Echad Mi Yodea (Who Knows One?) is a traditional song sung at the end of the Passover seder. A cumulative list from one through thirteen, the goal of the song is the impart important Jewish motifs to children in a fun way. The above video, with onscreen Hebrew, English and transliterated lyrics, presents a modern interpretative dance set to the song performed by the Tel Aviv based Batsheva Dance Company. The video below presents a karaoke-style English version of the song. For the full English and transliterated lyrics, click here. Below is a list of what each number represents:
- God
- The tablets that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai
- The forefathers (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob)
- The matriarchs (Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah)
- The books of the Torah
- The orders of the Mishnah
- The days of the week
- The day on which a baby boy is circumcised
- The months of pregnancy
- The Ten Commandments
- The stars in Joseph’s dream
- The tribes of Israel
- The attributes of God