## Pesach Haggadah, Magid, In the Beginning Our Fathers Were Idol Worshipers

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מִתְּחִלָּה עוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה הָיוּ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, וְעַכְשָׁיו קֵרְבָנוּ הַמָּקוֹם לַעֲבוֹדָתוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיֹאמֶר יְהוֹשֻעַ אֶל־כָּל־הָעָם, כֹּה אָמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר יָשְׁבוּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם מֵעוֹלָם, תֶּרַח אֲבִי אַבְרָהָם וַאֲבִי נָחוֹר, וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
מִתְּחִלָּה IN THE BEGINNING,
our ancestors were idol worshippers.
BUT NOW
the Omnipresent has drawn us close in His service;
as it is said:
“Joshua said to all the people,
‘This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:
Beyond the river your ancestors always dwelled –
Terah the father of Abraham, the father of Nahor –
and they served other gods.


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, In the Beginning Our Fathers Were Idol Worshipers 2
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וָאֶקַּח אֶת־אֲבִיכֶם אֶת־אַבְרָהָם מֵעֵבֶר הַנָּהָר וָאוֹלֵךְ אוֹתוֹ בְּכָל־אֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן, וָאַרְבֶּה אֶת־זַרְעוֹ וָאֶתֶּן־לוֹ אֶת־יִצְחָק. וָאֶתֵּן לְיִצְחָק אֶת־יַעֲקֹב וְאֶת־עֵשָׂו, וָאֶתֵּן לְעֵשָׂו אֶת־הַר שֵּׂעִיר לָרֶשֶׁת אוֹתוֹ, וְיַעֲקֹב וּבָנָיו יָרְדוּ מִצְרָיִם.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
But I took your father Abraham from beyond the river,
and I led him all the way across the land of Canaan,
and I multiplied his offspring and gave him Isaac.
And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau,
and I gave Esau Mount Seir as an inheritance,
WHILE JACOB AND HIS CHILDREN WENT DOWN TO EGYPT.”’


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בָּרוּךְ שׁוֹמֵר הַבְטָחָתוֹ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, בָּרוּךְ הוּא. שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא חִשַּׁב אֶת־הַקֵּץ, לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּמוֹ שֶּׁאָמַר לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ בִּבְרִית בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיֹּאמֶר לְאַבְרָם, יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע כִּי־גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא לָהֶם, וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה. וְגַם אֶת־הַגּוֹי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבֹדוּ דָּן אָנֹכִי וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן יֵצְאוּ בִּרְכֻשׁ גָּדוֹל.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
BLESSED IS THE ONE
WHO HAS KEPT HIS PROMISE
TO ISRAEL –
blessed is He.
For the Holy One calculated the end
and fulfilled what He had spoken
to our father Abraham
in the Covenant between the Pieces.
As it is said:
“He said to Abram,
‘Know that your descendants
will be strangers in a land not their own,
and they will be enslaved
and oppressed for four hundred years;
but know that I shall judge the nation that enslaves them,
AND THEN THEY WILL LEAVE
WITH GREAT WEALTH.’”


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מכסה המצה ומגביה את הכוס בידו, ואומר:

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
*The matzot are covered and the wine cup is raised.*


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, In the Beginning Our Fathers Were Idol Worshipers 5
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וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְלָנוּ. שֶׁלֹּא אֶחָד בִּלְבַד עָמַד עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ, אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר עוֹמְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלוֹתֵנוּ, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה AND THIS
[promise] is what has stood
by our ancestors and us;
for it was not only one man who rose up to destroy us:
in every single generation people rise up to destroy us –
BUT THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE HE,
SAVES US
FROM THEIR HANDS.