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10 Songs to Make Your Passover Seder Rock
Check out or list of 10 songs to make your Passover Seder rock, including tunes from Jack Black and Matisyahu.
The annual springtime celebration of the ancient Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt is full of beloved traditions, from the elaborate seder meal to inviting the prophet Elijah in to join the festivities, and, of course, the eating of unleavened bread called matzah. Once the meal has been concluded, many families wind things down with the traditional final song, “Chad Gadya,” a breathless recitation of a chain of events that tells the story of the Jewish people using an elaborate metaphor that begins with a father buying a goat for two coins, only to have it eaten by a cat, who gets bitten by a dog. Though this song is a traditional spiritual tied to the Underground Railroad featuring a coded message with instructions on how to flee from slavery, Jewish vocal group Mostly Kosher Band’s dirge-like 2022 cover re-imagines it as the story of the the Israelites’ escape from Egypt.
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