{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "shulchan-oreich-74", "title": "Shulchan Oreich ", "author": "Kira Lerer", "author_handle": "kiralerer146403", "author_initials": "KL", "covertext": "Shulchan Aruch The Ma’ainah Shel Torah says in the name of the Admor M’Gur that one may wonder how we can split the Hall...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p><strong>Shulchan Aruch</strong></p>\n\n<p>The Ma’ainah Shel Torah says in the name of the Admor M’Gur that one may wonder how we can split the Hallel we say into two parts (one part at the end of Maggid, and one part as the step of Hallel) , with a meal in the middle. Isn’t the meal considered a “hefsek”, an inpermissable interruption? The answer lies in how we conduct ourselves during this meal. As our eating of the meal is to be made into a spiritual as well as a physical experience, the meal can be considered further praise to Hashem. Hence, there is no interruption in our “saying” of Hallel.</p>\n\n<p>The Chasam Sofer points out that by other festivals mentioned in the Torah, there is an explicit commandment of Simcha, rejoicing. However, one will not find such a commandment by Pesach. The reason for this lies with the meaning of Simcha. In Moed Katan 9b we are told that <em>“Ain simcha ela b’achila ushitiya”</em>, there is no rejoicing without eating and drinking. On the other holidays, the main mitzvos are purely spiritual, leaving a person with a spiritual high. However, we see that for rejoicing, one needs physical pleasure as well. Therefore, the Torah adds a special commandment of Simcha , so that the rejoicing will be complete, on both physical and spiritual planes. However, Pesach is different. Pesach by nature is a time of happiness and rejoicing, as we were released from slavery. Furthermore, eating and drinking, the essentials of rejoicing, are themselves the mitzvos we are to perform. 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Hashem punished the Egyptians for enslaving us, for committing mass murder against us, for torturing us, and for everything else they had done to us.</span></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>Hashem did not punish us for our one sin committed while we were in Egypt: many of us had worshiped idols. Hashem passed over us and spared us because we had repudiated the idols and repented from our sin. In fact, we were, at the time of the Plague of the Firstborn, performing the quintessential rejection of our former idol: we were <strong> <em>eating</em> </strong> it!</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>The Egyptians worshiped many things: primary among them were certain animals. The Torah tells us in several places that the Egyptians found disgusting the fact that we raised sheep and goats for food. This was because the Egyptians worshiped sheep and goats. Our act of eating the sheep for the Passover Sacrifice, and especially the fact that we made it public by displaying the sheep and goats both before and after eating them, was, to say the least, a slap in the face of our former masters, who had not only enslaved and tortured us, but had also attempted to make us <a href=\"http://www.beingjewish.com/yomtov/passover/intro.html\"><span>assimilate</span></a>. Now they were completely helpless to even protest, both when we tied the sheep and goats to our bedposts four days before Passover, and when we hung in the streets and market places the complete skeletons of the animals after we had finished eating them.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>And by offering this sacrifice on the 14th day the month of Nissan, and eating part of it that night, we demonstrated our new-found whole-hearted commitment to Hashem.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>And the next day Hashem took us out of Egypt. Hashem also displayed our exodus publicly. It took place during the <a href=\"http://www.beingjewish.com/yomtov/passover/intro.html\"><span>daytime</span></a>, when all could see. Not only did the Egyptians all see it, so did the many people from other nations whom the Egyptians had enslaved.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>Our ancestors came to Egypt as friends and good neighbors. First Joseph the son of Jacob came. He came as a kidnaped slave, was not long afterwards falsely accused and put in prison, and because of the wisdom that Hashem granted him he eventually rose to the second highest post in Egypt, the viceroy to the Pharaoh himself! (Which goes to show that Hashem always knows what He is doing, even if we find it impossible to understand why we suffer so much.)</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>Joseph helped Egypt through the worst of its times. He predicted a terrible famine, and he showed them how to get through the hard times. Eventually, Joseph's entire family came down to Egypt, and brought with them tremendous prosperity.