A Virtual Walkthrough of the Seder
Join us for a stroll through the haggadah, using all of the tools of the digital age. This digital toolkit offers a mash-up of video performances, sing-alongs, articles, text studies, and takes both new and old on every step of the seder. There’s a bit of everything here, from intro-level explanations for the novices among us to new insights, tunes, and ways of interpreting for those who think they’ve seen it all. The world wide web is a big place, and we’ve compiled the best of its Passover offerings right here.
Use these resources in any way you need, whether it's bit-by-bit or as a complete, beginning-to-end walkthrough. F indicates resources for families, A indicates resources for adults, and E indicates resources for everybody.
Some people begin the seder by singing the table of contents as a roadmap of what's to come.
A Fun Animation of Each of the Steps E
Performed by Israeli Musician Ehud Banai E
Seder Flow: A Jazzy Call and Response E
Performed by Israeli Musician Dafna Israel-Kotok E
Passover Funk: An Uptown Funk Parody Video E
Why Do We Drink Four Cups of Wine on Passover?A
About Kadesh, the First Step of the SederA
A Meditation on Urchatz by Ami SilverA
A Kavannah (Intention) for UrchatzA
On Jewish Ritual Hand Washing Before MealsA
A Fun Idea for a Karpas "Dipping Station"E
Two Kinds of Matzahs and MitzvahsA
Yachatz - Breaking Our HeartsA
The Flow of the Magid Section of the SederA
A Lion King Passover, Performed by Six13E
Ha Lachmah Anya: This Is the Bread of Affliction
Matzah: From Affliction to RedemptionA
Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat: A JCC + WSCAH One-Page Seder SupplementE
Ma Nishtana: The Four Questions
Ma Nishtana: Passover Music VideoE
Learn What the Questions Mean and How to Sing ThemE
Avadim Hayinu: We Were Slaves in Egypt
Performed by Steven Chaitman featuring Jay Rapoport and Beth ReinsteinE
Performed by Elissa Oppenheim Schreiner and Sunnie MillerE
The Seder in Bnei Barak
Commentary by Nechama LeibowitzA
The Four Children
The Four Children as the BeatlesE
The Four Children of Climate ChangeA
The Passover Story of the Four SonsE
In the Beginning, Our Ancestors Worshipped Idols
The Legacy of American SlaveryA
Vehi She'amda
Chanted in the Mizrahi TraditionA
How to Understand Vehi She'amdaA
Arami Oved Avi
Why is the Bikkurim Proclamation Recited in the Haggadah?A
An Aramean Destroyed My FatherA
The Ten Plagues
Did the Ten Plagues of Egypt Really Happen?A
Dayenu
Performed by the Socalled Seder - Hip Hop HaggadahE
Performed by The FountainheadsE
Raban Gamliel: Pesach, Matzah, v'Mror
In Every Generation, a Person Is Obligated to Think S/He Personally Left Egypt
Psalm 113
How Does Hallel Connect to Passover?A
Performed by Hereford Cathedral ChoirE
Psalm 114
Performed by Shlomo CarlebachE
Performed by Shira Kline (Easy to Sing Along With!)E
Let My People Go
One-Minute Insight: What Matzah Can Teach Us About Seizing the DayE
Note: Find more great matzah content under step 4, Yachatz!
Natural Healing: Befriending the Bitter HerbsA
One-Minute Insight: Why Do Some Prefer Lettuce for Their Bitter Herbs?E
Why We Eat Bitter Herbs and Matzah TogetherE
Click here for easy, delicious, kosher for Passover recipes.
Tzafun/Searching for Afikomen by Paul FischerE
Shalom Sesame: Jake Gyllenhaal and the AfikomenE
Bendigamos al Altísimo, a Ladino Song for the Birkat haMazonE
Dressing as Elijah and Pouring Out LoveA
Sh'foch HaMatcha by Brandi UllianA
Ruth's Cup: A New Passover Ritual Honoring Jewish Diversity by Rabbi Heidi HooverA
Pour Out Your Wrath on My HametzA
Activity: Before you open the door for Elijah to enter your home, distribute index cards and pens to guests and ask them to write down what a particular imaginary guest might say if he or she entered the house along with Elijah. For example, what would Gal Gadot say if she showed up? What would the Pope say? What about Homer Simpson? Jack Black? Greg Heffley? After singing "Eliahu HaNavi," read the answers aloud, which will, no doubt, be both funny and fascinating.
A Beautiful New Tune for HallelE
Ki Lo Na'eh
Performed by Yosef Goldman (Hadar Rising Song Records)E
Performed by Jeremy Gaisin and Shmueli Schwartz with Hebrew SubtitlesE
Adir Hu
Echad Mi Yodeah
Performed by Batsheva Dance CompanyE
Had Gadyah
L'Shanah Ha'Baah b'Yrushalayim: Next Year in Jerusalem
Mentions of Jerusalem in the TanakhA
Why do we Say “Next Year in Jerusalem”?A
Counting the Omer: The BasicsE
49 Facts About Counting the OmerA