Baruch atah adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav, vitsivanu lehadlik nehr shel yom tov.
 Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who sanctifies us by Thy commandments and commands us to kindle the festival lights.

 Pour the first cup

 Drink the first cup of wine

First reader:
Concerning the first cup, it is written:
     "And when the hour had come He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him.  And He said to them, 'I have earnestly desired to eat the Passover with you before I suffer; for I say to you, I shall never again eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.'  And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, 'Take this and share it among yourselves; for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes'" (Luke 22:14-18).

 Server carries a pitcher of water around the table,   pouring a few drops on each participant's hands in   symbolic "washing"

Next reader, as pitcher is being passed around, reads:
Concerning the washing, it is written:
     "Now before the Feast of the Passover, Y'shua knowing that His hour had come that He should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.   And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, Y'shua, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God, and was going back to God, rose from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself about.  Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded." (John 13:1-5).

 Dip parsley or lettuce in salt water, and recite the   following benediction together before partaking:

     Baruch atah adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, boray, p'ri ha-adamah.
 Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the earth.

Next reader:
Why do we dip parsley into salt water?
    The parsley is green and reminds us that spring is here and new life will grow.  The salt water reminds us of tears.  We remember that the Jewish people suffered before they became free.

Next reader:
Concerning the ceremony of Karpas, it is written:
  "Now when evening had come, He was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.  And as they were eating, He said, 'Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me.'  And being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, 'Surely not I, Lord?'  And He answered and said, 'He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who will betray Me.  The Son of Man is to go, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!  It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.'  And Judas, who was betraying Him, answered and said, 'Surely it is not I, Rabbi?'  He said to him, 'You have said it yourself'" (Matthew 26:20-25).

 The leader breaks the middle matzah, leaves one half   in its place, and hides the other half to be eaten   as the afikoman at the end of the meal

The leader recites:
Concerning the breaking of the middle matzah, it is written:
   "And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me'" (Luke 22:19).

The leader raises the matzoth and says:
  Lo! this is the bread of affliction which our fathers ate in the land of Egypt.  Let all who are hungry come and eat.  Let all who are in want come and celebrate the Passover with us.  This year we are here, next year we shall be in the land of Israel.
 The matzah is unleavened, it is striped, and it is pierced. Even so the Messiah was unleavened, that is, sinless.  Even so the Messiah was striped, that is, by way of the Roman whip.  Even so the Messiah was pierced, that is, by the nails in his hands and His feet and by the spear in his side.

Next reader:
Concerning the leaven, it is written:
  "Your boasting is not good.  Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?  Clean out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened.  For Messiah our Passover also has been sacrificed.  Let us therefore celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth" (1 Corinthians 5:6-8).
 "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Next reader:
Concerning the stripes, it is written:
  "Then Pilate therefore took Y'shua, and scourged Him" (John 19:1).
 "But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5).

Next reader:
Concerning the piercing, it is written:
  "They took Y'shua therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.  There they crucified Him" (John 19:17-18).
 "But coming to Y'shua, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs; but one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water...For these things came to pass, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 'Not a bone of Him shall be broken.'  And again another Scripture says, 'They shall look  on Him whom they pierced'" (John 19:33-34, 36-37).
 "And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced" (Zechariah 12:10).

Next reader responds:
  We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt.  But the Lord our God brought us out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.  Had not the Holy One, blessed be He, brought forth our fathers from Egypt, we, our children, and our children's children would have remained Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt.  Therefore, even if all of us were wise, men of understanding, sages, and well versed in the Torah, it would still be our duty to tell the story of the deliverance from Egypt.  And the more one tells of the deliverance from Egypt, the more praiseworthy he is.

Next reader:
    In ancient days, our fathers were idol worshipers, but now the Eternal has brought us near to worship Him; as it is said:  "And Joshua dwelt in olden times beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor; and they served other gods.  And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.  And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau; and I gave to Esau Mount Seir to occupy; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt."

Next reader:
    Blessed be He who kept His promise to Israel!  Blessed be He!  For the Holy One, blessed be He, determined when the Egyptian servitude would end, that He might perform that which He had told our father Abraham when He made His Covenant with him.   As it is said:  "And He said to Abraham: 'Know for a fact that your children shall be strangers in a foreign land, and shall serve and shall be afflicted for four hundred years; and that nation whom they shall serve, I will judge; and afterwards they shall escape with great wealth.'"

 Raise the cup of wine and say together:

     And this promise has been our fathers' support and ours; for not one tyrant only has risen up against us to destroy us, but in every generation tyrants have sought to destroy us, and the Holy One, blessed be He, has delivered us from their hands.
 Replace the cup on the table

Next reader:
     Jacob went down into Egypt, and sojourned there few in number, and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.  And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and forced upon us hard labor.  And we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.  And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs, and with wonders.

