Mishnah Pesachim Chapter Ten: The First Haggadah

(26) And when your children say to you, ‘What is this service/ritual to you?’

(1) On the afternoon before Passover [from] close to [the time of] the afternoon offering, no one should eat until nightfall.Even the poorest person in Israel must not eat [on the night of Passover] until they recline.And they must give them no fewer than four cups of wine, even [if they receive them] from the charity plate.

(2) They pour the first cup [of wine] for [the leader of the seder].The House of Shammai say: They recite a blessing for the day [first], and then recite a blessing over the wine.But the House of Hillel say: They recites a blessing over the wine [first], and then recite a blessing for the day.

(3) [Then] they bring [the table] before them. They dip with lettuce until they reaches the course following the [unleavened] bread.[Then] they set before them unleavened bread/matzah, lettuce/chazeret, and charoset (a mixture of fruit, spices and wine), and two cooked dishes, although the charoset is not a commandment. Rabbi Eliezer bar Tzadok says: It is a commandment.And in the Temple they used to bring before them the [roasted] body of the Passover-offering.

(4) They pour a second cup [of wine] for them. And here the child asks his parent. But if the child does not have enough understanding [to question], their parents teaches them [to ask]:How/Why is this night different from all [other] nights!/?

• On all [other] nights, we eat leavened bread and unleavened bread - on this night only unleavened bread.
• On all [other] nights, we eat all kinds of vegetables - on this night bitter ones.
• On all [other] nights, we eat roasted, cooker or boiled meat - on this night only roasted.
• On all [other] nights, we dip one time - on this this two times.

They begin with shame, and conclude with glory, and expound and explain from "My ancestor was a wandering Aramean," (Deuteronomy 26:5) until they complete the entire section.

(5) Rabban Gamliel used to say: All who do not mention these three things on Passover has not fulfilled their obligation, and they are: the Passover-offering, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs.[The] Passover-offering [is offered] because the HaMakom passed over the houses of our ancestors in Egypt. Unleavened bread [is eaten] because our ancestors were redeemed from Egypt. [The] bitter herb is [eaten] because the Egyptians embittered the lives of our ancestors in Egypt.In every generation, a person must regard themselves as though they personally had gone out of Egypt, as it is said: “And you shall tell your child on that day, saying: ‘It is because of what the Eternal did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.’” (Exodus 13:8) Therefore it is our duty to thank, praise, laud, glorify, exalt, honor, bless, extol, and adore the One Who performed all these miracles for our ancestors and us; God brought us forth from enslavement into freedom, from sorrow into joy, from mourning into festivity, from darkness into great light, and from servitude into redemption. Therefore let us say before God: Halleluyah!

(6) Up until which point should they recite [Hallel]?The House of Shammai says: Until "as a happy mother of children."The House of Hillel says: Until "flint stone into a water-spring," and conclude with the blessing of redemption.Rabbi Tarfon says: "who redeemed us and our ancestors from Egypt', but without a concluding blessing.Rabbi Akiva says: 'O Eternal our God and God of our ancestors, may we come to reach other seasons and festivals in peace, joyful in the rebuilding of your city, and jubilant in your Temple service, where we will eat from the offerings and Passover sacrifices etc.' until 'Bless you Eternal One, Redeemer of Israel.

(7) They mix a third cup; they blesses over their food. [The] fourth [cup] is used to concluded the Hallel, which they say with the [concluding] blessing. Between these cups [i.e. the second and third cups], if they wish to drink, they may drink. Between the third and the fourth [cups], they may not drink.

(8) They may not conclude after the Pesach offering with an afikoman. If a few of them changed [locations], they may eat. If all of them [changed locations], they may not eat. Rabbi Yossi says: if they nod off, they may eat. If they fall asleep, they may not eat.