The Open Source Haggadah

The first cup of wine is poured and the Kiddush is recited.

Prepare the meal of the supernal King. This is the meal of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Shechinah.

When the festival occurs on Shabbat, begin here:
The sixth day. And the heavens and the earth and all their hosts were completed. And on the seventh day G-d finished His work which He had made, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And G-d blessed the seventh day and made it holy, for on it He rested from all His work which G-d created to make.

When the festival begins on a weekday begin here:

Attention Gentlemen.

Blessed are You, L-rd, our G-d, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

Blessed are You, G-d, our G-d, King of the universe, who has chosen us from among all people, and raised us above all tongues, and made us holy through His commandments. And You, G-d, our G-d, have given us in love (On Shabbat add: [Shabbaths for rest and]) festivals for happiness, feasts and festive seasons for rejoicing (On Shabbat add: [this Shabbat-day and]) the day of this Feast of Matzot and this Festival of holy convocation, the Season of our Freedom (On Shabbat add: [in love]), a holy convocation, commemorating the departure from Egypt. For You have chosen us and sanctified us from all the nations, and You have given us as a heritage Your holy (On Shabbat add: [Shabbat and]) Festivals (On Shabbat add: [in love and favor]), in happiness and joy. Blessed are You, G-d, who sanctifies (On Shabbat add: [the Shabbat and]) Israel and the festive seasons.

Blessed are You, G-d, our G-d, King of the universe, who has granted us life, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this occasion.

[When the festival falls on Saturday night add the following Blessed are You, G-d, our G-d, King of the universe, who creates the lights of fire.]

Blessed are You, G-d, our G-d, King of the universe, who makes a distinction between sacred and profane, between light and darkness, between Israel and the nations, between the seventh day and the six work-days. You have made a distinction between the holiness of the Shabbat and the holiness of the festival, and You have sanctified the seventh day above the six work-days. You have set apart and made holy Your people Israel with Your holiness. Blessed are You, G-d, who makes a distinction between holy and holy.

Kiddush - Wine
READER:
The joy of Passover is the joy of love; the hope of Passover is the hope of love. Our ancestors suffered the coldness of hate and dreamed of the warmth of human kindness and universal love. And then, after the long winter of their bondage, freedom burst forth upon them like spring. In the rich sweetness of this wine, we celebrate in kinship the love and faith that give life. Love, freedom, and faith in life - these have kept our people together, in the face of great odds, for four millenia. May the struggle to attain these and to keep them succeed for all people in our time, and in the time to come.

BORUCH ATTO ADONOI ELOHENU MELECH HO'OLOM BORE P'RI HAGGOFEN

READER:
The Kiddush is a toast to this holiday in blessing the wine and the time passing. Come, honored friends, let us together drink the toast: L'chayim! To life! (All raise their cups, toast, and drink their wine.)

On a Friday night, Sabbath eve, eighteen minutes before sunset, light two candles, and recite the following:


Bless you, maker of the universe
Who has given us the law, and taught us
To light the Sabbath lamps.

Kaddesh


On a Friday night, Sabbath eve, begin the Seder here.

Fill the first cup of wine, hold it in your right hand, and recite this blessing:


And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;
And he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:
Because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Bless you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe,
Who created the fruit of the vine.
Bless you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe,
Who chose us from the throng of people and singled us out among nations
By giving us the commandments, knowledge of life and good.
You made the Sabbath day for rest, gave festivals for happy times,
And appointed holidays and seasons for rejoicing.
Such is this Sabbath day and this Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when we gather
To remember our going out from Egypt, and to taste our freedom.
For you chose us among all others to keep the Sabbath and to celebrate
Your festivals with joy and fervor, the marks of your love and favor.
Bless you, God of Israel, who makes time holy, Sabbath Day and festivals.

Baruch ata adonai eloheinu melech ha'olam
asher bachar banu mikol am veromemanu mikol lashon vekidshanu bemitzvotav.




On a weekday, begin the Seder here:

Fill the first cup of wine, hold it in your right hand, and recite this blessing:


Bless you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe,
Who created the fruit of the vine.
Bless you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe,
Who chose us from the throng of people and singled us out among nations
By giving us the commandments, knowledge of life and good.
You made festivals for happy times, and appointed holidays and seasons for rejoicing.
Such is this Day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when we gather
To remember our going out from Egypt, and to taste our freedom.
For you chose us among all others to celebrate
Your holy festivals with joy and fervor, the marks of your love and favor.
Bless you, God of Israel, who makes holy festivals.

Baruch ata adonai eloheinu melech ha'olam
asher bachar banu mikol am veromemanu mikol lashon vekidshanu bemitzvotav.




On a Saturday night, add the following:

Bless you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe, creator of light and fire.
Bless you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe,
Who separates the sacred from the ordinary, light from darkness,
Israel from other nations, the day of rest from the days of labor.
You have distinguished the sanctity of the Sabbath from the sanctity of festivals,
As the seventh day is separated from the six days of work.
You have taught your people Israel to know the difference, which makes them different.
Bless you, God, who singles out the holy from the holy.

Otherwise, continue from here:

Bless you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe,
Who has kept us living and let us celebrate this happy season.

Baruch ata adonai eloheinu melech ha'olam
hehecheyanu ve'kymanu ve'higianu lazeman ha'ze.




Drink the first cup of wine.