{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "hallel-part-1", "title": "Hallel Part 1", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "Hallel Part 1           I truly love Hallel. It’s a time for us to praise Hashem, and reach our spiritual high through m...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>Hallel Part 1</strong></p>\n\n<p>          I truly love Hallel. It’s a time for us to praise Hashem, and reach our spiritual high through music, dancing, and intense concentration and focus. We pray a full Hallel on the first two days of Pesach, and a (slightly) abridged version the rest of the holiday. But on Seder night, everything you ever learned and knew about Hallel goes out the door. Because we sat it twice. Not once. Twice. No, we do not repeat every part of the Hallel. Actually, we split up between the Seder sections of “Magid” and “Hallel.”</p>\n\n<p>          Unlike every other Hallel where we stand up, we recite this Hallel while seated. Usually, we stand to attest to Hashem’s eternal greatness. However, on this Seder night, many actions are taken to ensure our freedom and relaxation, and the sages did not want to burden us by having us stand to sign Hallel (Beit Yosef 422:7).</p>\n\n<p>          The source for saying Hallel in the Seder is Pesachim 95a, were we learn that people recited Hallel while offering the Korban Pesach back in the time of the Beit Hamikdash. Additionally, as I stated before, the generic reason for reciting Hallel is to praise Hashem – here it is to proclaim it as a song.</p>\n\n<p>          Additionally, the splitting up of Hallel allows us to sing over all four cups of wine (Manhig 90), because the Haggadah should be more than just story-telling, and one must accompany singing praise with drinking wine, as it says in Shoftim 9:13, “But has the vine replied, ‘Have I stopped yielding my new wine which gladdens God and men that should go and wave among the trees?”</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Kiddush</li>\n\t<li>First half of Hallel</li>\n\t<li>Birkat Hamazon</li>\n\t<li>Second Half of Hallel</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>          The Abarbanel teaches us another reason the Hallel is split up. Part 1  - our focus –we say right before the blessing of “Asher Ge’alanu – who has redeemed us” blessing, before eating the matzah. Both commemorate miracles and redemptions of the past, and the first two chapters of Hallel mention the Exodus from Mitzrayim. The splitting and crossing of the seas, and the giving of the Torah. All are miracles from the past, while the second half of “Seder Hallel” refers to miracles which will happen in the (hopefully near) future. We discuss and hope for the Meshiach to come speedily, appropriately right after we greet Eliyahu at the door.</p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>And no, we do not shake the Lulav.</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Cup #2 & Dayenu", "slug": "cup-2-amp-dayenu" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 185, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Hallel Part 1 | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "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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Although the Torah prohibits eating and owning Chametz on Pesach, it seems sufficient to merely state bittul, the verbal annulment of Chametz, in order to disregard owning Chametz; however, the rabbis disagreed and stated that a search must be executed to ensure all Chametz is gone.</p>\n\n<p>The search is conducted on the eve of the 14th of Nissan and everyone’s domain is thoroughly checked. If there is an issue preventing someone from performing the bedika either on the thirteenth by day or on the fourteenth by day, one should perform the bedika on the 14th by day with a bracha (Emek Tshuva Siman 63).  Although the prohibition of eating or owning chametz does not activate before the seventh halachic hour on the fourteenth day, the Chazal claims the search must be carried out the previous evening because most people are at home in the evening, making it much easier for one to perform the bedika and have their whole family merit the mitzvah (MB 431-3). Additionally, if Erev Pesach falls out on Shabbat, the search is moved to Thursday night.</p>\n\n<p>Before one can even begin searching, the bracha must be recited. The bracha, “Boruch Ata Adon-ai Aloha-nu Malech Haloam Asher Kidishanu B’mitsvosav V’tsivanu Al Biur Chametz”, translates to “praised are You Adonai our God, who rules the universe, instilling in us the holiness of mitzvot by commanding us to remove all chametz”.  From the time the blessing is spoken until the conclusion of the search, one is encouraged not say anything that doesn’t pertain to the search. Some hold that if a person finishes the whole search and never recited the blessing, then the blessing may be recited before the chametz is burned on the following day. Furthermore, only one person should make the blessing even when many people are participating, so he can say it on their behalf, and they all respond “amen.” When there is more than one building to search, one blessing suffices.</p>\n\n<p>The searching ritual is a thorough search completed throughout the house. The search is the final step in the removal of leaven from one’s home. Before bedika, people place ten small pieces of bread in strategic places so that the inspection has a purpose of looking in all the nooks and crannies in one’s home. It is traditionally carried out by the light of a candle, with a feather and a wooden spoon to collect the chametz. The following morning, the ten pieces of chametz, along with any other chametz found during the search, is burned and the nullification of chametz is uttered.</p>\n\n<p>There are many significances within this search. For starters, why do we deliberately use ten pieces of bread to place around the house for the search? This custom can be found in Rama 43, and each piece should not be greater than an olive.  We place ten pieces so that the bracha will not be said in vain if one finds no chametz in their house according to Rama. Most rabbis deems this specific bracha as not a bracha in vain for the mitzvah is to search and destroy even if there is no chametz found says Rama, so ultimately the whole search is insignificant to meriting the mitzvah, but the search itself is important.  Furthermore, having ten pieces guarantees that one will not forget to nullify the chametz because the chametz must be burned the following morning (Chok Yaakov-12). Lastly, the Chok Yaakov also suggests that one will not stop searching his house until all the chametz is found, therefore, it ensures that the whole house can be confirmed to be chametz-free. Regarding the other tools, the candle is used in accordance with maintaining tradition and custom because clearly flashlights did not exist in earlier centuries, but it is permitted to use a flashlight nowadays although encouraged to use a candle as well. The spoon is wooden because it can be easily burned later. Additionally, if one does not locate any chametz within his search, he must burn the tool he used to search with, so we use a wooden spoon because it is the easiest to burn. The feather is simply used to sweep up any crumbs bits of chametz that we encounter along the bedikah. Immediately after the bedika one should recite Kol Chamira, which is to nullify the chametz that one does not see. One should say the following: “All chametz and leaven that may be in my domain which I have not seen and which I have not destroyed or whose existence I have no knowledge of, shall be nullified and be deemed null and disowned and deemed valueless like the dust of the earth,” and it must be said in a language that is understood because if one is unaware of what they are saying then the whole bracha is ineffective and therefore meaningless (Rama 434-2, MB-9).</p>\n\n<p>Finally, we arrive at the last stage of the whole process: the nullification of all chametz. The next morning, it is forbidden to eat chametz after the fourth hour, yet one can continue to derive other benefit from the chametz until the end of the fifth hour. Before this time, the chametz must be burned and again nullified. We recite Kol Chamira one last time and then the chametz is burned and the whole bedikah mitzvah comes to a close. Goodbye chametz!</p>\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Introduction", "slug": "introduction" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 186, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Bedikat Chametz | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/bedikat-chametz", "og:title": "Bedikat Chametz | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "seder-plate-ariella", "title": "Seder Plate by Ariella", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "Seder Plate Intro             The seder plate is the pinnacle of the seder. It ties together the sections and forms a co...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>Seder Plate Intro</strong></p>\n\n<p>            The seder plate is the pinnacle of the seder. It ties together the sections and forms a cohesive ceremonial theme. While each family has their own traditions and seder conversations, the seder plate is the biggest constant, binding Klal Yisrael with an interesting array of foods. The six seder plate necessities are as follows:</p>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li><strong>Zeroah (Shankbone)</strong></li>\n</ol>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li>Symbolism: The Zeroah is a piece of roasted meat or lamb bone (forearm) that symbolizes the Pesach offering given annually before Pesach during the times of the Beit Hamikdash. The original Pesach offering occurred on the eve before the Jews left Egypt. The Jews tied a lamb to their beadpost (which was dangerous because Egyptians worshipped them) and then feasted on the offering.</li>\n\t<li>Form: Some people use the forearm of a lamb, which is called the zeroa, because of the verse “I will redeem you with an outstretched arm (zeroa).” Some don’t like to use something so close to the actual offering because we don’t live in the times of the Beit Hamikdash and instead use  roasted chicken neck.</li>\n\t<li>Seder role: The zeroa is not eaten, but rather sits on the seder plate the whole time solely or symbolic reasons.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li><strong>Beitzah (Egg)</strong>\n\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>Symbolism: The hard-boiled egg symbolizes another Passover offering in the times of the Beit Hamikdash, the Chagiga offering. They actually did not offer an egg as the karbon, but rather the origin of this tradition is the fact that the Aramaic word for “egg” is “be’iah” which is similar to the word in Aramaic meaning desire, which symbolizes that this was the night Hashem desired to save us. The meat used for the actual Karbon comprised the main part of the seder meal back in the day.</li>\n\t\t<li>Seder role: The egg is placed on the seder plate and then removed when the meal begins to be eaten (though it is usually not). Those who do eat it often eat it with the saltwater for Karpas.</li>\n\t</ul>\n\t</li>\n\t<li><strong>Maror and Chazeret (Bitter Herbs) </strong>\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>Symbolism: Maror (bitter herbs) are meant to remind us of the bitterness our forefathers endured as slaves in Egypt.</li>\n\t\t<li>Form: The most commonly used maror is horseradish or romaine lettuce. Though the leaves of the romain lettuce is not bitter, the stem turns hard and bitter when left in the ground. This parallels our enslavement in Egypt because at first the work was done for pay and seemed like a good idea and it soon turned into cruel forced labor. For this reason, romaine is preferred over horseradish. Some top romaine lettuce leaves (chazeret) with horseradish (maror) for the ultimate effect. The typical custom is to separate them and put them both on the seder plate.</li>\n\t\t<li>Seder role: It is eaten with Matzah and Maror during the seder. Get your water ready, its HOT!!</li>\n\t</ul>\n\t</li>\n\t<li><strong>Charoset (Paste)</strong>\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>Symbolism: Charoset represents the mortar and brick the Jews used when slaves to build Pitom and Ramses for Paroah.</li>\n\t\t<li>Form: this is the yummiest part of the seder. Every family prepares it differently but it comprises all or some of the following: apples, pears, wine, and nuts.</li>\n\t\t<li>Seder role: The maror is dipped into it during the seder before being eaten. However, many people eat a lot during the meal because it tastes to good!</li>\n\t</ul>\n\t</li>\n\t<li><strong>Karpas (Vegetable)</strong>\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li>Symbolism: The Hebrew word karpas can be rearranged to spell perech (plus a samech) which means backbreaking work. The samech’s gematriah is 60 or 60 myriads, alluding to the 60,000 Jewish males over the age of 20 who were enslaved in Egypt.   </li>\n\t\t<li>Form: Some have the custom to use a boiled potato and some use parsley.</li>\n\t\t<li>Seder role: During the Karpas section of the seder, everyone takes some Karpas and dips it into saltwater (representative of the Jews’ tears in Egypt). After saying a blessing, they eat it.</li>\n\t</ul>\n\t</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>The format of the seder plate is as follows:</p>\n\n<p>picture wont post but find it at: https://www.google.com/search?q=seder+plate+into&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwidvb-b84HTAhVbHGMKHdPFDpE4ChD8BQgGKAE&amp;biw=1242&amp;bih=602#tbm=isch&amp;q=seder+plate++format&amp;*&amp;imgrc=GbXuMELRPYaJ0M:</p>\n\n<p>Sources: Chabad.com, shamash.org</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Introduction", "slug": "introduction" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 174, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Seder Plate by Ariella | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "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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Joseph was a magistrate in the Egyptian court and helped secure a future for his family. Generations later, the Egyptians grew weary and distrustful of the Israelites and so they forced them into slavery, building new Egyptian cities. This is where the story of Passover starts.