, and struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Then he fled to the land of Midian.”

Source: Exodus 2:10-15, Jewish Study Bible

The same person asks:

Will someone continue the story?

A new person says:

“Moses returned to the land of Egypt, where his people, the Israelite workers, were striking against Pharaoh. Their suffering had only grown in his absence; their work was unsafe, and unclean. Moses said to Pharaoh: ‘Let my people go!’ But Pharaoh refused.”

The same person asks:

Will someone continue the story?

A new person says:

“Ten times, Egypt was struck by plague. Each time, Pharaoh could have freed its most vulnerable people rather than let them suffer. But each time, his heart hardened.”

Let us now recite the plagues together.

Traditionally, after saying each plague, dip your finger into the wine and dab it on the plate. This year, for health and safety, do not dip your finger into the wine or dab it on the plate, only recite the names of the plagues.

blood
frogs
lice
beasts
cattle
boils
hail
locusts
darkness
death of the firstborn

The same person continues:

COVID-19 became a modern-day plague because of the hardened hearts of our own Pharaohs. Will someone teach us about the cruelty of our Pharaohs?

A new person says:

“Anne Frank didn’t die in a gas chamber. Anne Frank died because she caught an infectious disease in a concentration camp. Unless people are freed from immigrant detention immediately, thousands upon thousands of our neighbors will die horrific deaths. We have to stop it.”

Source: Never Again Action, March 12, 2020.

The same person asks:

Will someone continue to teach?

A new person says:

“Americans deserve better than a health care system where people are terrified and need treatment, but are afraid to go to the doctor or emergency room because they cannot afford the bill.”

Source: Bernie Sanders, via Twitter, March 31 2020.

The same person asks:

Will someone continue to teach?

A new person says:

The epidemic, however novel, is therefore similar to other public health crises that came before it, which tend to be produced with nearly the same regularity as economic crises, and to be regarded in similar ways within the popular press—as if they were random, “black swan” events, utterly unpredictable and unprecedented. The reality, however, is that these health crises follow their own chaotic, cyclical patterns of recurrence, made more probable by a series of structural contradictions built into the nature of production and proletarian life under capitalism.

Source: Chuang, “Social Contagion”, February 2020.

The same person asks:

Will someone conclude the Passover story?

A new person says:

“But at last, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, God delivered us from the Egyptians.”

Source: Exodus 6:6, Jewish Study Bible

“Do not forget: You were once slaves in Egypt, but now you are free.”

Source: Deuteronomy 15:15, Jewish Study Bible

Dayeinu – It Would’ve Been Enough

The same person asks:

Will someone sing dayeinu?

While everyone else is muted, a new person sings:

ilu hotzi hotzi anu
hotzi anu mimitzrayim
hotzi anu mimitzrayim
dayeinu!

di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
dayeinu!

di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
dayeinu dayeinu!

ilu natan natan lanu
natan lanu et hashabbat
natan lanu et hashabbat
dayeinu!

di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
dayeinu dayeinu!

di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
dayeinu dayeinu!

ilu natan natan lanu
natan lanu et hatorah
natan lanu et hatorah
dayeinu!

di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
dayeinu dayeinu!

di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
di- di- yeinu!
dayeinu dayeinu!

In English

If God had brought us out of Egypt:
It would’ve been enough!

If God had given us Shabbat:
It would’ve been enough!

If God has given us the Torah:
It would’ve been enough!

Lo Dayeinu – It Will Not Be Enough

The same person asks:

Everyone, please un-mute yourselves now.

Wait for everyone to un-mute.

Will someone recite lo dayeinu: “It Will Not Be Enough”?

