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Please Pass Over

Deep in the desert, looking for a home
Moses and the Jews were all alone
They kept on looking on and on
And they finally settled in the land of Canaan
Ramses the Second was Phaoroah back then
And because he felt threatened by Jewish men
He enslaved the Jews and it wasn’t that pretty
And forced them to build an Egyptian city
He feared as their numbers grew more and more
That the Jews would be an enemy in times of war
It was a wake up call like a blast from the shofar
Angel of Death, won’t you please pass over

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On Pesach won’t you please pass over, please pass over, please pass over
On Pesach won’t you please pass over, please pass over our home

From dawn ‘till dusk ‘till they worked their fingers to the bone
For a free Jew the Pharoah did not condone
He did some things that would make one shiver
Like casting male Jewish babies into the river
A cry went out from Jews in the land
So the Lord spoke to Moses and lent him a hand
The pharoah refused this request for release
Putting faith in himself and not granting peace
The Lord’s wrath descended throughout the land
No yield from the pharoah despite all demands
Effects on Egyptians, they were the ones
The last plague, the slaying of the first born son
The blood of a lamb marked each Jewish home
So the angel of death would leave them alone
The Egyptians rose up with much to bear
Saying “let the Jews leave”, this isn’t fair

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The pharoah had enough and told the Jews to leave
And the Jews thought it just too good to believe
In a rush to leave, but as no surprise
No yeast and no time for the bread to rise
They ran as they left for all else was moot
And the troops of the pharoah in hot pursuit
The Jews got to the sea and didn’t know what to do
Until the red sea parted and let them through
They all got away and though it was luck
That the troops of the pharoah in armor got stuck
We tell this story just to keep things clear
And the same four questions get asked each year

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I have a piece of Matzoh that I will eat
The moror tastes bitter, the Haroseth sweet

We gather each year at Pesach time
To retell this story and drink red wine
All around the seder table and the seder plate
Are the 5 foods of Pesach this tale relates
Haroseth, parsley, roasted egg are a few
The shank bone and of course the bitter herbs too
The 4 cups of wine as told through the ages
Relate to the exodus and the 4 stages
The Cup of Elijah is the fifth cup of wine
And we eat the afikomen when it’s dessert time
May the lord preserve us all and draw us near
When we gather ‘round the table same time next year

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