</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Exodus 1:22, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 6:8, Exodus 12:1-20, Exodus 13:3", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Introduction", "slug": "introduction" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 183, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Historical Intro | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/historical-intro", "og:title": "Historical Intro | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "kadesh-lilly", "title": "Kadesh by Lilly ", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "Kadesh means “special” or “unique.” We begin the seder with Kadesh to symbolize that the first night is unique and speci...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>Kadesh means “special” or “unique.” We begin the seder with Kadesh to symbolize that the first night is unique and special. We begin the seder with multiple blessings. We start with the blessing of the wine then the blessing over the day. The leader, who may be wearing a kittle, stands to signal the begging of the seder. For this part of the seder we follow the reasoning of Beit Hillel, as opposed to Beit Shammai. Shammai says the blessing of the holiday is first, then the wine. Shammai reasons the blessing of the day goes first because the holiday gives us the reason to drink the wine. Also the day is already holy, the wine only becomes holy after blessing it. Beit Hillel says bless the wine first, then the holiday. Hillel says the wine provides the means for the sanctification of the holiday. Besides, there is an obligation to bless the wine whenever we drink it. We don’t bless all the holy days. We then recite the blessing of the people of Israel, to commemorate our exodus from Egypt. After this we recite the blessing of shecheyanu to celebrate the creation of the people of Israel and to celebrate the first night of the holiday. All of these blessing are said standing up but once finished we sit down and lean to the left to drink the first cup of wine. The custom dates back to Egyptian royalty and we actually do it to prevent choking during our meal. While the first cup of wine is being drunk, nuts may be passed out as a custom to prompt the children to ask questions about why the first night of passover is different from all other nights.</p>\n\n<p>            The first cup of wine is the most filled cup of the night. If the seder falls on a Friday night, the first cup has to at least have 5.1 ounces of wine (according to Chazon Ish). Rabbi Moshe Feintsien argues that the first cup needs at least 4.5 ounces to meet the obligation. The other three cups of wine drunk throughout the seder can be about 3.3 ounces. If a child wants to drink wine a “cheek full” is permitted.</p>\n\n<p>            Throughout the seder we drink four cups of wine. There are many reasons and explanations as to why there are specifically four cups. “First Cup — God chose us to be His holy (separated) people. To accomplish this He promised to unburden us from our enemy’s entanglements. Second Cup — God teaches us that we cannot effect our own release, and that in our helpless state we must trust in Him and in Him alone for our salvation.</p>\n\n<p>Third Cup — God further reveals to us that His sovereign work of salvation necessitates both divine power and payment. Our salvation would cost Him dearly, even the life of the Lamb.</p>\n\n<p>Fourth Cup — God lets us know that the redemption which is ours is still not fully complete. We must await the future with hope of Messiah’s coming, for He alone can transform us fully into the holy people He has ordained us to be. (<a href=\"http://torahsource.com/\">torahsource.com</a>)” The more common approach to why we have the four cups is because of the four promises G-d made the Jewish people. He promised to “take you out, rescue you, redeem you and bring you.”</p>\n\n<p>            After Kadesh, the blessings and the first cup, we move on to hand washing. By this point in the seder we have thanked G-d for our exodus from Egypt and declared that day holy. It is throughout the rest of the seder that we truly learn about the miracles that took place in order for us to have a holy day. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://chabad.org/\">chabad.org</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://myjewishlearning.com/\">myjewishlearning.com</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://aish.com/\">aish.com</a></p>\n\n<p>torah<a href=\"http://source.com/\">source.com</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://youtube.com/\">youtube.com</a></p>\n\n<p>“Haggadah with Answers”</p>\n\n<p>“The Art of Jewish Learning”</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Kadesh", "slug": "kadesh" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 162, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Kadesh by Lilly | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "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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Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "kadesh-hilla", "title": "Kadesh by Hilla ", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Kadesh", "slug": "kadesh" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 168, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Kadesh by Hilla | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "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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Because the dough of our fathers did not have time to become leavened before the King of Kings, the Holy One, Blessed is He, revealed himself to them and redeemed them…” So which one is it? Is it the matzah bread of affliction or is it symbolizing redemption? This is for you to figure out at the Seder table!</p>\n\n<p>To fulfill one’s obligation, one must eat a  <em>kezayis</em>  (a measure formally described as the size of an olive, and traditionally determined as one ounce; 25.6 grams). This amount of matzah must be eaten  <em>bichedei achilas p’ras </em> (within the time it usually takes to eat a portion of food of a defined quantity). The precise definition of this time period is a matter of debate among the Rabbis. The accepted figure with regard to the mitzvah at hand is four minutes. The matzah should be eaten while reclining on the left side. As mentioned below, we actually eat two  <em>kezeisim</em>. <br />\n<br />\nUsually, the matzos of the Seder plate are not large enough to provide everyone with portions of the desired size. Therefore, other matzah is taken in addition.<br />\n<br />\nBefore reciting the blessing  <em>hamotzi</em> <em>,</em>  one should lift all the matzos (the two complete matzos and the broken half between them). After reciting  <em>hamotzi,</em>  the third (bottom) matzah is put down, and the blessing  <em>al achilas matzah</em>  is recited while holding only the upper matzah and the half of the middle matzah.<br />\n<br />\nWhen reciting the blessing  <em>al achilas matzah,</em>  one should have in mind that it refers not only to the matzah about to be eaten, but also to the matzah eaten for the  <em>korech</em>  and for the  <em>afikoman</em>  at the end of the meal. Nevertheless, though one should avoid any irrelevant talk before eating the  <em>korech,</em>  it is not the prevailing Lubavitch custom to extend this stringency until the eating of the  <em>afikoman.</em> <br />\n<br />\nOne then breaks off a  <em>kezayis</em>  from the upper matzah, and a  <em>kezayis</em>  from the middle matzah. These two pieces should be eaten at the same time. The prevailing Lubavitch custom is not to dip the matzah in salt.</p>\n\n<p>There are in fact two aspects to this mitzvah: a Divine command, and a commemorative act. We eat matzah on the first night to fulfill God’s command, “ <em>In the evening you will eat matzot.</em> ” This matzah is an obligatory service of God, an expression of  <em>Yir'ah</em>  – our reverence for God and acceptance of the binding nature of the Torah’s commandments.</p>\n\n<p>The optional matzah of the rest of Passover, on the other hand, is a symbol of our hastened redemption. 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Aren’t hearing our voices and seeing our suffering essentially the same thing? Rav Soloveitchik suggests that there is in fact a key difference between the two. There are numerous types of pains-- some misfortunes that we respond to by crying out to God, and tragedies and heartaches that a person suffers in silence. During our enslavement in Egypt, the Jewish people lacked the words or any means of expression to relay their pain. However, God “saw our suffering” and heard the silent, unarticulated cries of our people. Every day, we ask HaShem to “see our afflictions” during Shemoneh Esrei, and it’s in reference to these pains. They speak of the inner struggles, the troubles, and the suffering that we endure in silence. 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We begin the story...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>There are many questions we can ask on the opening scene of the longest portion of the Seder, Maggid. We begin the story of our exodus from Egypt with a proclamation of the poor man’s bread and an invitation to all who need a Seder to come and eat with us. Two questions we can ask are: one, why does the Haggadah open with the statement “this is the bread of our affliction”, referring to matzah? Two, why do we extend an invitation for people to join us? This obligation is not unique to Pesach, every holiday we are supposed to invite people and make sure everyone has a place to go, so why mention it specifically here?</p>\n\n<p>The night of the Seder is the one night of the year when no one should be in need of any provisions for the Seder; stated by the Mishna, “everyone is to be provided with all the necessary provisions for the Seder”. But we still have the question of, why is there a formal invitation being extended at the beginning of the seder? The Gemara in Pesachim 88 states, “whatever a slave acquires is automatically transferred to his master”. A slave lacks the capacity to acquire and possess anything personally. Now that we have reached the holiday of redemption, an individual can believe that any of his personal possessions belong to him exclusively. However, we must realize that even though we escaped the slavery of Egypt and Pharaoh, we are still slaves in the service of God.</p>\n\n<p>In order to demonstrate this idea that we recognize that all our personal possessions truly belong to God, we symbolically suggest, “let anyone who is in need join and share our meal and the provisions I have accumulated,” for this meal truly belongs to God and I have no personal ownership over them. It could even be seen as self-reflective, inviting, as it were, yourself to the meal, acknowledging that you are a guest of the Owner.</p>\n\n<p>This idea can also address the first question of why we call the matzah “bread of affliction”? Matzah actually has dual symbolism. Rabban Gamliel suggests that matzah is a symbol of redemption because as the Jews were preparing to leave Egypt, they were in such a rush that their bread did not have a chance to rise. But matzah is also a commemoration of servitude, since the Jews ate matzah throughout their slavery in Egypt. As poor people, they never had the luxury of allowing their bread to rise. Once again, we remind everyone that even though we observe the Festival of Freedom and may have accumulated enormous wealth, we eat the bread of poor and recognize that we are still in servitude to God. Matzah is then transformed from the bread of the poor to the bread of redemption through the process of the Seder.   </p>\n\n<p>A fun fact about the proclamation of Ha Lahma Anya is that it is one of the few prayers you are told to say in the language you understand, although it is originally in Aramaic. Legend has it that angels do not understand Aramaic. But why was Ha Lahma Anya composed in this outdated language? It is to teach us that where there is poverty, there is no reliance on angels. It is up to each of us to feed the poor and shelter the homeless. </p>\n\n<p>The practice associated with Ha Lahma Anya is to uncover the matzot and raise them up for all to see. Different cultures have different customs regarding this process. For example, the Sephardic families lift the seder plate above the heads of all assembled at the table while reciting it together. Personally, in my household, each person says it in whatever language they like while holding the plate above their head. 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Yet, he fails because his daughter’s faith and morality clings onto truth.</p>\n\n<p>Chazal analyzes the Pesuk and explains that Yaakov receives a prophecy from Hashem that forces him to travel to Egypt. However, he is assured that his family will behave like temporary dwellers, not comfortable settlers. Only seventy people journey to Egypt but after successful sixtuplet births, (according to Rashi) they unify in numerous measures. Not only were the Egyptians frightened by their quantitative representation, but also they were intimidated by their impact in humanistic advancements, highlighting their greatness and might. Ultimately, the Jews matured and developed as a people in Egypt. Even though they did not receive the mitzvot yet, their blood binded them together, committing themselves as Yaakov’s children- ethical monotheists, instead of Lavan’s immoral idolatry seekers.</p>\n\n<p>This significant text isn’t found in the standard Exodus story- parshat Shemot, Vaera, or Bo. Rather, it's a conversation between father and son about the danger of assimilation. Lavan tried to lure his children in unjust paths, a parallel challenge we deal with today. Our intermarriage rates are outrageous and there are more children growing up without their foundational Jewish identity. 