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The
Passover Seder, the oldest continuously observed religious ceremony in
the world, tells the story of the Jews' Exodus from Egypt. Jewish
tradition says that people of each generation must imagine that they
personally had departed from Egypt, and the sages say that each
generation must tell the story in its own terms.
The sages probably did not intend this.
Moses is Departing Egypt: A Facebook Haggadah
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Joseph
is going to Egypt. |
Joseph
and
Pharaoh
are now friends.
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Elijah
is a bit tipsy, but off to a good start. 30,000 households down, and it's only 6:30! |
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Pharaoh is sad to report that my father has entered
immortality. I have taken his place in government and will do my best
to honor his name. |
Joseph
Congratulations to you, my master. |
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Pharaoh
Who are you, and why are you writing on my wall? |
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Joseph
I meant no disrespect, my master. |
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Advisor
He is an Israelite. There are many of them. I do not know whether they are with us or against us. |
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Pharaoh
Let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they join with our enemies in time of war. |
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Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah finally figured out why we're
supposed to tell the story of the exodus at night. It's because it says
"all the days of your life!" |
Ben Zoma
Huh? |
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Rabbi Eleazar ben Azaryah
You see "Days of your life" means days only, but "ALL the days of your life" means nights, too. |
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Ben Zoma
Oh, I always thought that referred to after the coming of the Messiah. |
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Pharaoh
sent
The Israelites
Bread of Affliction. |
The Israelites
This stuff tastes awful. |
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The Israelites
This year are we slaves, next year may we be free! |
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God
1. Guilty pleasure: Smiting people. 2.
I had another universe once, it was so much better than this one. But I
got really wasted one night and lost it in a game of craps. :( I'm
never doing that again. 3.
In my old universe, the really cool one, the dominant species was a
race of hyper-intelligent beetles. It was so cool. Unfortunately, when
I lost that universe I also lost the beetles-as-master-race patent, so
now I have to settle for primates. 4.
I picked up this universe at a 50%-off sale. I thought I was getting a
bargain. But as soon as I took it out of the box at home, I figured out
why: space and time are both a bit bent in places, and most of the mass
is missing. I wish I had saved the receipt.
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Pharaoh
has taken the
Which god are you?
quiz. Pharaoh is Ra, the Sun god. Ra represents light, warmth and growth. |
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Pharaoh
has posted an Album: Construction of Pithom and Raamses.
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The Israelites
I'm the 432nd slave from the right! |
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Bernie Madoff
The pyramid scheme is a good concept, but you need to think bigger. |
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Elijah
is feeling very harried. 3 million houses left, and it's already 7:30! |
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Hillel
sent
You
sandwich. |
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Youngest son
Why is this night different from all other nights? |
Parent
What do you mean? |
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Youngest son
Well, there's the drink-four-times thing, and the matzah thing, and the dip in salt-water thing. What's up with that? |
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The Israelites
has written a note on
God's
Wall: We're suffering! See
See Wall to Wall
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Rabbi Yehoshua
Had a few too many at dinner and spent the whole night at Akiva's arguing about the Exodus. |
Rabbi Tarfon
My head hurts. |
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God
has written a note on
The Israelites'
Wall: Yeah, I see. Listen, sit tight, and I'll think of something. See
See Wall to Wall
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Moses
has taken the
Which god are you? quiz. Moses is Osiris, God of the
Dead. Dressed in white flannel gown, Osiris ruled over the Egyptians
and taught them farming. |
God Note to self: This is getting really annoying. I have
got to add a Commandment outlawing this stupid Which God Are You Quiz.
I think I'll word it broadly so that no one can possibly misunderstand
my intentions, and I'll put it right up front where they can't possibly
miss it. |
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God
has written a note on
Moses'
Wall: Moses, stop wasting time and do something about this whole slavery thing. See
See Wall to Wall
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Pharaoh
has used Yes We Conserve to pledge to Use dryer less.  |
Pharaoh
This is a no brainer, as I live in a desert. Also, dryers haven't been invented yet. |
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Moses
has written a note on
God's
Wall: Er, me? See
See Wall to Wall
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God
sent
Moses
burning bush. |
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God
has written a note on
Moses'
Wall: Yeah, you. See
See Wall to Wall
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Moses
has written a note on
Pharaoh's
Wall: Let my people go! See
See Wall to Wall
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Mark Zuckerberg You see? It's all about the social graph.
Israel talks to God talks to Moses talks to Pharaoh. There must be some
way to make money off of this. |
God
Aren't you the CEO of Facebook? Listen, the old version was so much better. Tell your engineers to bring it back. |
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Mark Zuckerberg
Actually, I'd like to stick with the new one for now. |
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God
I'm sick of seeing all these quizzes! I command you to bring back the old one! |
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Mark Zuckerberg
is fleeing to Tarshish. |
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Pharaoh
has written a note on
Moses'
Wall: Up yours! See
See Wall to Wall
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Mark Zuckerberg
and
a whale
are now friends.
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Moses
has used Yes We Conserve to pledge to Use trees to control sun and shade.  |
Moses Back in my day job as a shepherd (which I still
hope to return to some day), a few strategically planted trees made all
the difference in the world on a hot day. |
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Elijah
is sloshed |
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God
sent
Pharaoh
a plague: blood. |
Advisor
No big deal. Our magicians can do that, too. |
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Pharaoh
OK. Whatever. |
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Pharaoh
has written a note on
God's
Wall: Nice try. I'm not impressed. The Israelites stay. See
See Wall to Wall
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God
sent
Pharaoh
9 more plagues. |
Advisor
Uh-oh. These are the fingers of God! |
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Pharaoh
OK, I give. 10 plagues is enough. |
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Rabbi Jose The Galilean
Which means that when God later smote them at the Red Sea with his hand, they got 50 plagues. |
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Rabbi Eliezer
No, I think it means 200, since each plague was sent with fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble. |
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Rabbi Akiva
Dude, you missed a comma. Fierceness was its own plague. So that's five plagues per finger, or a total of 250 plagues. |
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Pharaoh
Will you guys stop running up the score?! You already won! Just stop! |
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Pharaoh
has written a note on
The Israelites'
Wall: Get out of here! See
See Wall to Wall
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Moses
has written a note on
The Israelites'
Wall: Quickly, people! Just grab everything and go! See
See Wall to Wall
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The Israelites
But what about the bread? We're in the middle of this great recipe. |
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Moses
Just grab what you can and go! Now! |
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The Israelites
has posted an Album: Fleeing from the Egyptians.
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Elijah
100 times as many houses to visit, and presents to lug around, too. How does Santa do it? |
Santa Claus
We young folks have all the energy! :) |
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The Israelites
has written a note on
Moses'
Wall: Um, there's a lot of water in front of us, and a bunch of angry Egyptians behind us. Any ideas? See
See Wall to Wall
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Moses
has written a note on
God's
Wall: Er, over to you. Any ideas? See
See Wall to Wall
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God
has written a note on
Moses'
Wall: Stretch out thy rod over the waters. See
See Wall to Wall
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Moses
is crossing the Red Sea. |
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The Israelites
has posted an Album: Fishes of the deep. |
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Pharaoh
has written a note on
The Israelites'
Wall: Now I've got you right where I want you!! See
See Wall to Wall
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Pharaoh
is very wet |
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Elijah
is just about ready to call it a night. This gets harder every year. |
Pharaoh
and
Satan
are now friends.
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God
sent
The Israelites
a Torah. |
God
Just so you know, the one I wrote for the hyper-intelligent beetles was so much cooler. I miss them. Sigh. |
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Here endeth the Seder.
This
year our ceremony still contains some time for reflection, and some
ability to remain on the same topic for more than a minute or
two. But next year, may our ceremony be faster, divided into
bite-sized chunks, and with each utterance no more than 140
characters. And so we say together,
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