Next reader:
   And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt: not by an angel, nor by a seraph, nor by a messenger, but the Holy One, blessed be He, in His own glory and He alone; as it is said: "And I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beasts; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment; I am the Lord."
    With a mighty hand: this refers to the pestilence; as it is said:  "Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon your cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herd and upon the flocks; a very grievous pestilence."

Next reader:
   With an outstretched arm: this refers to the sword; as it is said:  "Having a drawn sword in His hand, stretched out over Jerusalem."
    With great terror: this means the Divine Being revealed Himself; as it is said:  "Has any God ever gone and removed a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terror, as the Lord did for you in Egypt before your eyes."
      With signs: this refers to the miracles performed with the rod; as it is said:  "And you shall take this rod in your hand; with it you shall do the signs."
      And with wonders: this refers to the plague of blood; as it is said:  "And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, fire, and pillars of smoke."
  With a mighty hand denotes two plagues; with an outstretched arm, two plagues; with great terror, two plagues; with signs, two plagues; and with wonders, two plagues.

Leader recites:
 In Jewish tradition, a full cup of wine is a symbol of joy.  But although we are joyous on this occasion, our joy is diminished as we recall the suffering the Egyptians endured as God visited them with the ten plagues.  So we diminish our cups by one drop of wine for each of the ten plagues which they suffered.

 Spill a drop of wine as each plague is mentioned

Leader recites:
These are the ten plagues which the Holy One, blessed be He, brought upon the Egyptians in Egypt:

Next reader:
 "Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 'This month...is to be the first month of the year to you.  Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, "On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers' households, a lamb for each household...Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.  And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.  Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.  And they shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.  Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails.  And you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until  morning, you shall burn with fire.

Next reader:
 "Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste -- it is the Lord's Passover.  For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment -- I am the Lord.  And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.  Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord, throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance" (Exodus 12:1-14).

Next reader:
  "Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, 'Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb.  And you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.  For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you.

Next reader:
 "And you shall observe this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever.  And it will come about when you enter the land which the Lord will give you, as He has promised, that you shall observe this rite.  And it will come about when your children will say to you, "What does this rite mean to you?" that you shall say, "It is a Passover sacrifice to the Lord who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but spared our homes.'"  And the people bowed low and worshiped.  Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

Next reader:
    "Now it came about at midnight that the Lord struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the  dungeon, and all the first-born of cattle.  And Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.  Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, 'Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the Lord as you have said.  Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go and bless me also.'

Next reader:
 "And the Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, 'We shall all be dead.'  So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.  Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have their request.  Thus they plundered the Egyptians (Exodus 12:21-36).
      Then all the sons of Israel did so; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.  And it came about on that same day that the Lord brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts" (Exodus 12:50-51).

(Sing "The Horse and Rider Song")

Leader recites, and assembly responds with "dayenu":

How many are the good deeds the Eternal has done us!
Had He brought us out of Egypt, and had not executed judgment upon the Egyptians,   dayenu.
Had He executed judgment upon the Egyptians, and not upon their gods,   dayenu.
Had he executed judgment on their gods, and had not slain their firstborn,  dayenu.
Had He slain their first-born, and had not given us their wealth,   dayenu.
Had He given us their wealth, and had not divided the sea for us,   dayenu.
Had He divided the sea for us, and had not permitted us to cross on dry land,   dayenu.
Had He permitted us to cross on dry land, and had not drowned our oppressors,   dayenu.
Had He drowned our oppressors, and had not provided for us in the wilderness forty years,  dayenu.
Had He provided for us in the wilderness forty  years, and had not fed us with manna, dayenu.
Had He fed us with manna, and had not ordained the Sabbath,   dayenu.
Had He ordained the Sabbath, and had not brought us to Mount Sinai,   dayenu.
Had He brought us to Mount Sinai, and had not given us the Torah,   dayenu.
Had He given us the Torah, and had not led us into the land of Israel,   dayenu.
Had He brought us into the land of Israel, and had not built for us the Temple,   dayenu.
Had He built for us the Temple, and had not provided salvation through the Messiah,   dayenu.
Had He provided salvation through the Messiah and had not promised abundant life through the Messiah, dayenu.
Had He promised abundant life through the Messiah, and had not promised to return,   dayenu.
Had He promised to return, and had not promised to establish the Messianic Kingdom,  dayenu.