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For Jewish children, the afikomen is used to hold their attention until the end of the seder. There are a few different traditions of the finding of the afikomen. In some families the children steal the matzah and are paid a ransom in order to get it back to the table. In other families it is hidden and the children search for it and are rewarded. Some Jews from Middle Eastern countries saw the afikomen as having special powers and kept a piece of it as a good luck charm.</p>\n\n<p>Though the Passover lamb was originally a part of the feast that was described by Moses in the Torah, today there is no lamb eaten at Jewish Passover seders. This is because after the destruction of the Temple the Passover sacrifice could no longer be properly made, and so lamb was no longer eaten at the feast. The last piece of matzah, called the afikomen, is substituted for the lamb. It even has to be eaten before midnight, just as Moses commanded, \"You shall let none of it remain until morning\" (Ex. 12:10).</p>\n\n<p>Three matzahs sit on the Passover table. There are a few different opinions on why this is. some people see them as symbolic of the three divisions of the Jewish people: Priests, Levites, and Israelites. Others see them as a reminder of the three Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The middle matzah, the one that is broken, the one symbolizing the Passover Lamb, would correspond to Isaac.</p>\n\n<p>Why is this final piece of matzah called the afikomen? The actual word comes from  a Greek word in the middle of a Hebrew feast. Its Greek meaning can be understood as \"that which is coming\", or dessert. Others translate the word in a different meaning their meaing is, \"he who is coming.\" According to Jewish tradition, Messiah will come at Passover to bring a redemption like unto the redemption brought through Moses. This is why a place is left at the table for Elijah, the forerunner of Messiah (Malachi 4:5).</p>\n\n<p>A generation before the Temple was destroyed, One who observed the feast in that upper room \"took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, `this is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me'\" (Luke 22:19). The ultimate redemption did come at Passover. It wasn't a redemption from an earthly oppressor and an earthly bondage, as was the first. Messiah brought a greater deliverance from bondage from Satan, sin, and death. \"If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed\" (John 8:36). The seder mentions being brought \"from darkness to light\". So also, we can now give thanks \"to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 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This being the case, why is maror eaten — and its significance explained — after matzah?</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>    Maasei Hashem refers us to the verse that is usually translated as “Be pleased on the day when things go well, but on a day of misfortune reflect.” However, it is interpreted as: “Be happy on a day that things do well, reflecting upon the bad days.” That is when someone is happy over some stroke of good fortune, he can increase his happiness by reflecting about just how bad things were before this good fortune came his way. If one reflects upon the evil of his unfortunate times before experiencing his good fortune, however, he is likely to only increase his depression and disappointment. Bearing this in mind we can understand why the maror is eaten after the matzah. It is after we recall our deliverance from the hands of Egypt that we seek to intensify our joy by remembering just how bitter the enslavement that preceded it was. </p>\n\n<p>    Bircas HaShir explains why we had to be slaves: we had to be slaves because that is what turned us into a nation. One example of this would be: In order to get gold, you have to melt the gold so it becomes pure and then all the bad stuff get melted away. When we wanted to become a nation, we were put into a hard situation “melted down” so we could then become pure. He explains that when we got the torah as a nation, all the bad and all the slavery became obvious that it was all for the best, so that is why we have matzah with represents freedom and then we have the maror because then we are able to recognize the good after the bad </p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Does the maror have any other symbolism besides recalling the embittered lives of out forefathers?</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sages note that one of the vegetables which can be used for maror is <em>chassa,</em> meaning “pity,” symbolizing the fact that God had pity on us and redeemed us from slavery. <em>Abarbanel </em> points out that all three of the Pesach foods represent two contrasting ideals. Matzah represents, on the one hand, the bread of affliction eaten by slaves, and, on the other, the fact that the redemption came so swiftly that there was no time for the Jews to allow their dough to rise. The maror, as just shown, shoes both the bitterness of slavery and the mercy shown to us by God. The Pesach sacrifice reminds us of the attribute of Divine Justice — his striking down the Egyptian firstborn — and also of His mercy in passing over and sparing our own houses. </p>\n\n<p>    The Talmud also describes the deeper significance of comparing the maror to the Egyptian slavery: Just as the Egyptians were originally decent and hospitable towards the Jews and later changed their attitude to one of enmity and hostility, so too maror is soft when it begins to grow and only hardens later. The import of this fact, says <em>Ksav Sofer, </em> is that the hatred of one nation towards another is even more hurtful if it was preceded by mutual respect and harmony. The fact that the Egyptians originally treated the Israelites well made the subsequent affliction of the Israelites more difficult to bear. </p>\n\n<p>    A Jew was sent to Siberia by the communist government for illegally maintaining a network of Jewish education during the years when Judaism was suppressed. When he finally obtained his freedom he told his friends, “It was difficult to observe Pesach in the labor camp. One year we had no matzot. Another year he has no wine. 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Ultimately, the Jews matured and developed as a people in Egypt. Even though they did not receive the mitzvot yet, their blood binded them together, committing themselves as Yaakov’s children- ethical monotheists, instead of Lavan’s immoral idolatry seekers.</p>\n\n<p>This significant text isn’t found in the standard Exodus story- Parshat Shemot, Vaera, or Bo. Rather, it's a conversation between father and son about the danger of assimilation. Lavan tried to lure his children in unjust paths, a parallel challenge we deal with today. Our intermarriage rates are outrageous and there are more children growing up without their foundational Jewish identity. 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The original Korech could only be made when the Beit Hamikdash existed because sacrifices still occurred. Now the Korech part of the Seder contains no meat and people often use haroset instead. Korech is one part of the Seder that doesn’t require a blessing and now is more of a tradition to remind ourselves of the commandment we used to fulfill.</p>\n\n<p>According to Chabad.org the fact that Hillel chose to eat the maror with the Matzah and not by itself symbolized his positive approach to all aspects of life.  The matzah represents freedom and the maror represents bitterness and slavery. As a result, the sandwich symbolizes the hardships within our free lives. Hillel believed that the hardships G-d gave him were beneficial for his life. He was able to understand that everything positive and negative in his life was there for a reason. The sandwich in all symbolized life to Hillel because it was composed of bitter and sweet.</p>\n\n<p>Instructions for how to eat the sandwich of matza and maror:</p>\n\n<ol>\n\t<li>A Kezayis piece of matzah is taken from the bottom of the three matzot\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li>According to Rabbi Moshe Feinstein the matza can’t be smaller than 28 square inches</li>\n\t</ol>\n\t</li>\n\t<li>A kezayis piece of maror dipped in haroset is placed between the matzah</li>\n\t<li>Although no bracha is said it is a custom to say “In remembrance of the temple we do as Hillel did at the time when the temple was standing. 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But aft...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>The four sons acts as a key element of the Passover seder-- encouraging and inciting questions and new insights. But after years of the same seder routine, the tale of the four children becomes less and less puzzling. In hopes of once again inspiring people to challenge and investigate, many scholars have offered contemporary and unique interpretations of the story. I chose to include my personal favorite, which can be found in “A Night to Remember: A Haggadah for Contemporary Voices.” In this adaptation, each of the four children expresses a unique path from bondage to freedom on both a national and human scale. The author of this idea chose a woman in Tanach to exemplify each of the four children. They learn from examining their parents’ lives and from the struggles of their nation, while their “parents” (i.e. the world around them) are exposed to new spiritual layers as a result of their daughter’s education.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Chacham: what does she say? “Father, your decree is harsher than Pharoah’s.The decree of the wicked Pharaoh may or may not have been fulfilled, but you who are righteous, your decree surely is realized.” According to the Midrash, Miriam persuaded her father Amram not to separate from his wife, Yocheved. Miriam claimed that Pharaoh’s decree only kills boys whereas by refusing to sleep with their wives, the jewish couples were essentially killing both boys and girls. When her mother Yocheved gave birth to a boy, the two worked together to save their new son/brother. Miriam recognized the historical significance of her argument, as she did at the splitting of the Red Sea, and thus led her people to redemption (Talmud Bavli, Sotah 12). The father heeded his daughter, so we also follow in her steps with drums and dancing, spreading her prophecy amongst the nations.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Rasha: what does she say?  “Recognize” the ways of enslavement of women by men (referring to her position as a widow and chained to Yehuda’s family). With her deeds, Tamar barricaded herself against her loss of freedom as an imprisoned widow. She eventually achieves the yibum to which she is entitled, and becomes the “founding mother” of the Davidic dynasty. Tamar expresses a rebellion whose result was critical to the continuation of the Jewish people. Although she rebels against authority it is said: She was more righteous than he, and we enjoy no freedom until we have left our unjust ways.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Tam: what does she say? “Wherever you go, so shall I go, and where you rest your head so there will I rest mine. Your people are mine, and your God my God” (Ruth, 1:16). Ruth remained true to her mother-in-law Naomi, and her ingenuous loyalty is absolute. This emotional bond that Ruth so adamantly sticks to eventually rescues both of them from poverty and internal bondage.</p>\n\n<p><br />\n4. She’eino Yodea Lishol: only her silent weeping is heard, as it says, “and she wept for her father and mother” (Dvarim 21:13),  We will be her mouthpiece and she will be for us a judge. The last daughter, an isha yifat to’ar, lacks sufficient freedom to taste even slightly the redemption and remains weeping in utter slavery. She is a reminder of the reality of silenced bondage, which continues even in modern times. 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Many believe that Avadim Hayinu is the beginning of the story of Yetziat Mitz...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p> <br />\nWhat is the point of Magid in the seder? Many believe that Avadim Hayinu is the beginning of the story of Yetziat Mitzrayim, but it is really the answer to this question. Although Avadim Hayinu sounds like a story, it is really telling us that we must recount the story because Hashem did great miracles for us and took out out of Egypt. </p>\n\n<p>The Haggadah Connection says that Avadim Hayinu says that Hashem took the Jews out of Egypt with a strong hand and outstretched arm. What is the point of saying both? The strong hand is to show that going out of Egypt was miraculous and the outstretched arm is to show that it was clearly from Hashem, not a hidden miracle like the Purim story. Hashem took them out and made it known that it was Him. </p>\n\n<p>If showing Hashem's strength is the source for recounting the story, however, then our question still stands. Why do we need to repeat the story each year? We get the point. We know Hashem is amazing. </p>\n\n<p>According to Rabbi Sacks, the Mishna in Pesachim says that when we tell the story of Yetziat Mitzrayim, we must start with shame and end with praise. Rav and Shmuel argue over what this means for us at our sedarim. Shmuel believes that the “story” begins with us being slaves to Pharoh in Egypt and ends with our present freedom. This places more emphasis on physical freedom. Rav believes our story starts when we worshipped idols, and now we are close to Hashem. This focuses on spiritual freedom. The two also differ on who the story is geared toward. A child will have more ease understanding a story of physical slavery, whereas an adult can put themselves in a spiritual mindset as well.</p>\n\n<p>This tells us that the telling of the story is not only geared to us, but its purpose is really to teach our children about Hashem and the lengths He went to in order to get us out of Egypt. It is important to pass this message on to our children because had it not have happened, we would still be in Egypt. </p>\n\n<p>Therefore, Avadim Hayinu teaches us that the point of telling the exodus story is really to fulfill \"V'higadata levanecha\" and continue on Jewish children's love for Torah and Hashem for generations for the rest of eternity. </p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><br />\n </p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Maggid - Beginning", "slug": "maggid-beginning" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 205, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Avadaim Hayinu: What's the Point? 