And even were we all wise, all intelligent,
all aged and all knowledgeable in the Torah,
still the command would be upon us
to tell of the coming out of Egypt;
and the more one tells of the coming out of Egypt,
the more admirable it is.

(18) So God led the people round about, by way of the wilderness at the Sea of Reeds.
Now the Israelites went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

(18) The ETERNAL God said, “It is not good for the Human to be alone; I will make a fitting counterpart for him.”

(1) These are the things that have no measure: The Peah [corner of the field that must be given to the poor], the Bikurim [first-fruits that must be given to the Kohen], the appearance-sacrifice [at the Temple in Jerusalem on Pilgrimage Festivals], acts of kindness, and the study of the Torah. These are things the fruits of which a man enjoys in this world, while the principal remains for him in the World to Come: Honoring father and mother, acts of kindness, and bringing peace between a man and his fellow. But the study of Torah is equal to them all.

I have set YHWH neged to me

בָּרוּךְ הַמָּקוֹם Blessed is the Omnipresent –
blessed is He.
Blessed is the One
who gave His people Israel, the Torah –
blessed is He.
כְּנֶגֶד אַרְבָּעָה בָּנִים The Torah relates
to four types of sons –
one who is wise,
one who is wicked,
one with a simple nature,
and one who does not know how to ask.

THIS MATZA
that we eat:
what does it recall?

It recalls the dough of our ancestors,
which did not have time to rise
before the King, King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He,
revealed Himself and redeemed them,
as it is said:

“They baked the dough that they had brought out of Egypt
into unleavened cakes, for it had not risen,
for they were cast out of Egypt and could not delay,
and they made no provision for the way.”

הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא THIS

IS THE BREAD OF OPPRESSION
our fathers ate
in the land of Egypt.

Let all who are hungry
come in and eat;
let all who are in need
come and join us for the Pesaḥ.

Now we are here;
next year in the land of Israel.

Now – slaves;
next year we shall be free.

The participants wash their hands but do not say a blessing.A small quantity of radish, greens, or roots of parsley is dipped in salt water.Say the following over the karpas,
with the intent to include the maror in the blessing:

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God,
King of the Universe,
who creates the fruit of the ground.

Eat without reclining.

MISHNA: The attendants brought vegetables before the leader of the seder prior to the meal, if there were no other vegetables on the table. He dips the ḥazeret into water or vinegar, to taste some food before he reaches the dessert of the bread, i.e., the bitter herbs, which were eaten after the matza. They brought before him matza andḥazeretand ḥaroset, and at least two cooked dishes in honor of the Festival. The tanna comments that this was the practice, although eating ḥaroset is not a mitzva but merely a custom. Rabbi Eliezer ben Tzadok says: Actually, it is a mitzva to eat ḥaroset. And in the period when the Temple stood and they offered the Paschal lamb, they brought before him the body of the Paschal lamb.

The maror is dipped in the haroset before it is eaten.

And Rav Pappa said: A person should not leave bitter herbs in the ḥaroset for a lengthy period of time, lest the sweetness of the spices in the ḥarosetnullify its bitterness. And the bitter herbs require a bitter taste, and they are not bitter when marinated in ḥaroset. The Gemara reports: Rav Ḥisda authorized Rabbana Ukva to deliver a lecture, and he taught: If one washed his hands for the first dipping, he should wash his hands again for the second dipping.

It was taught in the mishna that the father begins his answer with disgrace and concludes with glory. The Gemara asks: What is the meaning of the term: With disgrace? Rav said that one should begin by saying: At first our forefathers were idol worshippers, before concluding with words of glory. And Shmuel said: The disgrace with which one should begin his answer is: We were slaves.

עֲבָדִים הָיִינוּ WE WERE SLAVES
to Pharaoh in Egypt,
and the LORD our God brought us out of there
with a strong hand and an outstretched arm.

And if the Holy One, blessed be He,
had not brought our fathers out of Egypt –
then we, and our children, and the children of our children,
would still be enslaved to Pharaoh in Egypt.

Now we are here;
next year in the land of Israel.

Now – slaves;
next year we shall be free.