Next reader:
    How much more then are we to be grateful for the manifold favors the Eternal has bestowed upon us!  He brought us out of Egypt, He executed judgment upon the Egyptians and upon their gods, He slew their first-born, He gave us their wealth, He divided for us the sea, He permitted us to cross on dry land, He drowned our oppressors, He provided for us in the wilderness forty years, He fed us with manna, He ordained the Sabbath, He brought us to Mount Sinai, He gave us the Torah, He led us into the land of Israel, He built for us the Temple to make atonement for all our sins, He provided salvation through the Messiah, He promised abundant life through the Messiah, He promised to return, and He promised to establish the Messianic Kingdom.

(Sing "Dayenu")

Next reader:
 Rabbi Gamaliel said:  "Whoever does not mention the meaning of these three symbols, the paschal lamb, the unleavened bread, and the bitter herbs, has not fulfilled his obligation."

 The leader points to the roasted bone which is   symbolic of the paschal lamb

The reader continues to recite:
     Why did our fathers eat the paschal lamb while the Temple was still in existence?  Because the Holy One, blessed be He, passed over our fathers' houses in Egypt; as it is said:  "And you shall say:  'It is the Lord's Passover, because He passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the first-born of the  Egyptians, and He spared our houses.'  And the people bowed their heads and worshipped."

Next reader:
Concerning the Messiah, it is written:
    "The next day he saw Y'shua coming to him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!'" (John 1:29).
  "He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth" (Isaiah 53:7).

Next reader:
      "Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Messiah" (1 Peter 1:18-19).
      "Saying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing'" (Revelation 5:12).

 The leader points to the matzah
Next reader:
      Why do we eat this unleavened bread?  Because there was not enough time for the dough of our fathers to rise before the Supreme King of Kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, appeared to them and redeemed them; as it is said:  "And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt for it had not risen; because they were driven out of Egypt and could not tarry; neither had they prepared for themselves any food."

 The leader points to the bitter herbs
Next reader:
     Why do we eat these bitter herbs?  Because the Egyptians embittered the lives of our fathers in Egypt; as it is said: "And they embittered their lives with hard labor in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of work in the field; all their labor was imposed upon them with rigor."

 The leader points to the egg
Next reader:
      Why do we have an egg on the Seder plate?  The egg reminds us of spring, the time of the holiday of Passover, and of new life that grows in the spring.   As the roasted shank bone represents the yearly Passover sacrifice of the paschal lamb, so the roasted egg represents the daily Temple sacrifice which was faithfully presented until the Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D.  Just as a chicken lays an egg  daily, so the Jews were commanded to bring an animal sacrifice to the Temple daily, to atone for their sins.  We no longer have a Temple to which to bring our sacrifices, but we remember them through the symbol of the egg; we dip the egg in salt water, which represents tears, to symbolize our mourning over the destruction of the Temple.

Next reader:
      In every generation, every Jew must regard himself as though he, personally, were brought out of Egypt; as it is said: "And you shall tell your son on that day, saying:  'It is because of what the Lord did for me when I left Egypt'."  It was not our ancestors alone that the Holy One, blessed be He, redeemed from Egypt, but He redeemed us with them; as it is said:  "And He brought us out of there, that He might bring us into the land which He had promised to our fathers."

 Raise the cup of wine and recite together:

      Therefore it is our duty to thank, praise, laud, glorify, extol, honor, bless, exalt and adore Him, who performed all these miracles for our ancestors and for us.  He brought us from slavery to freedom, from sorrow to joy, from mourning to festive gladness, from darkness to daylight, and from servitude to redemption.  Therefore let us chant to him a new song:  Hallelujah.

 Replace the cup of wine on the table

(Sing "He Shall Reign Over All the Earth")
 

Next reader:

(Sing "Come Let Us Go Up")

 Raise the cup of wine and recite together:
      Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who redeemed our ancestors and us from Egypt, and enabled us to observe this night, to eat unleavened bread and bitter herbs. May the Lord our God, and the God of our fathers grant us to live to celebrate other festivals and holy seasons.  May we rejoice in the building of Your city, and be gladdened there in Your service; then we will chant to You a new song for our redemption and for the redemption of our souls.  Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, who redeemed Israel.

     Baruch atah adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, boray p'ri hagafen.
      Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

 Now drink the second cup of wine

 The upper matzah and the portion of the middle   matzah is distributed among those present.
 Recite the following benediction together before   partaking :
    Baruch atah adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, hamotzi lechem min ha-oretz.
      Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.
 
 

     Baruch atah adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, ahsher kidshahnu b'mitzvotav, vitzivahnu ahl achilaht maror.
      Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who sanctified us with Thy commandments, and commanded us to observe eating bitter herbs.

Next reader:
      Why do we dip maror into the charoseth?  We dip maror into the charoseth to remind us how hard the Jewish slaves worked in Egypt.  Charoseth looks like the clay which the Jews used to make bricks for building pharaoh's cities and palaces.