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We get extra merit for telling the story of leaving Egypt on Pesach. </p>\n\n<p>Another answer is that this paragraph is a continuation of the previous story, and Rabbi Elazar here is continuing the discussion from the Bnei Brak seder. </p>\n\n<p>However, if you go by the previous opinion that we get extra merit for telling the story specifically tonight, then the insertion of this paragraph makes a lot of sense. The Haggadah went out of its way to record these rabbis sitting at a table discussing the obligation to talk about Yetziat Mitzrayim. These were beyond pious men who had to be reminded to say Shema!!! What they were discussing MUST have been important, and it should be a lesson to us about the lengths we should go to in order to fulfill this mitzvah above and beyond. </p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Maggid - Beginning", "slug": "maggid-beginning" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 187, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Amar Rabbi ELAZAR by Rosie | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "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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Ba-avur zeh lo amarti, ela b'sha-ah sheyeish matzah u-maror munachim l'fanecha.</p>\n\n<p>After the pivotal section of the Seder in the Maggid station of the four sons, a short paragraph titled Yachol M’rosh Chodesh follows. This paragrph dicusses a Pasuk in Shemot Perek 13 Pasuk 8 which tells us exactly when we are onligated in the telling of Yetziat Mitzraim: “וְהִגַּדְתָּ לְבִנְךָ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר בַּעֲבוּר זֶה עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה לִי בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם,” \"And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘Because of this, the Lord did [this] for me when I went out of Egypt.’” (Tanach.org).</p>\n\n<p>    A textual question arrives from this pasuk, what day is referred to by the words “on that day?”One might have thought that you should begin recounting the story of Yetziat Mitzrayim from the beginning of the month of Nisan for various reasons that I will go into later, but nevertheless there is a consensus that it is actually seder night where we are obligated. Moreover, Rambam says that while on one hand it makes sense to be obligated to retell the story specifically on seder night from looking at the wording of the mitzvah-“Zachor”- to remember our redemption, which occurred on seder night, but on the other hand just like the mitzvah of Zachor with regard to  Shabbat-where we begin preparing at the beginning of the week, so to here for Pesach we should begin preparing at no only the beginning of the week but the beginning of the month! However, the combination in the pasuk of “on that day” and “because of this” teaches us when exactly we should start discussing the story of Pesach. While the wording “on that day” can be interpreted that we should be telling the story during the daytime, the following words “because of this” mean that there must be something tangible connected to the telling of the story and they must be together. Therefore the time this pasuk is referring to is seder night, when we have maror and matza to help aid our discussion.</p>\n\n<p>    In <u>The Haggadah with Answers </u>by Rabbi Yaakov Whehl, he explains why one might have presumed that the mitzvah of retelling the story would have applied from the start of the month of Nisan. Rashi, Shibbolei HaLeket, and Maasei Nissim suggest that because the Gammara states that we should begin studying and reviewing the laws of Pesach on the first day of Nisan, similar to Moshe when he taught these exact laws to the Jews on that day. Additionally, Rivta points out that several verses before the pasuk discussed in this paragraph seem to have established the whole month of Nisan as a “contextual frame” for this mitzvah, not just a specific day (i.e. seder night). However, because of the words “on that day”, we can come to the understanding that the proper setting for this mitzvah is in fact seder night.</p>\n\n<p>    Although we now know when we are supposed to discuss Yetziat Mitzrayim, we still have to ask, why at that specific time? Why at Seder night and not beginning on Rosh Chodesh Nisan? Rabbi Sacks responds do this questions and says that while it makes sense to believe that the story should be told when the preparation for pesach begins, the Torah has a “fundamental rule” about the ways to pass on values to the next generation: “to tell the story while you are doing the deed”, meaning when we are before the matza and maror. The best ways for values to be departed to children are when we reenact it, when we live it out in order to ensure it gets passed down; as Rabbi Sacks says, “Values are better caught than taught.”</p>\n\n<p>    The next question we have to ask is who is this paragraph directed towards? Rivta suggest hat because it directly follow the four sons, perhaps it is a response to the verse cited by the son who does not know how to ask. The Abarbanel agrees and believes that the paragraph is an “Attempt to present the details of the Exodus on his unsophisticated level.” the Maasei Hashem says that the passage is directed towards to father, because the son who does not know how to ask says nothing at all, one might have thought that there was no need to discuss the exodus with him. However, this passage explains that it is an obligation for every individual to recount the story, specifically at the seder. The Yalkut Shimoni adds that generally children go to sleep either before the seder or at the beginning of the seder and therefore it would be understandable to discuss the exodus with them in the afternoon, but this passage emphasizes that the time for this mitzvah is seder night, in front of the matza and maror.</p>\n\n<p>    While this passage is small and seems unimportant, its ads essential value of our understanding of the mitzvah of discussing Yetziat Mitzrayim. This passage ensures that every kid and adult alike recount the story, together, at seder night, with the matza and maror as aids in order so that everybody has a true and deep understanding of the story. Of course we can discuss the story throughout the month of Nisan, and if you have a young child it is okay to discuss it with him/her in the afternoon, but the Haggada is telling us that this is the best ways to learn and review the story and pass on it’s messages throughout the generations to come.</p>\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Four Children", "slug": "four-children" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 175, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Yachol M'Rosh Chodesh Megan | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "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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Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "d’tzach-adash-bachav-megan", "title": "D’tzach, Adash, Bachav by Megan", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "As I think to my family Seder, I can hear my grandfather's loud voice shouting out the 10 plagues followed by Rabbi Yehu...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>As I think to my family Seder, I can hear my grandfather's loud voice shouting out the 10 plagues followed by Rabbi Yehuda’s acronym: D’tzach, Adash, B’achav. All the while using his spoon to take a bit of wine out of his cup and carefully placing it on a small plate. Announcing the 10 plagues makes sense, it was a pivotal miracle in our people's history and in our freedom, but Rabbi Yehuda’s acronym does not really add anything special to the seder night, I mean we can all make up our own abbreviations if we want; if anything, it is just another thing keeping everyone waiting for dinner a little longer, and come on, every second counts. However, these three abbreviations do in fact have important significance in the seder and subsequently for us.</p>\n\n<p>The first question to ask is why are the plagues split into threes, Rabbi Sacks explains that, with the exception of the last plague, they all occurred in a threefold pattern: the first was performed by Aharon, the second set of three by Moshe, and the third set by Moshe “stretching out his hand.” Moreover, within in group, the first plague was preceded by a warning in the morning, the second by a warning whose time was not specified, and the third came without a warning at all. Furthermore, Maasei Hashem explains that in each group of three plagues the first two were “somewhat removed from the people physically, while the last one actually touched their bodies.” For example, in the first set of plagues the blood was in the water, the frogs came very close to the people but did not actually affect their bodies, while the lice infected every person. The point of having the two plagues that do not cause physical harm and the last one that does was in order to set varying degrees of personal danger to Paroh. Hashem was playing with Paroh’s feelings, when he thought he would experience some slack from G-d, a plague would come which would destroy something else before his eyes, this inhibited Paroh from questioning G-d and his power.</p>\n\n<p>Rivta explains that in each set of plagues, the third plague (i.e. the lice, 6th-boils, and 9th-darkness plagues) were all intertwined and when each of these plagues was brought by G-d, really all three would be incorporated in each one. This can be proved by writing out in one column the third plagues in each set (refer to picture above), If you read each plague horizontally (left to right) and then vertically (from bottom to top) it spells out those three plagues twice.</p>\n\n<p>The reasoning for the Rabbi yehuda’s mnemonic in general can be explained by a few explanations. Rashi explains that the point of the mnemonic is to make clear that the way the plagues were recorded were the actually order that the plagues occurred. After all, the Torah does not have to go in chronological order, and many time it does not, however in this case, Rabbi Yehouda is telling us that this is the chronological sequence of the plagues. Shibbolei Haleket suggests that it is the letters themselves that are significant in the mnemonic. The total gematria for the 10 letters in the abbreviation is 501. This is the total number of plagues suffered by the Egyptians at the Red Sea according to Rabbi Yose (50), Rabbi Eliezer (200), and Rabbi Akiva (201) combined. Baruch She’amar takes a simpler approach, explaining that it is easier to remember torah concepts by grouping them together in categories and these abbreviations will help facilitate easier memorization of the names of the 10 plagues.</p>\n\n<p>One last interesting question is why we take wine out of our cups while saying these three abbreviations, as well as when we read the makot and the three other lines. Rabbi Sacks offers the opinion of Abudraham who explains that while we are celebrated and overjoyed that we are finally free, we cannot forget about the Egyptians who drowned and suffered. We must shed a symbolic tear for them. This is also why the word “enjoy” is never used in context in the Torah with the holiday of Pesach. We cannot rejoice over our enemies demise even as we give thanks for our freedom for the very same people.</p>\n\n<p>So while during seder night we might try to rush through different things so we can move on with the seder, I urge you to really thing about this acronym made by Rabbi Yehudah, and the many explanations with delve into the significance of the 10 plagues in general and the true impact they had in our freedom.</p>\n", "cliptype": "image", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/clips/13930/Screen%20Shot%202017-03-31%20at%202.20.18%20AM.png", "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": "https://assets.haggadot.com/clips/13930/conversions/Screen%20Shot%202017-03-31%20at%202.20.18%20AM-cover.jpg", "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Ten Plagues", "slug": "ten-plagues" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 208, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "D’tzach, Adash, Bachav by Megan | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "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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Find artwork, family", "og:image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/clips/13930/conversions/Screen%20Shot%202017-03-31%20at%202.20.18%20AM-cover.jpg" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "pesach-hilla", "title": "Pesach- HILLA", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "When we sit here tonight at the seder dinner, right after we sing dayenu we introduce Rabbi Gamaliel saying that without...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>When we sit here tonight at the seder dinner, right after we sing dayenu we introduce Rabbi Gamaliel saying that without doing pesach,matzah and maror it's as if you didn’t celebrate passover. In order to fulfill the obligation of passover according to Rabbi Gamaliel, we need to raise and point at the matzah and maror, but for pesach we just need to  to acknowledge that it's there. Since we don’t sacrifice anymore, we don’t want to point it out and remind us that we don’t have the second temple. .</p>\n\n<p>Pesach is what we call the passover sacrifice. The first sacrifice the Israelites gave was in Egypt the night of last plague, Makat Bechorot. Hashem told Moshe to tell the Jews to get a lamb and put it on a rope to tie it on their bedposts. God commanded us three things: eat the lamb, put blood on the doorpost, and bake matzah. God then only passed over the houses with the red blood on the doorpost.  The reason the korban pesach (sacrifice) represents god passing over is because he wouldn’t pass over the house without seeing the blood of the lamb that we sacrificed.</p>\n\n<p>The bone that we have now on our table tonight, represents the sacrifice that we used  to give (the whole lamb) during the time of the temple. Once the second temple was destroyed in 70 C.E.  we stopped giving a sacrifice because we aren't allowed to give sacrifices outside the temple.  