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Chad gadya
The seder is over. You are about to settle back into your
chair, when suddenly you are roused from your wine-
induced reverie by everyone launching into the traditional
rendering of Chad Gadya. "What are we doing singing
nursery rhymes at a time like this?" - You think to
yourself. "Here we all are energetically belting out a song
that everyone sings, and no-one has the slightest idea of
what it's got to do with Pesach! Is Chad Gadya no more
than what 'I know an old lady who swallowed a fly' would
have sounded like if Burl Ives had been Jewish? Is it no
more than a harmless ditty to amuse the children? Or
does Chad Gadya have a secret meaning? A hidden depth
of allusion beneath the surface...
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