We are honored that Mah Nishtana is a part of the upcoming Rosenfield Legacy Project, a resource guide of lessons connecting Jewish values to children's literature for grades K-2.  Originally planned to be a gift to Jewish Day Schools in South Florida, the vision of this project has expanded and will hopefully be able to be made available to non-profit Jewish educational organizations throughout the country.

Mah Nishtana

by Lisa Baydush © 2005

Chorus:

Mah nish-ta-na ha-li-lah ha-zeh!

Mah nish-ta-na ha-li-lah ha-zeh?

Why is this night different from other nights?

Mah nish-ta-na ha-li-lah ha-zeh!

(repeat last line to end song)

On other nights, we eat all kinds of bread

On other nights, we eat cha-metz u’mat-zah

On other nights, we eat whatever we like,

But it’s mat-zah tonight, it’s mat-zah tonight!

(chorus)

On other nights, we eat all kinds of greens,

On other nights, we eat she-ar yir-a-kot!

On other nights, we eat whatever we like,

But it’s maror-or tonight, it’s maror-or tonight!

(chorus)

On other nights, we eat and never dip once,

On other nights, not even pa-am echat!

On other nights, we eat, no dipping at all,

But we dip twice tonight, we dip twice tonight!

(chorus)

On other nights, we sit any which way, 

On other nights, bein yosh-veen u’-vein mis-u-bean!

On other nights, we sit however we like,

But we recli-ine tonight, we recli-ine tonight!

(chorus)