Now we just have a lamb bone to remind us of the sacrifice we used to give. Although we are celebrating our freedom,receiving the torah and becoming a nation we still need to remember (by having the bone) how we are still in exile because of the second temple being destroyed.   </p>\n\n<p>Another question frequently asked was, “why did they have to put the blood on their doorposts?” or “Wouldn’t Hashem know that he needs to save the Jewish nation?”. Moshe and Aaron did the other plagues and they had mercy on the Jews. God works on a very strict justice system and he therefore needed the Jews to deserve to be saved in order to save them during this plague. God told Aaron and Moshe to tell them to put blood on their doorposts. Because they were so impure, 49th level out of 50, that they needed to put blood on their doorposts to show their devotion to God so that they wouldn’t be unsaveable. This one act of devotion was their “golden ticket.”</p>\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Cup #2 & Dayenu", "slug": "cup-2-amp-dayenu" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 176, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Pesach- HILLA | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/pesach-hilla", "og:title": "Pesach- HILLA | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "avadim-hayinu-eliana", "title": "Avadim Hayinu - Eliana", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "First We Were Slaves, Then We Were Matzah Avadim Hayinu recounts Hashem’s miracle in bringing us out from Egypt and our...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>First We Were Slaves, Then We Were Matzah</strong></p>\n\n<p>Avadim Hayinu recounts Hashem’s miracle in bringing us out from Egypt and our responsibility to remember the Exodus. It goes,</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>עֲבָדִים הָיִינו לְפַרְעהֹ בְמִצְרָיִם, וַיוֹצִיאֵנו יי אֱלֹהֵינו מִשָם בְיָד חֲזָקָה ובִזְרוֹעַ נְטויָה.</strong></p>\n\n<p>We were slaves to Pharoah in Egypt, and Hashem took us from there with an outstretched and strong hand.</p>\n\n<p><strong>וְאִלו לֹא הוֹצִיא הַקָדוֹש בָרוךְ הוא אֶת אֲבוֹתֵינו מִמִצְרָיִם, הֲרֵי אָנו ובָנֵינו ובְנֵי בָנֵינו מְשֻעְבָדִים הָיִינו לְפַרְעהֹ בְמִצְרָיִם</strong></p>\n\n<p>And if Hashem did not take our fathers out of Egypt, we, and our children, and our children’s children would still be indebted to Pharoah.</p>\n\n<p><strong>וַאֲפִילו כֻלָנו חֲכָמִים, כֻלָנו נְבוֹנִים, כֻלָנו זְקֵנִים, כֻלָנו יוֹדְעִים אֶת הַתוֹרָה, מִצְוָה עָלֵינו לְסַפֵר בִיצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם. וְכָל הַמַרְבֶה לְסַפֵר בִיצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם הֲרֵי זֶה מְשֻבָח</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>And even though we are now all old and wise and know Torah, we must continue to tell the story of our Exodus from Egypt. And all those who discuss the Exodus are worthy of praise.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let’s narrow in on a weird inconsistency here: if Hashem had not taken us out of Egypt, then we would still be enslaved in Egypt. However, instead of repeating “avadim hayinu”, we would still be enslaved to Pharoah in Egypt, the verse says “Meshubadim hayinu”, which literally means we would still be obligated or indebted to Pharoah in Egypt. Why does it say we would still be indebted or obligated to Pharoah rather than just saying we would still be slaves in Egypt? Why the inconsistency? Well, the answer lies in the beginning of that same verse that says “If hashem did not take our fathers out of Egypt”. Why our fathers? Weren’t Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya’akov long before our enslavement in Egypt? How could Hashem have taken <em>them </em> out of Egypt if they weren’t even there? The answer is as follows: the Jews were originally supposed to be enslaved for a total of 400 years, but in reality they were only there for 210 years. If hashem had not dated this time period, this <em>galut</em>, back to Avraham, then we, our children, and our children’s children would’ve remained enslaved in Egypt for another 190 years. Returning to the previously mentioned inconsistency with the word <em> Meshubadim</em>, if Hashem had not taken us out of Egypt, we would’ve been indebted to Pharoah for the remaining 190 years, afterwhich the Jews would be grateful to Pharoah for “generously” freeing them, despite the difficult enslavement they endured. So, the word <em>Meshubadim</em> is actually surprisingly appropriate..</p>\n\n<p>Moreover, the verse also reminds us of the daily mitzvah to remember the Exodus as well as the obligation to explicitly discuss the story in great detail out loud once a year at the seder, and to teach future generations the story too. Aside enhancing our children’s connection to Judaism and to Hashem, why is telling the story so significant? How is this second half of the song related to the first half of the song that we’ve already discussed? On the one hand, you’ve got the idea of being indebted to Pharoah if we had not been taken from Egypt, and on the other hand we have the mitzvah to remember and tell the story of the Exodus on a regular basis. Why? Why put these two ideas together? When you think about it, the answer isn’t as complicated as it seems… Let’s digress in order to answer this question.</p>\n\n<p>When we were kids, we were taught that the reason we eat matzah during Passover is because the Jews didn’t have enough time for the bread to rise as they were leaving Egypt. Makes sense, right? Unfortunately, this was a lie. Hashem asked Moshe to tell the Jews that in order to spare the lives of their first-born sons on the night of the tenth plague, they needed to sacrifice a lamb, smear its blood on the doorposts of their home, and eat the sacrificial lamb with bitter herbs and, you guessed it, Matzah. The first seder occurred before they were even freed! Matzah wasn’t an accident, it was intentional. But w <em>hy?</em> In search for an answer to this mind-boggling question, let’s delve into what Maztah really is: unleavened bread, bread that does not rise. And what does bread rise with? Hot air. To recap, we were purposefully commanded to eat matzah which is merely bread that lacks hot air. So, what’s the symbolism here? Well, if you’ve heard the expression “you are what you eat”, then you can probably guess the answer. Hashem’s commandment is not simply to eat the matzah, but to <em>be the matzah, </em> to remove the arrogance, the ego, the stubbornness, and the “hot air” from our lives.</p>\n\n<p>Think about it like this: in the concentration camps during the Holocaust, Jews hosted secret Passover seders in the barracks, knowing that if they were caught they would be killed. Yet, they stood in the corner of the barracks at their secret seder and whispered, “Tonight we are free.” Throughout their persecution, they were stripped of their jobs, their homes, their families, their basic human rights, their identities, and they still had the courage, the audacity to say (and believe) that they were free. Why? Because along with their jobs, homes, families, basic human rights, and identities, they were also stripped of ego, arrogance, selfishness, trivial materialistic desires, and their “hot air”. <em>They became matzah. </em> When one “becomes matzah” so to speak, one can truly discover who they are, and genuinely be free. Matzah symbolizes independence and internal freedom - the exact opposite of slave mentality.</p>\n\n<p>When we recite Avadim Hayinu, we must recognize its relevance to our lives. It not only reminds us of our past history of enslavement and the Exodus, but it also teaches us that becoming free was not a one-time thing. We must remember our history, learn from it, and continue to strive for freedom in every sense of the word. It is a reminder that while we were literally enslaved in Egypt, our ego, arrogance, selfishness, and “hot air” enslaves us in a different way. Slave mentality comes in many different forms from force-of-habit from actually being slaves, to self-imposed limitations on our identity and independence. We must remember that although our literal slavery in Egypt is long gone, we should continue to strive to be matzah, get rid of all our hot air, and really, truly, feel free.</p>\n\n\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Exodus Story", "slug": "exodus-story" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 187, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Avadim Hayinu - Eliana | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/avadim-hayinu-eliana", "og:title": "Avadim Hayinu - Eliana | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "arama-oved-avi", "title": "Arama Oved Avi", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "Arami Oved Avi           Arami Oved Avi is one of the most important parts of the entire Haggadah. After going through...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>Arami Oved Avi </strong></p>\n\n<p>          Arami Oved Avi is one of the most important parts of the entire Haggadah. After going through fun and engaging aspects of the seder, we arrive at the integral aspect of the night – the Magid section. During Magid, we actually explain the story of the Exodus from Egypt. The Arami Oved Avi section discusses this transition from slavery to freedom.</p>\n\n<p>In Devarim, perek 26 pasuk 5 states:- וְעָנִ֨יתָ וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אֲרַמִּי֙ אֹבֵ֣ד אָבִ֔י וַיֵּ֣רֶד מִצְרַ֔יְמָה וַיָּ֥גָר שָׁ֖ם בִּמְתֵ֣י מְעָ֑ט וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֕ם לְג֥וֹי גָּד֖וֹל עָצ֥וּם וָרָֽב׃You shall then recite as follows before the LORD your God, “My father was a fugitive Aramean. He went down to Egypt with meager numbers and sojourned there; but there he became a great and very populous nation.”</p>\n\n<p>Basically, it states that went to Egypt without a large or dominant nation, but after Hashem freed us from Pharoah and we left, we became that powerhouse.</p>\n\n<p>          Rashi believes that this passage is referring to Lavan, and he says that, “Lavan wanted to exterminate the entire nation when he pursued Yaakov. He went down to Egypt, and there were others trying to destroy us - וירד מצרימה.”</p>\n\n<p>Chizkuni says, “my forefather used to be a wandering Aramean; this verse has been abbreviated. In full, it should have read: ‘Yaakov my forefather was a wandering Aramean.’ While he was serving Lavan in Aram he was no better than a wandering Aramean, he had no house or land of his own; he was not even a resident in that country.”</p>\n\n<p>          My interpretation: this statement talks about the time in which we were wandering, searching for a home. We wandered through the desert for 40 years right out of Egypt, constantly nomadic. Now we’re free men, living in a free world, under our own roofs.</p>\n\n<p>          Rav Alex Israel believes this passage focuses on the ideas of homelessness and homecoming. We thank Hashem for giving us land to call our own, and on which we can farm and build a community. Hashem has given all this to us after we were oppressed and without a home for so long.</p>\n\n<p>Rashbam thinks that the verse refers to Avraham, but Ibn Ezra disagrees. Rather he believes that “father” was Yaakov – “אובד” is an intransitive verb. If it were referring to Lavan it would’ve said “מאביד”. So, it’s most likely that Yaakov is Arami and the haggadah is discussing saying that “when my father was in Aram, he was poor.”</p>\n\n<p>While there are a multitude of different opinions out there, Arama Oved Avi is important no matter what. As much as we are celebrating our freedom from being slaves, we also rejoice over our ability to live in our own homes and not constantly experience homelessness. This short passage should be a focal point of every Pesach Seder.</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Exodus Story", "slug": "exodus-story" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 185, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Arama Oved Avi | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/arama-oved-avi", "og:title": "Arama Oved Avi | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "maaseh-brabbi-eliezer-ariella", "title": "Ma'aseh B'Rabbi Eliezer by Ariella", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "Ma’aseh B’Rabbi Eliezer The short recitation in Maggid, Maaseh B’Rabbi Eliezer, provides us with much insight into the...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p><strong>Ma’aseh B’Rabbi Eliezer</strong></p>\n\n<p>The short recitation in Maggid, <em>Maaseh B’Rabbi Eliezer,</em> provides us with much insight into the mitzvah to recall the Exodus during the Passover seder.  The paragraph reflects on Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah, Rabbi Akiva, and Rabbi Tarfon who stayed up all night discussing the Exodus from Egypt until their students came and said to them, “Our teachers, it is daybreak time for the reading of the morning Shema.”</p>\n\n<p>From the Mah Nishtana to Rachatz, we all know that the Seder is all about getting people to ask questions so as to discuss and recount the Exodus story. This emphasis makes sense with respect to informing children or unaffiliated Jews, but what is baffling is that this commandment applies to EVERYONE regardless of age and background. Not only were great Chachamim present at this Seder, but according to Be’er Miriam, they were the ONLY ones present because the fact that their students came to them in the morning implies that they were not there initially during the discussion. It was not as if these Rabbis were teaching their students—they were engaged in a passionate discussion amongst themselves. Perhaps one of the most significant lessons that can be learnt from this paragraph is that even the greatest Talmud Chachamim have the same requirement to recount the Exodus as any Jew.</p>\n\n<p>However, this excerpt teaches even more than that. Not only were they recounting the Exodus, but they did so in such depth and length that their conversation lasted until the morning hours and probably would have lasted longer had their students not informed them of daybreak. Clearly, these rabbis were not simply recounting the story. This teaches us that not only must we discuss the Exodus but we must do so in depth and at a level that matches our prior knowledge.