Celebrate Pesach
Dayenu
Go Down Moses
Had Gadya
Eliyahu Hanavi
Bread of Afflication
Order of the Seder
Ma Nishtana
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USCJ Modern Songs for Pesach
Avadim Hayinu
Avadim hayinu,hayinu,
Ata b'nei chorin,
b'nei chorin.
Avadim hayinu,
Ata,
ata b'nei chorin,
b'nei chorin.
Once we were slaves.
Today we are free people.
Eliyahu Hanavi
Ey-lee-yo-hu ha-no-vee,Ey-lee-yo-hu ha-tish-bee,
Ey-lee-yo-hu, Ey-lee-yo-hu,
Ey-lee-yo-hu, ha-gil-o-dee.
Bim-hey-roh, v 'yo-mey-nu
Yo-vo ey-ley-nu;
Im Me-shee-ach hen Dovid.
Im Mo-shee-ach hen Dovid.
Ma-Nishtana
(The Four Questions)
Mikol haleilot? Mikol haleilot?
Sheb'chol haleilot, anu ochlin,
Chameits umatsah, chameits umatsah,
Halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh kulo matsa.
Halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh kulo matsa.
Sheb'chol haleilot, anu ochlin,
Sh'ar y'rakot, Sh'ar y'rakot,
Halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh kulo maror.
Halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh kulo maror.
Sheb'chol haleilot, anu matbilin,
Afilu pa'am achat, Afilu pa'am achat.
Halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh sh'tei p'amim,
Halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh sh'tei p'amim.
Sh'b'chol haleilot, anu ochlin,
Bein yoshvin uvein m'subin,
Bein yoshvin uvein m'subin,
Halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh, kulanu m'subin.
Halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh, kula ^nu m'subin.
Why is this night different than all other nights?
On this night we eat matzah and bitter herbs;
We dip parsely in salt water and horseradish in charoset;
And we recite at the table as we eat.
Go Down Moses
When Israel was in bondage oppressed on every hand,God's law had all been broken and sorrow filled the land.
But when the sea did ripple, a voice began to shout,
"Go down to Egypt's troubled land and bring my people out!"
CHORUS:
Go down, Moses, go down in Egypt land.
Go down, Moses, and do as I command.
Remove all trace of bondage, no longer live in doubt.
Go down, Moses, and bring my people out.
He heard the Master speaking in gentle tones that day,
He heard Him saying, "Moses, go down and lead the way."
Then Moses took the message, and, at the Lord's command,
He went for every child of God in Egypt's troubled land.
CHORUS
Then Moses led God's children from Egypt's troubled land
Beyond the hills and valleys, across the desert sand.
And viewing Canaan's splendor, his heart was free from doubt,
He knew he'd done the Master's will by leading Israel out.
CHORUS
Had Gadya (One Little Goat)
One little goat, one little goat,My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a cat and ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a dog and bit the cat,
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a stick and beat the dog,
That bit the cat
That ate the goat My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a fire and burned the stick
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came the water and quenched the fire,
That burned the stick
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came an ox and drank the water,
That quenched the fire
That burned the stick
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came a shohet and slaughtered the ox,
That drank the water that quenched the fire
That burned the stick that beat the dog
That bit the cat that ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came the angel of death and killed the shohet,
That slaughtered the ox that drank the water
That quenched the fire that burned the stick
That beat the dog that bit the cat
That ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Then came the Holy One, blessed be He,
And slew the angel of death,
That killed the shohet that slaughtered the ox
That drank the water that quenched the fire
That burned the stick that beat the dog
That bit the cat that ate the goat
My father bought for two zuzim.
One little goat, one little goat.
Dayenu (Enough)
Ilu hotsi, hotsianu,hotsianu mimitsrayim,
hotsianu mimitsrayim, Dayeinu!
Da, dayeinu! (3X)
Dayeinu! Dayeinu!
Ilu natan, natan lanu,
natan lanu et hatorah,
natan lanu et hatorah, Dayeinu!
Ilu natan, natan lanu,
natan lanu et hashabbat,
natan lanu et hashabbat,
Dayeinu!
Had God brought us out of Egypt
and not supported us in the wilderness
It would have been enough!
had God given us the Sabbath and not the Torah
It would have been enough!
Had God given us the Torah
and not brought us to the land of Israel
It would have been enough!