Hallel

Leader:
Let us all refill our cups.

Leader picks up cup for all to see.

This is the cup of hope.

The seder tradition involves pouring a cup for the Hebrew prophet Elijah. For millennia, Jews opened the door for him, inviting him join their seders, hoping that he would bring with him a messiah to save the world.

Yet the tasks of saving the world - once ascribed to prophets, messiahs and gods - must be taken up by us mere mortals, by common people with shared goals. Working together for progressive change,we can bring about the improvement of the world, tiqqun ha-olam - for justice and for peace, we can and we must.

Leader:

Let us now symbolically open the door of our seder to invite in all people of good will and all those in needto work together with us for a better world.Let us raise our fourth cup as we dedicate ourselves to tiqqun olam, the improvement of the world.

Everyone:

"L' Tiqqun Olam!"

All drink the fourth cup.

In 2024, there was a WICKED movie, so in 2025, you got a WICKED Haggadah.

In 2025, there was another Wicked movie, so in 2026, you get new song supplements that I hope will be...for good.

Team Elphie? Team G(a)linda? Grab your seder friends and celebrate all the weird and wonderful business of Passover, through song parodies that you didn't know you wanted.

Advanced level theater kids: you can probably just sing this without help

Civilian theater-lovers, you might find this karaoke track helpful. Start at :29 seconds!

EIGHT WHOLE DAYS

Eight whole days cause it’s time for Passover [trail off]….

Eight whole days cause it’s time for the Seder [trail off]….

[overlapping voices] Eight whole days/eight whole days/eight whole days [trail off]…

Eight whole days eating matzah and non-bread

Eight whole days telling stories of Jews

Every way that we try to make dinner

We know it’s not heaven 

our bread is unleavened, 

it’s hard to bite through.

There are rituals that we must do

Dipping twice, charoset too

Stories of our past in words and song

This seder’s one that must be seen

Bitter herbs and leaves of green

You know the words so why not sing along

I want to drink 

four whole cups of-wine!

We do this whole thing every year, 

And combat constipation fears

but still we eat our matzoh and feel fine

Eight whole days

cause it’s time for Passover

Eight whole days 

Sharing rituals too

And today

As we read the haggadah

Now that it’s seder 

You might as well stay there

I’ll sit there with you.

[skip Wizomania segment in the middle — 1:51-2:38 in this video — continue with the next line to the original's “what a way to be seeing the city”] 

And today as we sit at this table

And if you smell horror

Don’t worry it’s maror

So grab some charoset and say....

We’re all fam

Or we’re friends

Till seder …ends

Sharing this wonderful

Eight whole  —

The SEDER IS OVER NOW!! —

DAYS!!!

There is a word in Hebrew — Teshuvah — that means return. It is an acknowledgement that there is always a chance for forgiveness, redemption and change. Our traditions teach that Passover is open to all. Everyone is welcome at this table. There is always room. Because no one is ever turned away, there is always an opportunity for a rebirth of spirit.

As a sign of hospitality to all, we open the door to our homes and symbolically invite anyone who wants to join us to come inside.

Refill wine glasses

We raise our glasses one last time — the fourth and final cup of wine, for the promise: I will take you as my people.

Not I will free you. Not I will redeem you. But I will take you — as my own. As family.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן

Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, borei p'ree hagafen.

Blessed are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

(Drink the fourth cup, leaning to the left.)