</p>\n\n<p> <em>Chida</em> observes that these Rabbis were mostly descendants of Kohanim and Liviim, who were not enslaved in Egypt. However, they still recounted the story because one Jew’s suffering is the suffering of the <em>klal.</em> </p>\n\n<p>Also, this story clarifies that there is no time limit to this mitzvah. According to the <em> Netziv</em>, this establishes that there is no concern about transgressing the law of <em>bal tosif, </em> the prohibition of adding on to a mitzvah of the Torah. Why would this even be a concern? Well, according the <em>Ephod Bad</em>, elsewhere we learn that this mitzvah only applies when the Matzah and Marror are before us. If we must consume the Afikomen before midnight (and Matzah and Marror occur before then), then we must complete the mitzvah before midnight. The mitzvah of eating matzah has the same time constraints, and with respect to it, eating matzah after midnight with the intent to fulfill the obligation transgresses <em>bal tosif</em>. However, in the case of the mitzvah in question, there is another separate mitzvah to remember the Exodus every night that remains year-round with no time limits so individuals are able to recall the Exodus story all night long worry-free.  </p>\n\n<p>According to Maarechet Heidenheim, Pesach is not about new ideas and it is not necessary to hear new ideas about the Exodus on this night. The mitzvah commands us to recall the Exodus to inspire thanksgiving and praise for the miracles which transpired. This can occur even by reviewing the same story line. However, one should perform this commandment every year like it is completely new. In this story, the Rabbis were so consumed with experiencing the retelling of the Exodus like it was a completely new experience that they didn’t even realize how much time had elapsed. That is why they are the most praiseworthy and this story is mentioned in the Haggadah.   </p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>References/ Commentaries</strong>: Chida, Be’er Miriam , Netziv, Rokeach, Maarechet Heidenheim, Ephod Bad  </p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "Ariella Cohen", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Exodus Story", "slug": "exodus-story" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 233, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Ma'aseh B'Rabbi Eliezer by Ariella | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/maaseh-brabbi-eliezer-ariella", "og:title": "Ma'aseh B'Rabbi Eliezer by Ariella | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "matchila-ovdei-avodah-zara", "title": "Matchila Ovdei Avodah Zara", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "Matchila Ovdei Avodah Zara by Heidi “At first our forefathers worshiped idols, but then the Omnipresent brought us near...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p><u>Matchila Ovdei Avodah Zara by Heidi</u></p>\n\n<p> <em>“At first our forefathers worshiped idols, but then the Omnipresent brought us near to divine service, as it is written: \"Joshua said to all the people: so says the L-rd G-d of Israel--your fathers have always lived beyond the Euphrates River, Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor; they worshipped other gods. I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river and led him through all the land of Canaan. I multiplied his family and gave him Isaac. To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau; to Esau I gave Mount Seir to inherit, however Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.\" </em> </p>\n\n<p>This section of the seder begins the Passover narrative after deciding when the real story of our Exodus begins. The main question is deciphering when and how we should relate the details of our past and our whole story as a nation. The Mishnah in Pesachim 116 states that we should begin with mentioning the Gnut - dishonourable events and conclude with the Shevach - praiseworthy events. There is a debate in the Gemara as to what constitutes Gnut and what is Shevach (the redemptive process). Shmuel claims that Gnut was a purely physical state. For example, the Israelites were \"slaves in Egypt; they worked very hard and then Hashem gave granted their freedom\". This refers to the section in the Haggada \"Avadim Hayinu\" meaning \"we were slaves.” Rav contrasts this view with Gnut being a spiritual process. He says that the Israelites worshipped idols in Egypt and Hashem led them out of Egypt, not to free them from slavery but rather to publicize Hashem to the Israelites and to give them the Torah. Ein Lecha Ben Chorin – the real free person is one who studies Torah. Therefore, Pesach is not a celebration of freedom from slavery but of freedom to worship Hashem. This is known in the Haggada as \"Matchila Ovdei Avodah Zara Hayu Avoteinu\" which translates to \"at the beginning our ancestors worshipped idols\". It appears as though Rav and Shmuel are arguing about which factor needs to be stressed, the servitude of the soul or the servitude of the body. Yet when delving deeper, we can assume that the two ideas actually agree with one another. In fact when looking in the Haggada, we notice that we mention both notions. After Ma Nishtana we say we were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt and Hashem took us out of there with a strong hand in Avadim Hayinu, and this combines with Shmuel’s thought process. Later, however, we mention the fact that our ancestors started out as idol worshippers in this section--Ovdei Avoda Zara Hayu Avotenu--and Hashem brought us closer to Him when He granted us with the Torah. It would seem that from this that in the Haggada we wish to apply both understandings and hence mention both themes of physicality and spirituality.</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Four Children", "slug": "four-children" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 204, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Matchila Ovdei Avodah Zara | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/matchila-ovdei-avodah-zara", "og:title": "Matchila Ovdei Avodah Zara | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "louis-ha-lachma-anya", "title": "Louis - Ha Lachma Anya ", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "The matzah serves as a unique symbol in the Passover seder. At first, we are introduced to it as the “bread of afflictio...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>The matzah serves as a unique symbol in the Passover seder. At first, we are introduced to it as the “bread of affliction.” It is a symbol of our dreaded years as slaves in Egypt, of the hardship and poverty that plagued the Jews before G-d set plagues upon the Egyptians.</p>\n\n<p>            But by the end of the seder, the matzah becomes the bread of our freedom. It is that makeshift, unleavened cracker thrown together as we rushed out of bondage and towards liberation.</p>\n\n<p>            This is obviously no mistake. Judaism is a religion built on meticulous intentionality and the matzah is no exception. The Rambam even says if one is “in delirium,” his consumption of matzah fails to fulfill the mitzvah.</p>\n\n<p>            The matzah links us to our past; it reminds that though we are freed today, we can never forget our time in slavery. It is a call to use our current privilege to help the oppressed in modern world be set free from their Egypt.</p>\n\n<p>            In Ha lahma Anya we call out: “All who are hungry, let them enter and eat. All who are in need let them come celebrate Pesach.”</p>\n\n<p>            In some homes, Jewish people would actually open the door and invite those in need of food and shelter - or just a seder.</p>\n\n<p>            In this sense matzah is the ultimate symbol of egalitarianism. For when time is layed out flat on the table of eternity, we are both the slaves and the wealthy, the suffering and the comfortable, the poor and the wealthy. This unified identity reminds us not to draw distinctions between ourselves and those who find themselves in less fortunate situations; we were once like them and they might one day be like us. The differences that exist today are just the vicissitudes of time.</p>\n\n<p>            Chasidic thought also sees an ego-eliminating aspect to matzah: its simplicity. The bare-bones quality of matzah instills in us a humility and tells us that we are imperfect and must continue to improve ourselves.</p>\n\n<p>            Breslov Chasidic thought goes in completely new directions in interpreting the dual symbolism of matzah. To them, the evolving meaning of matzah says less about reality than it does about our own minds. Rabbi Ozer Bergman writes that in Egypt, the Jews “thought that freedom was defined by having something good to eat.” But then G-d’s revelation freed them from such a materialistic conception. They cast off their mental slavery and saw that they were free - whether their bread leavened or not.</p>\n\n<p>            The Breslov reading reimagines Egypt not simply as a country that enslaved our forefathers thousands of years ago, but as any force that limits our mind in the present, keeping us from happiness and embracing life.</p>\n\n<p>            And so this crunchy, tasteless so-called “bread” is a reminder that we shape the world with our minds. We create meaning and dictate experience with how we choose to perceive things. Matzah can be a reminder of history or a call to action in the present. It can be the bread of affliction or the bread of freedom. And so too, life can be a never-ending tragedy, unfolding misery each day; or it can be pure joy and infinite love - if we discover the freedom resting within us.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li> <em>The Art of Jewish Living </em> by Dr. Ron Wolfson with Joel Lurie Grishaver</li>\n\t<li> <em>Chametz U'Matzah </em> by Rambam</li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/1167771/jewish/The-Matzah-Mentality.htm\">http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/1167771/jewish/The-Matzah-Mentality.htm</a></li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http://www.breslov.org/the-joy-of-matzah/\">http://www.breslov.org/the-joy-of-matzah/</a></li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/resources-ideas/source-sheets/tol-parashot/bo.pdf\"> <em>https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/resources-ideas/source-sheets/tol-parashot/bo.pdf</em> </a></li>\n</ul>\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Maggid - Beginning", "slug": "maggid-beginning" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 174, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Louis - Ha Lachma Anya | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/louis-ha-lachma-anya", "og:title": "Louis - Ha Lachma Anya | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "pesach-louis", "title": "Pesach - Louis", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "Among all the herbal goodness that decorates our seder plate, there are two items that stand out. The shankbone and the...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>Among all the herbal goodness that decorates our seder plate, there are two items that stand out. The shankbone and the egg come not from the plant but from the animal world. Especially conspicuous is the shank bone, which -  contrasted with the egg and other items of the seder plate that call to mind new life - is an item from a dead animal.</p>\n\n<p>            But while death might seem out of place among all the symbols of spring, the inclusion of the shank bone fits the ancient practice of spring sacrifices. More specifically to the Jewish tradition, it recalls the Passover sacrifice practiced in the times of the Temple and commanded in the Torah:</p>\n\n\n\n<p> <em>“You shall say, ‘It is a Pesach sacrifice to the Lord who passed over the houses of the Children of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians and saved our houses.’ And the people bowed down and prostrated themselves.” (Shemot 12:27)</em> </p>\n\n\n\n<p>            Since contemporary Judaism no longer features animal sacrifices, the shank bone has come to serve as a symbol for the discontinued practice.</p>\n\n<p>            Why did we make this sacrifice in the first place? Most obviously, it reminds us of the lambs blood that marked Jewish homes in Egypt and protected from the Angel of Death that took the life of Egyptian first borns. The Rambam saw it as a defiance of Egyptian mysticism which worshipped lambs; by killing them and putting their meat on our plates we affirm our rejection of their myths and our freedom from their influence.</p>\n\n<p>            Rav Solovetchick views the shank bone as part of a larger thematic expression of the seder in which Pesach, matzah, and maror each represent three different characteristics common in freed slaves that the Jews needed to avoid. By sacrificing a lamb - and thus giving it away to G-d - we overcome the urge the materialistic selfishness that freed slaves, having been denied property rights for so long, often succumb to.</p>\n\n<p>            But for many who find meaning in these interpretations of the Pesach offering and the shank bone that now stands in its place on the seder plate, there remains a discomfort with killing an animal in our celebration of freedom. This is perhaps best articulated on Peta’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) call for a more compassionate seder:</p>\n\n\n\n<p> <em>“It is odd to celebrate freedom if we still dine on the flesh of animals who spend their lives caged in cement stalls no bigger than their own bodies, never able to look up at the sky or feel grass beneath their feet.”</em> </p>\n\n\n\n<p>            Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to replace the shank bone and egg without sacrificing their symbolism. Even for those who take no issue with slaughtering animals there is a tradition of deviating from the shank bone. Many, like Chabad Chasidim, use a roasted chicken’s neck rather than the shank bone. This flexibility extends to removing meat altogether from the seder. In fact, the vegan alternatives for the lamb and egg are suggested in the Babylonian Talmud by Rabbi Huna who declared a red beet and rice as suitable substitutes for the typical Pesach and Chagigah.