A new person says, with all responding in unison to each line:

Speaker (Call)	Everyone (Response)
If COVID-19 testing is offered to everyone but costs money:	It will not be enough!
If COVID-19 testing is free for everyone but vaccines cost money:	It will not be enough!
If COVID-19 vaccines are free for everyone but ICU stays cost money:	It will not be enough!
If healthcare is free for everyone but landlords still demand rent from those who have lost their jobs:	It will not be enough!
If rent is frozen but people in prisons and concentration camps are not set free:	It will not be enough!
If all of this help and more is offered during the pandemic, and taken away after:	It will not be enough!

The same person continues:

Thank you. Please mute yourselves again.

Wait for everyone to mute.

The Second Cup

Everyone who has wine pours a little into a glass.

The same person asks:

Will someone with wine bless the second cup of wine?

A new person with wine pours wine into the wineglass and raises the wineglass for all to see.

The new person sings:

Blessed are you, LORD our God, who has created the fruit of the vine.

baruch atah adonai eloheynu melech ha’olam borey p’ri hagafen

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָפֶן

Source: ritualwell.org, “Kiddush Over Wine“

Everyone with wine drinks.

Alternate Prayer If No One Has Wine

The same person asks:

Will someone offer a toast with a glass water?

A new person pours a glass of water and raises the glass for all to see.

The new person recites:

The chains of bondage forged in Egypt
Into the sea were cast
And every year we recall with awe
The miracle unsurpassed.

Source: Haggadah published by the Workmen’s Circle in Los Angeles, 1955. From Of Moses and Marx – Folk Ideology and Folk History in the Jewish Labor Movement, p. 174.

7. Rachtzah

Ritual Hand-Washing

The same person says:

This is “rachtzah”, or “handwashing with a blessing”. Traditionally, we don’t use soap, but you might still want to. When you wash your hands, you can say the prayer below to yourself.

When I say “go”, you will go wash your hands. OK… go!

Everyone says the prayer below to themselves after washing their hands.

Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with Your commandments, and commanded us concerning the washing of the hands.

baruch atah adonai eloheynu melech ha’olam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzevanu al n’tilat yadayim

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אַדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל נְטִילַת יָדַיִם

Source: myjewishlearning.com, “Hand Washing“

Wait for everyone to wash their hands and return.

8. Motzi

Bless the Bread

The same person asks:

Will someone with matzah say a motzi?

A new person with matzah raises the matzah for all to see.

The new person sings or recites:

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Sovereign of the universe, who brings bread from the earth.

baruch atah adonai aloheynu melech ha’olam ha’motzi lechem min-ha’aretz.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הַמּוֹצִיא לֶֽחֶם מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ

Source: opensiddur.org, “Haggadah for the Passover Seder, with an English translation by Dr. Eve Feinstein“

Alternate Prayer if No One Has Matzah

The same person asks:

Will someone volunteer to recite an alternate prayer?

A new person recites:

Blessed are you, bakers who labor at hot ovens, risking their own health in this pandemic, to bring forth bread from the earth.

Source: “Big, Hopeful, Healthy, Inclusive, Passover Seder“, p. 14.

9. Matzah

Bless the Matzah

The same person asks:

Will someone with matzah bless the matzah?

A new person with matzah raises the matzah for all to see.

The new person sings or recites:

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Sovereign of the universe, who commanded us to eat matzah.

baruch atah adonai aloheynu melech ha’olam asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tseevanu al-achilat matzah.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֺתָיו וְצִוָּֽנוּ עַל־אֲכִילַת מַצָּה׃

Source: opensiddur.org, “Haggadah for Pesah: An English Translation“

Alternate Prayer if No One Has Matzah

The same person asks:

Will someone volunteer to recite an alternate prayer?

A new person recites:

Blessed are you, bakers of matzah, who work in matzah factories, risking their own health in this pandemic.

Source: “Big, Hopeful, Healthy, Inclusive, Passover Seder.” Inspired by the prayer on page 14.

10. Maror

The Bitter Herbs

The same person asks:

Will someone with maror, or bitter herbs, bless and eat the maror?

A new person with maror raises the maror for all to see.

