Do you say the whole Nirtzah?

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How much do you (or dh) say of Nirtzah?

The entire thing

59%

[ 16 ]

Most of it

[ 2 ]

Only parts of it (a few songs)

[ 0 ]

The beginning (until L'Shana Haba)

29%

[ 8 ]

We're all asleep before it...!

[ 1 ]

Total Votes : 27

BrachaVHatzlocha

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 7:25 pm

When I was a kid, I thought it was just us who skipped most of Nirtzah. But now that I'm married and have been at different people's homes, I see it's quite common. Smile

Hey, we made it that far, at least that's worth something!
What does your family do?

greenfire

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 7:31 pm

well, me and my little family say whole thing ... but one pesach everyone was drunk (I think they drank 4 cosos for each cos) and by the matza ball soup they were all done ... my son my sis and I were the last ones standing ... till the end ...

bashinda

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 7:42 pm

we're lubavitch and the whole thing is pretty short so we say the whole thing
Smile

rainbow baby

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 7:43 pm

My dh as a kid used to do everything. My family did not. We do not as it is not a Lubavitch minhag to sing all the songs and he really misses it. He actually sits down after the Sedre and sings all the songs afterwards. This might sound silly but I never relized that there was anything else after L'Shonon Haba before I got married.

shanie5

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 8:01 pm

We enjoy the singing, and if I'm impatient, I will clean while singing.
our favorite is the shelley lang version of "who knows one" we all enjoy singing it in english w/ hand motions too.

red sea

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 8:14 pm

jewishmamathebest wrote:

Just curious, why dont you keep your dh's minhagim?

chen

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 8:21 pm

you mean we have a choice?

Motek

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 10:11 pm

bashinda wrote:

we're lubavitch and the whole thing is pretty short so we say the whole thing
Smile

to clarify - there's no saying Chasal Sidur Pesach, no piyutim at all, just Hallel, drink 4th cup, and say L'Shana Ha'Baaa B'Yerushalayim

Mama Bear

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 10:22 pm

oh no, we say ALL of nirtzah on both nights. it's beautiful! I guess this explains why some of you ended your sedorim so early. Nirtzah adds about another half hour to our sedorim. We even sing the Yiddish piyut 'nin bo dain temple shira', which is the nicest part of the seder imho. My father also says shir hashirim after the first seder, and the 2nd seder is delayed by us women folk waiting for the men to return from sefirah counting before we go back to our homes with the sleepy kids....

shanie5

Thu, Apr 05 2007, 11:19 pm

a friend told me her family would see how many different tunes they could come up w/ for "l'shana haba beyerushalayim"- and they would sing all of them.

bashinda

Fri, Apr 06 2007, 8:18 am

Motek wrote:

bashinda wrote:

we're lubavitch and the whole thing is pretty short so we say the whole thing
Smile

to clarify - there's no saying Chasal Sidur Pesach, no piyutim at all, just Hallel, drink 4th cup, and say L'Shana Ha'Baaa B'Yerushalayim

lol. I thought that WAS all of nirtzah (jk)

Thanks, Motek. That's exactly what I meant.

chocolate moose

Fri, Apr 06 2007, 10:01 am

I didn't know there was a choice...all of us say it all.

BlumaG

Fri, Apr 06 2007, 11:05 am

Lubavitch only sing Lshana Haba Biyerushalayim, dont we?
our downstairs neighbours sang the whole thing, we heard them lol

BrachaVHatzlocha

Fri, Apr 06 2007, 11:07 am

chocolate moose wrote:

I didn't know there was a choice...all of us say it all.

well, I guess if you're Lubavitch, it's only a few lines - I didn't realize that.
But for others, there's the Echod Mi Yodeiya, Chag Gadya, etc, etc, etc... So apparently it seems like those parts ARE optional

chocolate moose

Fri, Apr 06 2007, 11:19 am

Oh....I see what you mean.

greenfire

Fri, Apr 06 2007, 11:21 am

somehow that second wind comes through you sing and dance and add chad gadya ... not so hard if you can read straight ... Drunken Smile

shalhevet

Tue, Apr 10 2007, 5:23 am

It's interesting this is being discussed, because dh talked about how the Gr"a explains that Chad Gadyo is extremely deep and sums up the entire history of the Jewish people. The most simple (it might seem) piyutim are often a cover for very deep ideas.

miriam

Wed, Apr 11 2007, 1:20 am

I say the whole thing. Then I sang Yishtabach with my children. They know this from davening.

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