Do It Yourself Passover • Dr. Randy Weiss
This Haggadah walks you through it.
A Christian “how-to” manual for a biblical celebration enjoyed by Jesus—built from the Passover liturgy Randy created for his own family and has used for years.
FAMILY HAGGADAHMADE PRACTICAL
The guidebook for the Seder
Think of it as the script, map, and teaching companion for Passover night.
A Seder means “order.” A Haggadah comes from the Hebrew idea “to tell.” It keeps the evening in order while the group retells the Exodus story through Scripture, questions, blessings, symbols, food, responses, and remembrance.
Why would a Christian use a Haggadah?
Because the Last Supper happened at a Passover table.
This is not about becoming Jewish or earning salvation. It is about understanding the biblical setting Jesus knew and letting your family experience the story with their eyes, ears, voices, and table.
See the Last Supper in context.
Jesus and His disciples prepared and ate Passover. The matzah, cups, blessings, and meal give historical context to the night Christians remember.
Understand the symbols instead of just seeing them.
The lamb, bitter herbs, saltwater, charoses, Afikomen, Elijah’s cup, and four cups all become teaching moments rather than unexplained objects.
Teach your family by doing.
Passover is intentionally participatory. Children ask. Adults answer. Everyone tastes, reads, remembers, and responds together.
You do not need to know Hebrew.
Randy includes English, Hebrew, and phonetic transliterations so guests can participate without already knowing the language or the traditions.
Why Randy made his own
It was written for a real family table—not a classroom.
Randy wrote this Haggadah so his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, Jewish friends, Christian friends, and first-time guests could all follow along. It keeps the ancient story intact while explaining what people are doing and why.
- Messianic perspective: it openly connects Passover to Yeshua—Jesus the Messiah.
- Clear roles: Leader, Reader, and All make participation obvious.
- Practical directions: what to prepare, hold, dip, break, drink, read, and say.
- Family voice: explanations and Randy’s humor keep the service human instead of clinical.
- Complete journey: from festival candles to the fourth cup, Communion, and “Next Year in Jerusalem.”
“To preserve our future, we share our past.”
First-time host? Start here.
Your table builds itself as you move down the checklist.
The Haggadah opens with the practical things you need before the first blessing. Tap each item and watch the table come together.
Food allergy note: Randy’s Haggadah specifically warns that charoses commonly contains nuts.
From the first candle to the final cup
You are never wondering, “What do we do next?”
Welcome the festival
Light the candles, say the blessing, and begin the ordered service.
Drink the first cup
Begin the four-cup movement of liberation, deliverance, redemption, and completion.
Break the middle matzah
Hide the Afikomen, explain the symbolism, and prepare to find it later.
Tell the story
Ask the Four Questions, remember slavery, the sons, and the Ten Plagues.
Taste the symbols
Matzah, bitter herbs, charoses, the Hillel sandwich, saltwater, and the festival meal turn history into memory.
Find the Afikomen
Bring back the hidden matzah, give thanks after the meal, and prepare the final cups.
Open for Elijah
Remember the Messianic hope and the history carried in this familiar Seder tradition.
Close with Communion
Randy’s Messianic Haggadah concludes the fourth cup by remembering the final Passover of Jesus.
Built to keep a room together
Leader. Reader. Everyone.
The printed Haggadah clearly separates who leads, who reads, and when the whole table responds. That same structure is what makes the mobile version so intuitive.
Guide the action and explain the moment.
Read selected Scripture, history, or response.
Everyone joins the blessing or response together.
A second way to use the same Haggadah
Put it on every phone at the table.
The interactive version is designed first for iPhone and Android: large type, swipe navigation, role colors, progress memory, preparation checklist, and an optional synchronized Seder where one host advances everyone together.
Open the Interactive Haggadah