HALLEL - Part One

לְפִיכָךְ אֲנַחְנוּ חַיָּבִים לְהוֹדוֹת, לְהַלֵּל, לְשַׁבֵּחַ, לְפָאֵר, לְרוֹמֵם, לְהַדֵּר, לְבָרֵךְ, לְעַלֵּה וּלְקַלֵּס
לְמִי שֶׁעָשָׂה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ אֶת־כָּל־הַנִסִּים הָאֵלּוּ:
הוֹצִיאָנוּ מֵעַבְדוּת לְחֵרוּת מִיָּגוֹן לְשִׂמְחָה, וּמֵאֵבֶל לְיוֹם טוֹב,
וּמֵאֲפֵלָה לְאוֹר גָּדוֹל, וּמִשִּׁעְבּוּד לִגְאֻלָּה. וְנֹאמַר לְפָנָיו שִׁירָה חֲדָשָׁה: הַלְלוּיָהּ

THEREFORE, we are obligated to thank, to accalim, to praise, to laud, to exalt,
to extol, to bless, to celebrate the One who performed all these miracles of our ancestors and us:
God took us from slavery to freedom,
from suffering to joy,
from mourning to celebration,
from darkness to great light,
and from oppression to redemption.
And we shall sing a new song: Halleluyah!

בְּצֵאת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִצְרַיִם, בֵּית יַעֲקֹב מֵעַם לֹעֵז
הָיְתָה יְהוּדָה לְקָדְשׁוֹ, יִשְׂרָאֵל מַמְשְׁלוֹתָיו
הַיָּם רָאָה וַיַּנֹס, הַיַּרְדֵּן יִסֹּב לְאָחוֹר
הֶהָרִים רָקְדוּ כְאֵילִים, גְּבַעוֹת כִּבְנֵי צֹאן

מַה לְּךָ הַיָּם כִּי תָנוּס, הַיַּרְדֵּן – תִּסֹּב לְאָחוֹר
הֶהָרִים – תִּרְקְדוּ כְאֵילִים, גְּבַעוֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹאן
מִלְּפְנֵי אָדוֹן חוּלִי אָרֶץ, מִלְּפְנֵי אֱלוֹהַ יַעֲקֹב
הַהֹפְכִי הַצּוּר אֲגַם־מָיִם, חַלָּמִיש לְמַעְיְנוֹ־מָיִם

B’tzeit yisrael mi-mitrayim, beit ya’akov mei-am lo-ez
Hayta yehuda l’kodsho, yisrael ma-m’sh’lotav
Ha-yam ra-ah va-yanos, ha-yardein yi-sov l’ah-chor
Heh-harim ra-k’du kh’eilim, g’va-ot ki-v’nei tzon

Mah l’cha ha-yam, ki tah-nus
Ha-yardein, ti-sov l’achor
Heh-harim tir’k’du ch’eilim, g’va-ot ki-v’nei tzon
Mi-lifnei adon, chuli aretz
Mi-lifnei elo’ah ya’akov
Ha-hofkhi ha-tzur, agam mayim
Cha-la-mish, l’may’no-mayim

When Israel went forth from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,
Judah became His holy one, Israel, His dominion.
The sea saw them and fled, Jordan ran backward,
mountains skipped like rams, hills like sheep.
What alarmed you, O sea, that you fled,
Jordan, that you ran backward,
mountains, that you skipped like rams, hills, like sheep?
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flinty rock into a fountain.


Second Cup of Wine

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה', אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן

Blessed are You, O God, ruling spirit of the universe,
Creator of the fruit of the vine.


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu