ALAN & ELISHA: PASSOVER SEDER SONGS. Our Children’s Learning Tape.

Alan and I recorded these songs in 1984, on a cassette tape, to teach these Pesach melodies to our 6 children. Since then, this recording has taught other children as well as our grandchildren. We are publishing this on YouTube to make these melodies more easily accessible to our family and friends.

Publishing on YouTube implicitly begs for a photo accompaniment. The photos I chose are scenes from Israel, mostly from 1963-64. There are a few from 2022. Most of my travel in 1963-64 was done on a Vespa. Travel in 2022 was done in a car.

1963-1964
* Masada - the archeological dig in January 1964. (Photos 1-22) (yes, that is Yigal Yadin in some of the photos),
* Jerusalem – (Photos 23-43) note the grim barbed dividing line through the heart of the city.
* On the Road to Jerusalem (Photos 45-56)
* Kibbutz Netiv Ha’Lamed Hei in Emek Ha’elah (Photos 57-88)
* Travelling north to the Bahai Temple, Haifa (Photos 89-97)
* Akko and Rosh Hanikrah and the border with Lebanon (Photos 98-117)
* Across the northern Galil to Dan, following the Jordan River to the Kinneret, scenes from observation posts on the border with Jordan (Photos 118-157)
* Lake Kinneret (Photos 158-168)
* Kibbutz Hike (Photos 169-181)
* Archeology Everywhere (Photos 182-203)
* The Mediterranean Coast (Photos 204-218)
* Building the new Town of Arad (Photos 219-220)
* Tiyul – The Judean desert to the Dead Sea (Photos 221-227)
* Hike in the Negev to Eilat (Photos 228-229)

2022
* The Negev in December (Photos 230-249)


These are the songs we recorded. There are many more in the Haggadah


1. Kadesh Urchatz 0:39
2. Hineni Muchan 1:06
3. Ha Lachma Anya 1:12
4. Ma Nishtana 2:05
5. Avadim Hayinu 0:56
6. Vehi SheAmda 2:16
7. Dayenu 1:10
8. Ma Lecha Ha'yam 1:12
9. Shir HaMa'alot 1:15
10. Birkat HaMazon 1:05
11. Ani Ma'amin 1:21
12. Eliyahu Ha'Navi 1:44
13. Hodu 1:38
14. Odecha 1:06
15. Ki Lo Na'eh 0:32
16. Adir Hu 1:22
17. Echad Mi Yode'ah 0:31
18. Chad Gad Yah 0:27
19. Leshana HaBa'ah 1:07
19 songs, 22.7 minutes, 31.2 MB