Ma Nishtana

", traditionally asked via song by the youngest capable child attending Passover Seder.

[1] The questions originate in the Mishna, Pesachim 10:4, but are quoted differently in the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds.

[5] The Rambam and Saadia Gaon both add a new question to the liturgy to replace it: "why do we recline on this night?

[6] One of the current tunes widely used for the Ma Nishtana was written by Ephraim Abileah in 1936 as part of his oratorio "Chag Ha-Cherut".

A fifth question which is present in the mishnah has been removed by later authorities due to its inapplicability after the destruction of the Second Temple: 5.