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"Echad Mi Yodea" (Hebrew:אחד מי יודע?,lit. 'One, Who Knows?') is a traditionalcumulative song sung onPassover and found in thehaggadah. It enumerates commonJewish motifs and teachings. It is meant to be fun and humorous, while still imparting important lessons to the children present.

Recitation is varied from family to family. The song has versions in Hebrew,Yiddish, Arabic, and many othervernacular languages. Sometimes it is played as a memory game, recited without looking. Sometimes the goal is to recite the entire verse in one breath.^[1]

The song is known in several languages.

• Yiddish asVer ken zogn ver ken redn (ווער קען זאָגן ווער קען רעדן)
• Ladino asKen supyese i entendyese
• Judeo-Arabic, according to theSyrian Jews of Aleppo, asMin Ya3lam U Min Yidri
• Judeo-Arabic, according to theTunisian Jews of Djerba, asKan Nadri U Kan Nadri
• Bukhori asYakumin ki medonad
• Lishan Didan asmani kyel ḥa (מַנִי כיֵל חָא)

Although it can appear to be simply a juvenile children's song, an important message is being imparted to those present at thePassover table. The main theme of Passover, and particularly of theSeder, is not only the physical freedom of a nation of slaves. More importantly, it is the spiritual and mental freeing of this people, to become a nation untoGod, HisChosen People. As His people, the Jewish Nation is expected to be wholly at one with God, and to relate everything in their lives to Him.It is sometimes thought thatword association reveals theunconscious mind. Thus, it is at this point in the Seder that theJews sing thiscumulative song. After relating God's wonders and kindness, and the events of theExodus, the song demonstrates how everything can and should relate to God: "If I say 'One', you think 'God!', if I say 'Five', you think 'Books of Moses!'".

According to theEncyclopaedia Judaica, this song is first found in AshkenaziHaggadot of the 16th century and this song did not appear in non-Ashkenazi Haggadot until the 19th century.^[2] It is believed to have originated in Germany in the 15th century, possibly based on a German folk song "Guter freund ich frage dich", which means "Good friend, I ask you".

In a handwritten siddur from the year 1406, it is written that thepiyyut was found in the synagogue of Rabbi Elazar of Vurmiza, author ofSefer HaRokeach. Thepiyyut was first printed in Ashkenazi Haggadot in 1590 (Prague printing).^{[citation needed]}

"Echad Mi Yodea" is acumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are thirteen verses.

The first verse runs:

Who knows one?

I know one.

One is our God, in heaven and on earth.

The second verse:

Who knows two?

I know two.

Two are the tablets of the covenant;

One is our God, in heaven and on earth.

...and so forth. The last verse is:

Who knows thirteen?

I know thirteen.

Thirteen areGod's principles;

Twelve are thetribes of Israel;

Eleven are the stars ofJoseph's dream;

Ten are theCommandments;

Nine are the months ofchildbirth;

Eight are the days beforecircumcision;

Seven are the days of theweek;

Six are the sections of theMishnah;

Five are the books of theTorah;

Four are theMatriarchs;

Three are thePatriarchs;

Two are thetablets of the covenant;

One is ourGod, in heaven and on earth.

Showing the last complete paragraph, as an example. First and Last verses would be sung in Hebrew.

According to the custom of Aram Soba, Aleppo:

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The song appears inThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis (film) 1970 movie, sung amidst the rise of Mussolini's racial laws and alignment with Nazi Germany.^{[citation needed]}

The Judaism section of theStack Exchange Network of question-and-answer websites is named Mi Yodeya after this song.^[3]

Entebbe (titled7 Days in Entebbe in the U.S.), a 2018 crime thriller film directed by José Padilha and written by Gregory Burke, features a dance on the tunes of the Echad Mi Yodea song, choreographed by Ohad Naharin of the Batsheva dance company.^[4]

During an episode of the interactive cartoon "Charlie Gets Fired", the user has the chance for Charlie to sing the whole song. This much chagrin to his boss.^{[citation needed]}

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