Vehi She’amda

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Vehi She’amda is a central passage in the Passover Haggadah that praises God’s ongoing protection of the Jewish people throughout history despite repeated persecutions.

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Vehi She’amda canonical 1
שירת האזינו 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew prayer ⓘ
Jewish liturgical text ⓘ
Passover Haggadah passage ⓘ
addresses Repeated attempts to destroy the Jewish people ⓘ
asserts God saves the Jewish people from their hands ⓘ
In every generation enemies rise up to destroy the Jewish people ⓘ
associatedWith Theme of covenantal promise ⓘ
Theme of historical memory ⓘ
Theme of redemption ⓘ
centralTheme Divine protection of the Jewish people ⓘ
Perseverance of Israel despite persecution ⓘ
emotionalTone Defiant ⓘ
Hopeful ⓘ
emphasizes Continuity of Jewish history ⓘ
God’s active role in history ⓘ
function Affirmation of God’s ongoing redemption ⓘ
Expression of faith in historical survival of the Jewish people ⓘ
genre Prose and poetic declaration ⓘ
hasCommentariesBy Traditional rabbinic commentators ⓘ
hasMelodicTraditionsIn Ashkenazi liturgical music ⓘ
linked to: Nusach Ashkenaz

Mizrahi liturgical music ⓘ
Sephardi liturgical music ⓘ
influences Jewish theology of providence ⓘ
Jewish understanding of historical persecution ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
linkedTo Exodus narrative ⓘ
Theme of “in every generation” (bechol dor vador) ⓘ
liturgicalOccasion Passover Seder ⓘ
liturgicalRole Transition from narrative of slavery to themes of ongoing exile and redemption ⓘ
mentions Divine promise that sustains Israel ⓘ
God’s covenant with the patriarchs ⓘ
oftenSung Communally at the Seder table ⓘ
partOf Passover Haggadah ⓘ
linked to: Haggadah
performedWith Distinctive melodies in different Jewish communities ⓘ
positionInRitual After the paragraph about Laban the Aramean ⓘ
recitedBy Families and communities at the Passover Seder ⓘ
recitedDuring Maggid section of the Haggadah ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
status Widely known and frequently quoted Haggadah passage ⓘ
studiedIn Passover Haggadah classes and study sessions ⓘ
textualSource Rabbinic liturgical tradition ⓘ
usedBy Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
Yemenite Jews ⓘ

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Haggadah → includesSection → Vehi She’amda ⓘ
ספר דברים → כולל → שירת האזינו ⓘ
linked to: Vehi She’amda