The new person recites:

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has commanded us to eat bitter herbs.

baruch atah adonai aloheynu melech ha’olam asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tseevanu al-achilat maror.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּֽנוּ עַל־אֲכִילַת מָרוֹר׃

Source: opensiddur.org, “Haggadah for Pesah: An English Translation“

Eat the maror.

Alternate Reading if No One Has Maror

The same person asks:

Will someone teach of another Seder in which there was no maror?

A different person says:

In April 1943, at the height of the Final Solution, the last remaining Jews of Warsaw huddled together in bunkers under their besieged ghetto to live their final hours as proud Jews, reading the Passover Haggadah. The Seder began. Feivel Milchberg had managed to organize matzah. “I don’t know how he got it,” Itzchak [Milchberg] recalls, although he remembers there were no bitter herbs. “There was plenty of bitterness already,” he says.

Source: aish.com, “The Last Seder in the Warsaw Ghetto“

11. Korech

The “Hillel Sandwich”

Everyone takes two bits of matzvah and places a bit of horseradish and charoset in between them. If you don’t have some of the ingredients, make as much of this “sandwich” as you can.

Everyone eats the “sandwich”.

12. Shulchan Orech

The Meal

Whoever last spoke says:

Dinner time! We will eat for thirty minutes.

You should set a different time for dinner depending on the needs of your group.

The same person continues:

While you’re eating, you can try to find the afikomen too… See “Tzafun”, below.

You can un-mute now if you want.

13. Tzafun

Finding the Afikomen

Search for the afikomen while eating dinner.

14. Barech

Blessings

Whoever last spoke says:

We now resume the seder… Please mute yourselves again.

Wait for everyone to mute.

The Third Cup

Everyone who has wine pours a little into a wineglass.

The same person asks:

Will someone with wine bless the third cup of wine?

A new person with wine pours wine into the wineglass and raises the wineglass for all to see.

The new person sings:

Blessed are you, LORD our God, who has created the fruit of the vine.

baruch atah adonai eloheynu melech ha’olam borey p’ri hagafen.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָפֶן

Source: ritualwell.org, “Kiddush Over Wine”

Everyone with wine drinks.

Alternate Prayer if No One Has Wine

The same person asks:

Will someone offer a toast with a glass water?

A new person pours a glass of water and raises the glass for all to see.

The new person recites:

The hour of joy will soon return
In deepest faith our hearts will blend
For brighter days we need not yearn
All pain and sorrow soon will end.

Source: Haggadah published by the Workmen’s Circle in Los Angeles, 1955. From Of Moses and Marx – Folk Ideology and Folk History in the Jewish Labor Movement, p. 182.

Birkat

The same person asks:

Will sing or say Birkat Hamazon?

A new person sings:

Let us say grace!
Praised be the name of God, now and forever.
Praised be the name of God, now and forever.
Praised be our God, of whose abundance we have eaten.
Praised be our God, of whose abundance we have eaten, and by whose goodness we live.
Praised be our God, of whose abundance we have eaten, and by whose goodness we live.
Praised be the Eternal God.
Sovereign God of the universe, we praise You: Your goodness sustains the world. You are the God of grace, love, and compassion, the Source of bread for all who live; for Your love is everlasting. In Your great goodness we need never lack for food; You provide food enough for all. We praise You, O God, Source of food for all who live.

raboty, n’varech!
y’hi shem adonai m’vorach mei-atah v’ad olam
y’hi shem adonai m’vorach mei-atah v’ad olam
birshut hachevrah, n’vareich Eloheinu she-achalnu mishelo
baruch eloheinu she-achalnu mishelo uv’tuvo chayinu
baruch eloheinu she-achalnu mishelo uv’tuvo chayinu.
baruch hu uvaruch sh’mo.
baruch atah adonai, eloheinu melech haolam,
hazan et haolam kulo b’tuvo, b’chein b’chesed uv’rachamim.
hu notein lechem l’chol basar ki l’olam chasdo.
uv’tuvo hagadol tamid lo chasar lanu,
v’al yechsar lanu, mazon l’olam va-ed,
baavur sh’mo hagadol.
ki hu el zan um’farneis lakol umeitiv lakol,
umeichin mazon l’chol b’riyotav asher bara.
baruch atah adonai, hazan et hakol.