</p>\n\n<p>            The red beet maintains the symbolism of the blood painted on Jewish homes; while egg alternatives - like an avocado - retain the shape and meaning of the egg. But most of all, both substitutes add to meaning of the seder by stating a continued commitment to freedom and justice for the most oppressed among G-d’s creations - human and nonhuman alike.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:</p>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li><a href=\"http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/1999/jewish/The-Shank-Bone-Zeroah.htm#footnote3a1999\">http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/1999/jewish/The-Shank-Bone-Zeroah.htm#footnote3a1999</a></li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https://ohr.edu/ask_db/ask_main.php/148/Q2/\">https://ohr.edu/ask_db/ask_main.php/148/Q2/</a></li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http://www.peta.org/features/celebrate-compassionate-vegan-passover/\">http://www.peta.org/features/celebrate-compassionate-vegan-passover/</a></li>\n\t<li><a href=\"http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shankbone-zroah/\">http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shankbone-zroah/</a></li>\n\t<li>Rav Solovetchik’s Haggadah</li>\n\t<li> <em>The Book of Our Heritage </em> by Eliyahu Kitov</li>\n</ul>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Cup #2 & Dayenu", "slug": "cup-2-amp-dayenu" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 217, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Pesach - Louis | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/pesach-louis", "og:title": "Pesach - Louis | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "dayenu-jacquie-lilly-emily", "title": "Dayenu - Jacquie, Lilly, Emily", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "The catchiest song sung at the Passover seder has to be Diyanu. The repetitive verses where we have the chance to say, “...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>The catchiest song sung at the Passover seder has to be Diyanu. The repetitive verses where we have the chance to say, “enough” gives people the energy to complete the rest of the seder. The song’s fifteen identical verses makes praising God more enjoyable for all, even those who can’t speak Hebrew. At the end of every verse we do not say, “enough,” instead we say diyanu to mean “it is sufficient for us.” The song begins with “If He had brought us out from Egypt, and had not carried out judgments against them,— Dayenu, it would have been enough!” The verse is saying that if Hashem had just brought us out of Egypt, out of our suffering, that would have been enough to satisfy the Jewish people . But He did more than that, he carried out judgements on to the Egyptians. We agree that Hashem went above and beyond in saving the Jewish people. The songs alludes to the idea of the temple being built, and the Jews reciting Psalms in praise.</p>\n\n<p>            Dayenu appears before Hallel in the seder on passover. Many believe it was placed there as a prep for the event of Hallel. People continue the phrase, “Dayenu- it would have been enough,” with, “to praise Hashem.” We sing Hallel, the psalms used for praise, to thank G-d for the blessing of no longer being slaves in Egypt. The new phrase fits right into the song of Dayenu, because now that we have recognized God’s helping hand, we need also to thank and praise him for everything thing he did for us while we were leaving Egypt.</p>\n\n<p>            Each verse of the song speaks of a new miracle performed for the Jewish people, and between each and every verse is “Dayenu.” Not only does this break by saying dayenu give us a chance to catch our breath after belting the words of the song, but it also gives us a mental break to quickly reflect on the miracle we just sang about, because each miracle that God performed, after liberating us from Egypt, was not a necessity, but just another kind act of G-d towards the Jewish people, and it is vital we recognize that. . We have the chance to say “it is enough,” and how often do we get the chance to stop, look around and say that? A fellow haggadot.com user expands on this idea and explains that, “Dayenu is a reminder to never forget all the miracles in our lives. When we stand and wait impatiently for the next one to appear, we are missing the whole point of life. Instead, we can actively seek a new reason to be grateful, a reason to say “Dayenu.”’  This reflection is done surrounded by a table full of family and friends, all thinking of things they are grateful for. Dayenu offers the perfect opportunity to be thankful, and to recognize what one has in life, because in today’s society we often are moving too fast to see the everyday miracles that happen; it acts as a reminder, a reminder that Hashem helped us in Egypt, when we were treated as nothing- less than human- and that he is still watching over us today, even when we don’t necessarily recognize, because Dayenu offers a chance of reflection.  If you wanted to make singing Dayenu even more fun, add some scallions into the mix, whacking the guest of your seder on the head with scallions is surprisingly fun. The Sephardi and Mizrahi custom has now made its way to seders of every minchag.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>tanach.org</p>\n\n<p>chabad.org</p>\n\n<p>myjewishlearning.com</p>\n\n<p>haggadot.com</p>\n\n<p>Jewishpress.com</p>\n\n<p>aish.com</p>\n\n<p>Zac Epstein- for sharing about the scallions. </p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Cup #2 & Dayenu", "slug": "cup-2-amp-dayenu" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 166, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Dayenu - Jacquie, Lilly, Emily | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/dayenu-jacquie-lilly-emily", "og:title": "Dayenu - Jacquie, Lilly, Emily | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "matzah-jacquie", "title": "Matzah - Jacquie ", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "Maztah is crunchy and it's not yummy to the tongue And it must be served young Only 18 minutes can it sit in the oven Yo...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>Maztah is crunchy and it's not yummy to the tongue</p>\n\n<p>And it must be served young</p>\n\n<p>Only 18 minutes can it sit in the oven</p>\n\n<p>You only bless three, but you can eat a dozen</p>\n\n<p>Begin with hamotzi on all three</p>\n\n<p>Then place the bottom on the table, which all agree</p>\n\n<p>Say alchilat matzah on the two left</p>\n\n<p>And then take a bite from the bread of the oppressed</p>\n\n<p>This is the bread of poverty</p>\n\n<p>It does not belong at a party</p>\n\n<p>However make sure you do not eat less than a kezayit- the size of an olive</p>\n\n<p>Be aware, a piece from both you must give</p>\n\n<p>At the same time in your mouth they must be</p>\n\n<p>But there is no need to swallow both at once, you see?</p>\n\n<p>Can you not chew both at once?</p>\n\n<p>Don’t worry you are not a dunce!</p>\n\n<p>Listen here and I will tell you what to do</p>\n\n<p>You take from the top, in lieu</p>\n\n<p>From the second you then take</p>\n\n<p>And must swallow in 2 to 9 minutes, or be a snake!</p>\n\n<p>If you do not have teeth like poor old Aunt Betty</p>\n\n<p>That’s ok! Just soak the matzah and you’ll be steady!</p>\n\n<p>Eat your matzah while reclining</p>\n\n<p>Because if you don’t, another piece must you be dining</p>\n\n<p>Before halachic midnight you must partake</p>\n\n<p>If you don’t you are a fake!</p>\n\n<p>But to make up for your mistake</p>\n\n<p>Eat it without alchilat, and enjoy your flakes!</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know the three mazot each have a name?</p>\n\n<p>The top most is named cohen</p>\n\n<p>Because they have higher rank, by just a tat</p>\n\n<p>Now what’s up with that?</p>\n\n<p>The middle matzah, Levi is what we call it</p>\n\n<p>This is the matzah that we split</p>\n\n<p>The Afikomen is made from the larger</p>\n\n<p>And the mitzvah is take from the smaller, did you know that partner?</p>\n\n<p>The bottom matzah is Israelite</p>\n\n<p>Used for Korech, so now don’t take a bite.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the question still stands,</p>\n\n<p>Are three matzot what Hashem commands?</p>\n\n<p>Like all other yom tovs we have two full pieces</p>\n\n<p>But on passover, the number increases?!</p>\n\n<p>So listen here, and I will tell you</p>\n\n<p>The answer to this mystery, so you can have some knowledge that is new!</p>\n\n<p>We have 3 matzot, a forefather for each</p>\n\n<p>Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, that’s easy to teach</p>\n\n<p>But wait, there’s more!</p>\n\n<p>Remember when we did sacrifices before?</p>\n\n<p>Well for each sacrifice occasion</p>\n\n<p>We have a matzat, this ain’t a difficult equation.</p>\n\n<p>Now there was a man, Gaon of Vilna he was called</p>\n\n<p>Who only used 2 matzot, is anyone appalled?</p>\n\n<p>He followed the Rishonims’ laws</p>\n\n<p>Left one whole, and split the other. Can you believe it? I’m in awe</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you enjoyed my story</p>\n\n<p>In all of its glory!</p>\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Motzi-Matzah", "slug": "motzi-matzah" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 197, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Matzah - Jacquie | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/matzah-jacquie", "og:title": "Matzah - Jacquie | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "jenna-urchatzkarpas", "title": "Jenna - Urchatz/Karpas", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "What is Urchatz? Urchatz is the washing of hands before dipping the vegetables in salt water.  It is said after Kiddush...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>What is Urchatz?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Urchatz is the washing of hands before dipping the vegetables in salt water.  It is said after Kiddush but without saying the bracha.  In some homes, only the leader washes and in others, all the participants do so as well.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do we do it?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although throughout the year the general custom does not follow this rule of washing before eating vegetables, on the Seder night we do wash our hands. One must wash his hands before eating any food which has been dipped in any liquid.  Another reason is that washing hands is simply another change done to pique the children's curiosity.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customs:</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some homes, only the leader washes his hands and in other homes, all of the participants will wash their hands.  These customs are based on two reasons.  The first is that if we wash our hands just to encourage the children to ask, only the leader needs to wash his hands.  The second is that if the basis for the custom is the rule regarding dipped foods, then all should wash their hands.  For those who did not wash their hands, it is preferable that they use a spoon or fork when eating Karpas.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>When do we do it?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two points in the Seder when we wash our hands. The first time is Urchatz which is the second step in the Seder; it has the curious distinction of being one of four rituals during the Seder which has no blessing.  We learn in the Talmud that during temple times there was a law in effect which required hands to be washed before eating any food dipped into a liquid.  Because this hand washing immediately precedes Karpas, when we dip a vegetable in a liquid, the Urchatz remains as a reminder of these times.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do we do it?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally, hand washing is done at the table by the Seder leader. He used a pitcher of water, a basin, and a towel.  In some families, the leader and participants will wash over a sink and use a cup to pour the water over their hands.  Whoever is participating will take a pitcher or cup of water and pour it over each hand. The hands are dried, no blessing is recited, and then the bracha over Karpas is immediately recited.  Just as we don't speak between washing our hands and making a blessing on the challah for Shabbat, there should be no talking between Urchatz and Karpas, especially because these two are considered as one act.  With this in mind, if there is to be an explanation for Urchatz <em>or </em> Karpas, it should be made before washing. </p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>What is Karpas?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karpas is the dipping of vegetable into salt water.  It can be any vegetable over which the blessing ha’adamah is recited; however, each family should follow their own custom of which vegetable to use for Karpas.  No matter the vegetable chosen, a piece of Karpas smaller than a kezayis should be eaten by each participant at the Seder.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do we do it?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many say that the reason we dip the Karpas vegetable into salt water is to remind us of the sweat and tears that our ancestors endured during slavery.  Another thought is that is that because Pesach is in the springtime, the green vegetable is a symbol of renewal.  Of course, other reasons are to encourage the children to ask questions such as, “Why is Kiddush not followed by a blessing for bread, and instead we eat dipped Karpas?” It is done so early in the Seder because the children will still be awake and it will help them remain involved in the Seder.  Additionally, the word “Karpas” consists of the same letters as the word, “perech” which means slave labor, and the letter “samech” which has the numerical value of sixty, this alludes to the sixty ten thousands of Jewish slaves in Egypt.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customs:</p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many use salt water to dip their Karpas, some families prefer something like vinegar or lemon. The salt water or selection of the family’s choice should be prepared before the arrival of Pesach.  