Next reader:
Concerning the maror, it is written:
      "When Y'shua had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me.'  The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.  There was reclining on Y'shua' breast one of His disciples, whom Y'shua loved.  Simon Peter therefore gestured to him, and said to him, 'Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.'  He, leaning back thus on Y'shua' breast, said to Him, 'Lord, who is it?'  Y'shua therefore answered, 'That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him.'  So when He had dipped the morsel, He took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot" (John 13:21- 26).

 All present now place some of the bitter herbs   between two pieces of the lower whole matzah.
 Recite the following together before partaking:
      Thus was Hillel accustomed to do at the time the Temple still stood:  He combined unleavened bread and bitter herbs and ate them together, in order to comply with the instruction: "With unleavened bread and bitter herbs, they shall eat the Passover sacrifice."

 At the conclusion of the meal, the leader takes half   of the middle matzah which he hid, and gives every   one a piece of it
Leader recites:
Concerning the Afikomen, it is written:
  "And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me'" (Luke 22:19).

Next reader:
Concerning the Messiah, it is written:
  "Y'shua therefore said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.  For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.'  They said therefore to Him, 'Lord, evermore give us this bread.'  Y'shua said to them, 'I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst'" (John 6:32-35).

 "I am the bread of life.  Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.  This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.  I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread also which I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh" (John 6:48-51).

Next reader:
 "'As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.  This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate, and died, he who eats this bread shall live forever.'  These things He said in the synagogue, as He taught in Capernaum" (John 6:57-59).
 "For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Y'shua in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, 'This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me'." (1 Corinthians 11:23-24).

 Partake together of the afikomen

Next reader:

Next reader:
 We thank You, O Lord our God, for having brought us forth from the land of Egypt; for having redeemed  us from the house of bondage and sin; for Your coven- ant sealed in our flesh and in our hearts; for the law which You have taught us; for the salvation and abundant life You have provided through the Messiah; and for the food with which You nourish and sustain us, every day, every time, and every hour.

Next reader:
      For all these things, O Lord our God, we thank You and praise You; blessed be Your name forever, as it is written:  "When you have eaten and are satisfied, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you."  Blessed art Thou, O Lord, for the Holy Land and for the food.
      O, rebuild Jerusalem, the Holy City, speedily in our days.  Blessed be the Lord our God, who in His mercy will rebuild Jerusalem; Amen.

(Sing "Give Thanks to the Lord")

 Raise the third cup

Leader reads:
Concerning this cup, it is written:
      "And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, 'This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood...Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me'" (Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25).

 Recite together:
    Baruch atah adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, boray p'ri hagafen.
      Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

 Drink the third cup of wine

Leader reads:
It is written:
      "Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Messiah?  Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Messiah?...For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes" (1 Corinthians 10:16; 11:26)

 Open the door

Next reader:
What is the Cup of Elijah?
      There is an extra cup of wine on the table.  This is the Cup of Elijah.  There is a story that Elijah, a great teacher and prophet who lived many years ago, visits every Seder to wish us a year of peace and freedom.  Elijah will herald Messiah's return, and so the cup is placed on the Seder table in the hopes that this year will see both Elijah's  and Messiah's appearance.  The door is opened to permit Elijah's entrance.
      "Behold, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord" (Malachi 4:5).

(Sing "Eliahu Hanavi")

 The door is closed

Next reader:

Next reader:

(Sing "How I Praise You")

Next reader:

Next reader:

(Sing "Behold God Is My Salvation")

Next reader:

(Sing "This Is the Day")

Recite together:
     Praised be Your name forever, O our God, the great and holy God and King, in heaven and on earth; for You, O Lord our God and God of our fathers, are deserving of song and praise, hymn and psalm, strength and dominion, victory, greatness, and might, renown and glory, holiness and kingship, blessings and thanksgivings from henceforth even forever.

     Baruch atah adonai, eloheynu melech ha-olam, boray p'ri hagafen.
      Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

 Drink the fourth cup of wine

Next reader:
      "Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of  Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the Lord.  "But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the Lord, "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.  And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the Lord, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more" (Jeremiah 31:31-34).

Next reader:
      "Therefore behold, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when it will no longer be said, 'As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,' but, 'As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries where He had banished them.'  For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers" (Jeremiah 16:14-15).

Leader recites:
     The Seder of the Passover is now complete, according to the laws, rules, and customs.  As we have been privileged to celebrate it this year, may we be worthy to actually offer it in the Holy Land.  O Pure One, who abides in the Temple, raise up Your numberless people.  O speedily lead the branches You have planted, as free men to Zion, with songs of rejoicing.

All proclaim together:

(Sing "He Has Made Me Glad"
  "It Is Good"
 "Great and Wonderful" )