In 2025, Passover begins sunset Saturday, April 12, and ends nightfall, Saturday, April 19. 

Passover Haggadah

Passover Seder Table Setting

The Haggadah is a book that provides the order and script for the Passover Seder, a ritual meal, rich in symbolic elements, based on the book of Exodus in the Bible, that commemorates the Jews’ liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. The word “Haggadah” is derived from the Hebrew root “nagad,” which means “to declare, make known, expound.”

The Seder as the means to retell the event at the start of what is biblically a seven-day holiday, was a purposeful man-made adjustment begun around the destruction of the second temple in the year 70, as without that Temple, fulfilling the prescribed biblical requirement of sacrifice was not possible. The Haggadah was developed over time by Rabbis.

While the overall structure and order of the Haggadah remains consistent, there are many different published versions, along with homegrown family ones such as ours linked at the top and bottom of this page.

This allows the Haggadah to be an evolving body of work that adjusts for the participants and allows for a deepening understanding of the spiritual relevance of this ancient biblical event, while still retaining the historic value of the celebration. The traditional prayers are in Hebrew transliteration and English, and the Scriptures are found in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) portion of the Bible.

You are welcome to peruse, question, print, use for your own Seder, and distribute as you wish. It is a labor of love, born back in 1992 while I was pregnant with our first child. It has grown and evolved through the years as I became a follower of Jesus in March 2004, and God began to lead me to deeper understandings of this beautiful holiday celebration.

There is deep significance in the holiday and the celebration of it, however, it is a completely liberating and exhilarating realization that our standing with God is not bound with following the letter of the law. Whether you receive comfort from trying to follow every rule regarding the observance of a holiday, or whether you feel stressed bondage from it, there is nothing that you can do, or not do, in your holiday observances that will earn you favor with God. Rest in that truth! Please.

What will make a difference in your life? Receiving the Messiah for who He is, That is most important.

Praying you have beautiful, blessed, meaningful, and fun Seder services and Passover holiday!

With love,
Diane

Passover Seder Table Setting

Passover Haggadah

Create Your Own Seder in a Bag

The traditional song “Dayenu”