{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "karpas-57", "title": "Karpas", "author": "Rachel Gallop", "author_handle": "rachelkaber", "author_initials": "RG", "covertext": "HEBREW: THE FANTASIA OF LANGUAGE In the Hebrew language, every letter is not only a letter, but also represents a number...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p><strong>HEBREW: THE FANTASIA OF LANGUAGE</strong></p>\n\n<p>In the Hebrew language, every letter is not only a letter, but also represents a number, a word, and a concept.</p>\n\n<p>For example, the letter <em>aleph</em>, the first letter of the alphabet, has the numerical value of one. <em>Aleph</em> is also a word which means to champion, or to lead.</p>\n\n<p>The second letter of the alphabet, <em>bet</em>, has the numerical value of two and also means house ― <em>bayit</em>   in Hebrew.</p>\n\n<p>Hebrew letters, then, are far more than mere letters, but are actually linguistic repositories for numerous concepts and ideas. Words, too, become not only an amalgam of random sounds, but precise constructs of the conceptual components of the object with which the word is associated.</p>\n\n<p>When we analyze the word Karpas and break it down to its four component parts ― its four letters   <em>kaf, reish, pehand samech,</em> ― we discover an encoded message of four words which teaches a basic lesson about how to develop our capacity for giving.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Ka <em> </em> </strong> <em>Kaf</em> Palm of hand<br />\n<strong>R </strong> <em>Reish</em> One who is impoverished<br />\n<strong>Pa </strong> <em>Peh</em> Mouth<br />\n<strong>S </strong> <em>Samech</em> To support</p>\n\n<p>The first letter of Karpas means the palm of the hand. The second letter means a poor person. When taken together these two letter/words speak of a benevolent hand opened for the needy.</p>\n\n<p>But what if you are a person of limited means, with precious little to give? Look at the second half of the word Karpas. The letter <em>peh</em> means mouth, while the final letter <em>samech</em> means to support. True, you may not be capable of giving in the material sense, but you can always give with your words. Words of kindness and concern. Words of empathy and understanding. Words that can lift an impoverished soul and provide a means of support where nothing else will do.</p>\n\n<p>We dip the  <em>Karpas </em> in saltwater. Saltwater recalls the bitter tears shed in Egypt. But there is more. The Jewish people, though awash in the tears of bondage, were able to preserve their ability to give. Rather than succumb to the morass of self-pity, they were able to maintain their dignity through giving.</p>\n\n<p></p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "http://www.aish.com/h/pes/h/Urchatz---Karpas.html?tab=y", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Karpas", "slug": "karpas" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 233, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Karpas | Passover haggadah by Rachel Gallop", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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To ritualize only one answer would be to...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p><span><strong>Some Answers</strong> Questioning is a sign of freedom, and so we begin with questions. To ritualize only one answer would be to deny that there can be many, often conflicting answers. To think that life is only black and white, or wine and Maror, bitter or sweet, or even that the cup is half empty or half full is to enslave ourselves to simplicity. Each of us feels the challenge to search for our own answers. The ability to question is only the first stage of freedom. The search for answers is the next. Can we fulfill the promise of the Exodus in our own lives if we do not search for our own answers? Does every question have an answer? Is the ability to function without having all the answers one more stage of liberation? Can we be enslaved to an obsessive search for the answer? 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This is to show much greater appreciation for all of them as a whole.</span></p><p><span>Dayenu</span></p><p><span>Ilu ho-tsi, ho-tsi-a-nu, <br />Ho-tsi-a-nu mi-Mitz-ra-yim, <br />Ho-tsi-a-nu mi-Mitz-ra-yim, <br />Da-ye-nu!</span></p><p><span>.. CHORUS: <br />.. Dai, da-ye-nu, <br />.. Dai, da-ye-nu, <br />.. Dai, da-ye-nu, <br />.. Da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu! <br />.. <br />.. Dai, da-ye-nu, <br />.. Dai, da-ye-nu, <br />.. Dai, da-ye-nu, <br />.. Da-ye-nu, da-ye-nu!</span></p><p><span>Ilu na-tan, na-tan la-nu, <br />Na-tan la-nu et-ha-Sha-bat, <br />Na-tan la-nu et-ha-Sha-bat, <br />Da-ye-nu!</span></p><p><span>.. (CHORUS)</span></p><p><span>Ilu na-tan, na-tan la-nu, <br />Na-tan la-nu et-ha-To-rah, <br />Na-tan la-nu et-ha-To-rah, <br />Da-ye-nu!</span></p><p><span>.. (CHORUS) </span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>(A singable English version:)</span></p><p><span>Had He brought all, brought all of us, brought all of us <br />out from Egypt, <br />then it would have been enough. Oh, dayenu.</span></p><p><span>Chorus: <br />Da-da-yeinu_____, da-da-yeinu_____, da-da-yeinu_____, <br />dayeinu, dayeinu, dayeinu.</span></p><p><span>(repeat)</span></p><p><span>Had He given, given to us, given to us all the Sabbath, <br />then it would have been enough. Oh, dayenu.</span></p><p><span>Chorus</span></p><p><span>Had He given, given to us, given to us all the Torah, <br />then it would have been enough. 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In the days that Moses spent on Mount Sinai, Hashem took him through the seven heavens and Ganaden and Gaheniem (what people would consider heavenly gardens and the pits of hell). Moses was shown the most beautiful of things and the most evil.  When Moses asked why Hashem would create such evil, he was told, according to my father, that \"it was none of his business\". </p><p>\"Why do you think Hashem would create such evil,\" my father would ask.</p><p>Here is my answer:</p><p>To understand true beauty, to truly appreciate goodness and experience love, we must understand ugliness, see evil and feel hate. We must experience these things in their varying degrees to fully understand how good goodness can be, and how bad evil can be. We must search through the darkness to find the light. </p><p>During Pesach, to appreciate our freedom, we must experience the bitterness of slavery.  Since Judaism is full of symbolism, and slavery is not something we want to actually experience, we eat maror - the bitter herb followed by charoset - sweet apples and wine.</p>", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Lester Kaber", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": null, "slug": null } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 205, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Maror | Passover haggadah by Rachel Gallop", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. 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