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Your Passover Songs

Which songs do you sing during the Passover holiday? Do you have a favorite?

Passover Folk Song: Chad Gadya

Chad gadya (2x)
My father bought for two zuzim
Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the cat
And ate the kid
My father bought for two zuzim
Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the dog
And bit the cat
That ate the kid
My father bought for two zuzim
Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the stick
And beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the kid
My father bought for two zuzim
Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the fire
That burned the stick
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the kid
My father bought for two zuzim
Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the water
That quenched the fire
That burned the stick
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the kid
My father bought for two zuzim
Chad gadya (2x).

Then came 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 kid
My father bought for two zuzim
Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the butcher
That slew 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 kid
My father bought for two zuzim.
Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the Angel of Death
And killed the butcher
That slew 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 kid
My father bought for two zuzim
Chad gadya (2x).

Then came the Holy One
Blessed be G-d
And destroyed the Angel of Death
That killed the butcher
That slew the ox
That drank the water
That quenched the fire
That burned the sticks
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the kid
My father bought for two zuzim
Chad gadya (2x).

Read Elie Wiesel's Chad Gadya Commentary

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Passover Song: Dayenu (traditional)

Ilu hotzi, hotzianu
Hotzianu miMitzrayim (2x)
Dayenu.

Chorus:
Day, day, yenu (3x)
Dayenu dayenu.

Ilu natan natan lanu
Natan lanu et haShabbat (2x)
Dayenu.

Chorus:

Ilu natan natan lanu
Natan lanu et haTorah (2x)
Dayenu.

Chorus:

Read Rabbi David Abudarham's Dayenu commentary 

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Dayenu Song: Commentary

"Altogether, the Dayenu passage lists fifteen good things which God did Israel. They are symbolic of the fifteen steps in the Temple of Jerusalem which led from the women's section to the men's section. They also symbolize the fifteen Psalms (Shir Hamaalot) which David sang at the time that he came to dig the foundations of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem." - Rabbi David Abudarham

"[David Abudarham] lived in Spain during the 14th century. He wrote a classic commentary on the prayer book, including explanations of many customs."

From: A Sephardic Passover Haggadah. Dayenu commentary, p.46. Biographical info. p.108.
Translated with commentary by Rabbi Marc D. Angel. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. Hoboken, NJ, 1988.

Chad Gadya Song: Interpreted by Elie Wiesel

"And here we are, concluding the seder with Chad Gadya, a beautiful song, which is not just about a father who buys a goat for his child. It's a song about God's creatures destroying each other. It may be a puzzling way to end the joyous meal but one that is fraught with meaning.

The song of Chad Gadya reminds us that in Jewish history, all creatures, all animals, all events are connected. The goat and the cat, the fire and the water, the slaughterer and the redeemer, they are all part of the story. "

-- Elie Wiesel commentary (from videotape: A Passover Seder. Presented by Elie Wiesel. Copyright 1994 A = VISION Entertainment. Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel, Mark Podwal)