Chad Gadya

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Chad Gadya is a cumulative Aramaic song traditionally sung at the end of the Passover Seder, using a chain of whimsical images to convey deeper moral and theological themes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chad Gadya canonical 1
Chad Gadya song 1
Echad Mi Yodea 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aramaic song ⓘ
Passover song ⓘ
cumulative song ⓘ
appearsIn Haggadah ⓘ
associatedWith Ashkenazi tradition ⓘ
Sephardi tradition ⓘ
culturalRole educational song ⓘ
ritual song ⓘ
genre cumulative tale ⓘ
liturgical music ⓘ
hasCharacter Angel of Death ⓘ
linked to: Grim Reaper

Holy One, blessed be He ⓘ
linked to: Holy One

cat ⓘ
dog ⓘ
fire ⓘ
kid goat ⓘ
ox ⓘ
slaughterer ⓘ
stick ⓘ
water ⓘ
hasInterpretation allegory of Jewish history ⓘ
allegory of divine retribution ⓘ
parable about power and vulnerability ⓘ
hasNotableFeature each verse adds a new element to the previous ones ⓘ
has many variant melodies in different Jewish communities ⓘ
often sung to traditional melodies ⓘ
hasTheme divine justice ⓘ
historical suffering of the Jewish people ⓘ
moral themes ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
theological themes ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
partOf Passover Seder ⓘ
performedAt end of the Passover Seder ⓘ
performedDuring Passover ⓘ
refrain Chad gadya, chad gadya ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
structure chain of whimsical images ⓘ
symbolizes cycle of violence ⓘ
ultimate triumph of God ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
families ⓘ
titleMeaning One little goat ⓘ
usedFor conveying religious ideas through narrative ⓘ
keeping children awake at the Seder ⓘ
usesLiteraryDevice cumulative structure ⓘ
repetition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haggadah → includesSection → Chad Gadya ⓘ
Nirtzah → includes → Echad Mi Yodea ⓘ
linked to: Chad Gadya
Passover Seder → keyElement → Chad Gadya song ⓘ
linked to: Chad Gadya