Seder
Preparing for Passover
"For seven days you are to
eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the
yeast from your houses..." Exodus 12.15
We Light the Candles:
The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear?
Psalm 27.1
The Four Cups:
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will
do..." Exodus 6.1
Kadeysh (The Cup of
Sanctification): "....I will bring you out from under the
yoke of the Egyptians.." Exodus 6.6
Urkhatz (We Wash Our
Hands): "Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may
stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure
heart..." Psalm 24. 3 - 4
Karpas (Parsley):
"...the Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and
their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God..."
Exodus 2.23
Ma Nishtanah (Four
Questions): "...when your children ask you, 'What does this
ceremony meant to you?' then tell them..." Exodus 12.26
Answering the
Questions: "And you shall observe this thing for an
ordinance to you and to your sons and daughters forever."
Exodus 12.24
Magid (The Passover
Story): "I have remembered my covenant." Exodus 6.5
The Cup of the
Plagues: "I will free yuou from being slaves..."
Exodus 6.6
The Passover Lamb:
"The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are;
and when I see the blood, I wi3ll pass over you." Exodus
12.13
Dayenu (A Hymn of
Grace): They will celebrate Your abundant goodness and
joyfully sing of Your righteousness. Psalm 145.7
Afikomen (A Dessert):
...for the transgressions of my people He was
stricken. Isaiah 53.8
The Cup of
Redemption: "I will redeem you with an outstretched arm..."
Exodus 6.6
Hallel (The Cup of
Praise): "I will take you as my own people and I will
be your God." Exodus 6.7
Tennebrae
"Into the Darkness: The Cross
Jesus is condemned
- John 19 selected
Jesus is led to
Calvary - Mark 15. 16 - 20
"He Was Wounded"
- Chancel Choir
Jesus speaks to the
women - Luke 23. 27 - 31
Jesus is stripped of
his Garments - John 19. 23 - 24
Jesus is nailed to
the cross - Mark 15. 25 - 27
Jesus is mocked in
his agony - Matthew 27. 39 - 44
"The Shepherd Became
a Lamb" - Chancel Choir
Benediction -
Please depart in silence.
