00.a.3+How+to+use+(the+print+version+of)+this+Haggadah

=How to Use this Haggadah= ‡ This Haggadah is designed so that everything in it is to be read except for “directions” marked with the symbol that begins this paragraph (‡ ) Each participant might read a different paragraph or two, one following the next around the Seder table. Those sections of text in italics are to be read by all present. Notes appear on page 56. They include references and (at times) additional material. ‡ Sections beginning with § are for group discussion. ‡ The blank pages headed “What shapes...” are for young people to draw on during the Seder and to spur the imagination of others. ‡ The evening might begin with everyone sitting casually and comfortably in the living room, convening at the dinner table only to eat the meal. On the Seder table are the Seder Plate, the Yahrtzeit (memorial) candle, the three matzot, Elijah’s empty cup and a pitcher of water for Miriam’s Well. ‡ **Everyone has a copy of the Haggadah and a goblet filled with wine before the Seder begins.** ‡ The songs are all titled and indented. If you do not know the melody, you can read the words as a poem. If you are not familiar with the Hebrew, Yiddish or Russian you can read the translations (or transliterations).