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>They settled in the nearby land of Goshen, and did nothing to offend the Egyptians. They tended their sheep and goats far away from the Egyptians, and they did not encroach on any Egyptian land. Nevertheless, the Egyptians began to mistreat them.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>The Egyptians were afraid that at some point the Children of Israel would rise up to wage war against them, so they enslaved us. Their mistreatment of us knew no bounds.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>Hashem gave Pharoah many warnings, but he refused to let us go. So Hashem proved to the universe that He was in control. Indeed, at the time, many Gentiles acknowledged the truth, and some even joined the Children of Israel when we left Egypt.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>Hashem proved His power through many public miracles. He also proved thereby that He had chosen us to be those who must fulfill His <a href=\"http://www.beingjewish.com/yomtov/passover/intro.html\"><span>Commandments</span></a> and live His Torah.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>Fifty-one days later we stood at Mount Sinai and joyfully accepted that responsibility.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>Therefore the story and meaning of Pesach (Passover) is our relationship with Hashem. Hashem is our G-d, our personal Savior from all troubles and from sin, our Father, our Guide, our King, our Teacher, our Shepherd, our Rock, and much more besides. And we are His people, His chosen, His followers, His subjects, and much more besides. And the love flows both ways.</span></p><p></p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span>Every single act that we are Commanded to do for and during Pesach is a <a href=\"http://www.beingjewish.com/yomtov/passover/intro.html\"><span>demonstration</span></a> of that relationship, and highlights a pivotal event or aspect of Pesach. It is all deep with meaning, and therefore it is important for us to study what it all means, and how to do it as Hashem has asked of us.</span></p><p></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": 176, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "Introduction to Pesach | Passover haggadah by Kira Lerer", "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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Long after God created the world he demonstrated his continuing love by intervening in history, to punish evildoers and to bring freedom to those who suffered from the cruelty of their oppressors.</p>\n\n<p>The Talmud (Berachot 12a) teaches us that every blessing requires two elements. “<em>Kol brachah she’ein boh shem u’malchut eino brachah -</em> any blessing that does not include in it God's name as well as reference to his rulership as king is not a blessing.” To speak of Him simply by way of his four letter name Hashem without clarifying that He is also <em>Elokenu Melech Ha’olam – </em>our God who<strong> continues to rule over the world as a king, </strong>involved, concerned<strong> </strong>and personally connected – is to be blind to the true significance of our monotheistic faith and the meaning of “the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”</p>\n\n<p>It was on the first Passover that the Jews clearly witnessed God's intervention in human affairs. 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Karpas, according to Rabbeinu Manoach alludes to the sale of Yosef.3 It’s a long story, but here’s the short version. <strong>Pasim</strong>, the name of Yosef’s special coat (that signified his status) is connected to the word <strong>karpas</strong> in the Megillah. Rashi [Bereishis, 37:3] in defining Yosef’s coat explains that the word karpas denotes a special type of wool. The original custom of dunking the vegetable into red wine fills in the picture. In sum, we have the multicolored coat dipped into the blood – beckoning the sale of Yosef. Why bring this up now? Because as we ponder leaving Egypt, we must remember how we got in. It is the question we barely speak of, because the shameful answer is through the terrible disunity within klal Yisrael. Thus we break the matzah, a rupture symbolizing unity torn asunder. We then hide the bigger piece for afikoman and look for it at the at the end of the seder. At some point, we find the afikoman. The ultimate way to redemption, both personal and national is through the search for a way towards unity. The geulah will beckon the ten tribes. After the afikoman we call in Eliyahu, the ultimate unifier of the generations – present at bris, seder and redemption. It is interesting that the seder often brings together a lot of different types of people. Perhaps it is a test for redemption, for ultimate geulah requires unity. (from the Orthodox Union-</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": "Karpas", "slug": "karpas" } ], "likes": 0, "downloads": 211, "tags": [], "themes": [], "language": "0", "is_bookmarked": "0", "is_liked": 0, "meta_tags": { "title": "What does Karpas really symbolize? 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