Group:

We cannot rejoice in the suffering of others. We diminish the wine in our cups as we recall the ten plagues that befell the Egyptian people.

[Dip your finger or a spoon into your wine and place one drop on your plate as you speak each plague.]

Blood (Dam)

Frogs (Tzfardeyah)

Lice (Kinim)

Wild Beasts (Arov)

Blight (Dever)

Boils (Sh'hin)

Hail (Barad)

Locusts (Arbeh)

Darkness (Hoshekh)

Slaying of the Firstborn (Makat B'khorot)

Leader:

In the same spirit, our celebration today is shadowed by our awareness of continuing sorrow and oppression in all parts of the world. Ancient plagues are mirrored in modern tragedies. We live in a time of enormous social ills, which may affect us in large and small ways.

Group:

We share in the responsibility to overcome them.

[Dip your finger or a spoon into your wine as before.]

Hunger

War

Terrorism

Greed

Bigotry

Injustice

Poverty

Ignorance

Pollution of the Earth

Indifference to Suffering

[A moment of silence is kept.]


haggadah Section: -- Ten Plagues