If Seder falls on a Friday night and the salt water mixture was not prepared in advance, kosher for passover vinegar can be used as a substitute.  If no vinegar is available, a small amount of salt water may be prepared in an unusual manner.  According to some opinions, even when the Seder is not on Shabbat, the same ruling applies.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>When do we do it?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karpas is done at the beginning of the Seder; to be more exact, it is the third step in the list of the Seder.  It is done immediately after the washing of the hands.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do we do it?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is preferable for the person leading the Seder to recite the bracha of “Borei Peri Ha’adamah” over the Karpas on behalf of everybody at the Seder.  The leader should have in mind that he recites this bracha on behalf of both himself and the others, and they too, must have in mind to fulfill their obligation through his recitation, they should answer, “Amen.”</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To summarize all of the steps: One must wash before Karpas, just as they would before bread; however, without a bracha.  There should be no speaking until after eating the Karpas.  It is preferable not to lean when eating Karpas.  The leader recites the blessing on Karpas on behalf of everybody else and they should all answer with “Amen.”  The amount of Karpas eaten should be less than a kezayis, and finally, the Karpas should remain on the Seder plate throughout the Seder.</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Urchatz", "slug": "urchatz" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 168, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Jenna - Urchatz/Karpas | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "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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This act is called Tza...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>On passover we hide the afikoman, the matzah, and retire it at the end of the<br />\nnight as our desert. This act is called Tzafun which means hidden in Hebrew. It is<br />\nimportant to make sure you have eaten and drank enough before retrieving the<br />\nafikoman because the only thing you can have is another two cups of wine for a<br />\ndifferent mitzvah. After retrieving that hidden matzah you eat it reclining on your left<br />\nside. With the first matzah, we fulfilled our obligation to eat matzah. This one is in place<br />\nof the Pesach lamb (which can only be brought in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem) that is<br />\nmeant to be eaten on a full stomach (from chabad.org).<br />\nAccording to halachipedia.com one has until Chatzot to eat the matzah. If one<br />\ndidn’t eat any Matzah until Chatzot one should eat matzah after Chatzot without a<br />\nBracha of Al Achilat Matzah. If one began late and there is a little time before Chatzot<br />\none should just say Kiddush, wash one’s hands, say HaMotzei and Al Achilat Matzah,<br />\neat the Matzah, and then make Al Achilat Maror and eat that before Chatzot and then<br />\ncomplete the seder with the reading of the Haggadah and eating of the meal.<br />\nRav Sholem Kaidaner, tutor of the Rebbe Rashab, once asked the Rebbe<br />\nMaharash the meaning of the name Tzafun. The Rebbe Maharash replied that tzafun<br />\nmeans “hidden.” Eating the afikoman endows us with the potential to destroy the evil<br />\nhidden in our hearts according to the previous Rebbe.<br />\nWhat is meant by “hidden evil”? We all have faults that are easily recognizable.<br />\nThese must surely be corrected. Beyond that, each of us has character flaws of which<br />\nwe may not be so aware. This is the evil which the afikoman empowers us to destroy<br />\naccording to the Rebbe.<br />\nIn the Kabbalah, it is explained that there is something deeper than the soul.<br />\nThere is the body, the spirit, and then there is the essence. If the soul is light, then that<br />\nessence is the source of light. If it is energy, then the essence is the dynamo. It is called<br />\n\"tzafun,\" meaning hidden, buried, locked away and out of reach. Whatever we do, we<br />\ndance around that essence-core, like a spacecraft in orbit, unable to land. We can<br />\nmeditate, we can be inspired, but to touch the inner core, the place where all this comes<br />\nfrom, that takes a power from beyond.<br />\nOn Passover night, we have that power. But only after all the steps before:<br />\nDestroying our personal chametz, preparing our homes for liberation, the eleven steps<br />\nof the Seder until now. Then, when we are satiated with all we can handle, connecting<br />\nevery facet of ourselves to the Divine, that’s when that power comes to us. Whether we<br />\nsense it or not, tasteless as it may seem, the matzah we eat now reaches deep into our<br />\ncore and transforms our very being. In general, it is this way: Those things you find<br />\ninspiring and nice may take you a step forward. But if you want to effect real change,<br />\nyou need to do something totally beyond your personal bounds.</p>\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Tzafun", "slug": "tzafun" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 170, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Tzafun - Daniel | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/tzafun-daniel", "og:title": "Tzafun - Daniel | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "hallel-zev", "title": "Hallel - Zev", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "Hallel: the Reckoning     Hallel, literally “praise,” is the fourteenth of fifteen phases of the Passover seder. Jews re...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Hallel: the Reckoning</p>\n\n<p>    Hallel, literally “praise,” is the fourteenth of fifteen phases of the Passover seder. Jews recite Hallel for extra thanksgiving on Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot, Chanukkah, and Rosh Chodesh.</p>\n\n<p>Throughout the seder, Jews discuss the oppression in Egypt and Hashem’s role in bringing freedom. We sing and recline in celebration of our liberty. At the end of the seder, we feel the need to rejoice and give thanks, which is why Hallel comes in phase fourteen.</p>\n\n<p>The goal of reciting Hallel in the seder is not to give thanks to Hashem; he does not need to hear from us. Instead, it is for ourselves; the recitation of the Hallel is to bring it to focus what we do have so that we can appreciate and find contentment rather than always searching for and desiring more. Too often, according to Judaism, we overlook what we have, but attaining more is not the purpose of life. In a famous Talmudic anecdote, after a man conquers a city, a Sage tells him, “You've conquered a city, but that was nothing. Now you have to conquer yourself.”</p>\n\n<p>The Passover Hallel also transitions the seder from sorrow to joy and from mourning to festivity. After a draining night of reviewing one of the most difficult and oppressive times of Jewish history, we rejoice in singing and thanks rather than concluding on sadness.</p>\n\n<p>The Hallel is split into two parts during the seder. The first two paragraphs are read during Maggid, and the remainder is read during the Hallel section, placed specifically after the meal. According to the Metziv, the Hallel in Maggid refers specifically to the Jews’ exodus from Egypt. In his view, the meal itself is part of Hallel, and Hallel only finally concludes at the end with a focus on final redemption.</p>\n\n<p>Ultimately, the Hallel is intended to be recited with pure and full <em>kavanah</em>. When this is properly done, there are no motives of selfishness or desire attached to the prayer. Passover Hallel is intended to be a time for meditation and self-reflection, a time when Jews can focus on appreciating what they have and relieve stress through intense focus and thanksgiving.</p>\n\n<p>Passover’s Hallel, unlike many other prayer sessions, is specifically not for getting something we want or need or alleviating a situation we’re placed in.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/hallel-at-the-seder/\"><u>http://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/hallel-at-the-seder/</u></a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.aish.com/h/pes/h/Hallel.html\"><u>http://www.aish.com/h/pes/h/Hallel.html</u></a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/4/17/967783/-\"><u>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/4/17/967783/-</u></a></p>\n\n<p><em>The Hagaddah with Answers</em> by Rabbi Yaavok Wehl</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallel\"><u>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallel</u></a></p>\n\n<p><em>Go Forth and Learn: A Passover Haggadah</em> by David SIlber and Rachel Furst</p>\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "Hallel", "slug": "hallel" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 185, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Hallel - Zev | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "keywords": "", "og:type": "article", "og:url": "https://www.haggadot.com/clip/hallel-zev", "og:title": "Hallel - Zev | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "og:description": "Our simple platform allows you to create a custom Passover Haggadah, with access to unique content contributed by our community. Find artwork, family", "og:image": "" } } }, { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "korech-44", "title": "Korech", "author": "JTL ", "author_handle": "dlieberman143564", "author_initials": "JT", "covertext": "The Hillel Sandwich is \"bricks-and-mortar\" – broken matzah held together by bitter herbs and Charoset. The matzah was on...", "user_image": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/conversions/JTL%20%282%29_2-thumb.jpg", "user_image_original": "https://assets.haggadot.com/users/106808/JTL%20%282%29_2.jpg", "body": "<p>The Hillel Sandwich is \"bricks-and-mortar\" – broken matzah held together by bitter herbs and Charoset. The matzah was once whole. So too, the Jewish people can become crushed and divisive. But we are held together by our common links to Torah and our shared historical experiences.</p>\n\n<p>The Talmud says that as Jews in Egypt, we were redeemed only because of our unity. We were unified in our commitment to each other and to the future of our people. Weeks later at Mount Sinai, we stood together and accepted the Torah with one heart and one mind.</p>\n\n<p>Today, we are fighting amongst ourselves under the watchful eye of the world media. It is both embarrassing and discouraging. The biggest threat to Jewish survival may be from within. Our only response is to stand loudly and proclaim: Every Jew is a Jew. Period. The inclusion of the \"Wicked Son\" in the Seder expresses our conviction that no Jew is ever irretrievably lost. We are all one family, responsible to love and care for one another.</p>\n\n<p>The matzah may be broken, but it can be restored. It is this \"Hillel Sandwich\" which has traditionally symbolized our commitment to glue the Jewish nation back together. On the merit of unity we were redeemed from Egypt, and it is on that merit that we shall be redeemed once again.</p>\n\n\n", "cliptype": "text", "clipsource": "", "featured": 0, "featuredIn": null, "is_public": 1, "is_published": 1, "media": { "image": null, "audio": null, "video": null }, "thumbnail": null, "clip_section": [ { "haggadah_section": "-- Cup #2 & Dayenu", "slug": "cup-2-amp-dayenu" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 177, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Korech | Passover haggadah by JTL ", "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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That is the intro to the next sentence we say immediately afterward: “If Hashem had not saved us from Egypt we, and our children and our children’s children would still be slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt. Since we were “slaves”. Slavery is a hereditary status. There was no precedent before the exodus from Egypt that even an individual slave would escape his fate (Medrash). The Torah in Parshath Vaetchanan says that: Or has a G-d attempted to take one nation from within the other, through miracles, signs, as Hashem did for you”. We could say that if nor for the exodus from Egypt it never would have happened that any slaves in history would have been released. Primitive societies stayed the same for generation after generation. The Exodus from Egypt, which was then the main culture in the world, started turning the wheels of revolution. All future advance and revolution must be attributed to the Exodus from Egypt. Therefore, whether we are living in the land of Israel with the temple standing, or in complete contrast “celebrating” Passover in a concentration camp there is room to tell the story of the exodus from Egypt. If not for that we would never have had a temple rather we would still be slaves in Egypt. On the other hand if not for the exodus from Egypt there would not be a potential for redemption from the concentration camp either. 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The top one is Cohen because it takes precedence in all matter, the middle is Levi because Levites are one step below the Cohanim in rank, and the bottom matzah is named Israel. The middle matzah is divided in two at the beginning and the smaller piece is left in its place and the larger piece hidden for the afikoman and eaten afterwards, with Cohen left untouched on top to be used in fulfilling the mitzvah of eating matzah on Pesach. Israel, or the bottom and last matzah is eaten for korech. While on most other nights we only say the blessing for bread on two loaves, but because this night is different, we say it on the three matzot.</p>\n\n<p>    This isn’t the only explanation for why there are three matzot at the passover seder. Another explanation for why we have three matzot on the table during the seder is because they are representative of our three forefathers: Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya’akov. 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