רַבּוֹתַי, נְבָרֵךְ
יְהִי שֵׁם יְיָ מְבֹרָךְ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם
בִּרְשׁוּת מְרָנָן וְרַבָּנָן וְרַבּוֹתַי, נְבָרֵךְ שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ מִשֶּׁלוֹ
בָּרוּךְ שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ מִשֶּׁלוֹ וּבְטוּבוֹ חָיִינוּ
בָּרוּךְ שֶׁאָכַלְנוּ מִשֶּׁלוֹ וּבְטוּבוֹ חָיִינוּ
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הַזָּן אֶת הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ בְּטוּבוֹ בְּחֵן בְּחֶסֶד וּבְרַחֲמִים, הוּא נֹתֵן לֶחֶם לְכָל־בָּשָׂר כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ וּבְטוּבוֹ הַגָּדוֹל תָּמִיד לֹא חָסַר לָנוּ וְאַל יֶחְסַר לָנוּ מָזוֹן לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד בַּעֲבוּר שְׁמוֹ הַגָּדוֹל כִּי הוּא אֵל זָן וּמְפַרְנֵס לַכֹּל וּמֵטִיב לַכֹּל וּמֵכִין מָזוֹן לְכָל־בְּרִיּוֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ הַזָּן אֶת הַכֹּל

Source: Hebrew: sefaria.org

Source: English and Transliteration: reformjudiasm.org

The Cup of Elijah

The same person asks:

Who will teach us about Elijah the Prophet?

A new person says:

Elijah is the champion of the oppressed. He brings hope, cheer, and relief to the downtrodden. There is a legend that Elijah visits every Seder to wish everyone a year of peace and freedom. He is the harbinger of good tidings and peace. He will foretell the coming of the Messiah.

This year, we will not open our doors for Elijah, for this is a time of quarantine and isolation. Next year, may our doors be opened to all visitors, our minds to learning, and our hearts to those who are less fortunate.

Source: haggadot.com, “Elijah” by Alysia Robbins

15. Hallel

Songs

The Fourth Cup

Everyone who has wine pours a little into a wineglass.

The same person asks:

Will someone with wine bless the fourth cup of wine?

A new person with wine pours wine into the wineglass and raises the wineglass for all to see.

The new person sings:

Blessed are you, LORD our God, who has created the fruit of the vine.

baruch atah adonai eloheynu melech ha’olam borey p’ri hagafen

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָפֶן

Source: ritualwell.org, “Kiddush Over Wine”

Everyone with wine drinks.

Alternate prayer if no one has wine

The same person asks:

Will someone offer a toast with a glass water?

A new person pours a glass of water and raises the glass for all to see.

The new person recites:

We drink to faith, we drink to hope
No, our heads we do not bow
Free of chain, and free of rope
The future shines before us now.

Source: Haggadah published by the Workmen’s Circle in Los Angeles, 1955. From Of Moses and Marx – Folk Ideology and Folk History in the Jewish Labor Movement, p. 182.

Who Knows One?

The same person continues:

“Hallel” is the time in the seder to sing. For these songs, each person is going to sing one verse. Unlike the rest of the seder, we’re not going to ask each other to volunteer… When you want to sing, un-mute yourself and sing it!

This will probably be chaotic. But let’s face it… Passover songs are always a little chaotic.

One person is going to say each “verse” of Who Knows One. But there’s a twist: You have to say all of it as fast as you can! I’ll start:

Say it as fast as you can!!

Who knows one?
I know one.
One is the God in Heaven and on Earth.