Chad Gadya
One Only Kid Series 2017
Each print 8" x 11”
Chad Gadya is the last song in the Passover Seder. It is a cumulative but is darker in meaning than as is Mi Yodea. The destruction wrought in the song has been interpreted as referring to the different nations that have conquered the Land of Israel with God being the final arbiter of life. It was written in a mix of Hebrew and Aramaic. The tune has its origins in medieval German folk music. I have chosen to set the scene in the Judean hills. In each successive print the background has a foreshadowing of the action to come. For example, in the second print the money is paid in the foreground while the goat is seen in the distance.
Chad Gadya
One Only Kid
Dzabin Aba
Dad Payed to Buy the Kid
D’Achal L’Gadya
The Cat Ate the Kid
D’nashach L’Shunra
The Dog Bit the Cat
D’hikah L’Kalba
The Stick Beat the Dog
D’Saraf L’Chutra
Fire Burnt the Stick
D’Chava L’Noor
Water Quenched the Fire
D’Shata L’Maya
The Ox Drank the Water
D’Shachat L’Tora
The Slaughterer Slaughtered the Ox
D’Shachat L’Shochet
Slaughtered the Slaughterer
HaKadosh Baruch Hoo
The Holy Blessed One
