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Pesach 5784

Marc Chagall, The Passover Seder.

Shabbat Shalom,

On this upcoming Passover, and every Passover, we think deeply about Jewish perseverance and freedom.

This Passover is a heavy one, as we think about the 133 Israeli hostages yet to be freed and everything happening in Israel and abroad. Its quite frankly, surreal.

Passover is not only the oldest Jewish holiday, its also the most widely celebrated Jewish holiday. We remember an incredible story together (frogs! darkness! hail!), and teach our children, and remind ourselves, that we are in pursuit of a better future. This year, our tables will also be filled with reality and heartbreak.

More than one hundred generations of Jews before us have sat around the Seder table. Many of those Seders were joyful and exuberant, but some, of course, took place during very difficult times. In every generation

The New American Haggadah says; The Seder is a protest against despair. The universe might appear deaf to our fears and hopes, but we are notso we gather, and share them, and pass them down.

I hope you can find meaning with friends and family this Passover season that leaves you inspired even amongst so much pain. Its the lesson of Passover and one we are very equipped to handle.

Chag Pesach Sameach.Let Our People Go.

In his own A Passover Haggadah, Nobel Prize-winning author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel writes, Solemn and joyous, the Passover holiday allowed us to escape time. We followed Moses into the unknown, into the desert, up to Mount Sinai. His summons to freedom was stronger than fear. And while Wiesel faced fears of the impossible kind, it was a personal summons to freedom that forged himself a path to survival. The hardships may differ from generation to generation (Ldor Vdor), but the will of the Jewish people and the spirit of Tikkun Olam carries on.

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The very first act of the Passover Seder is Kiddush, or sanctification. And like the entire Seder, there are rules and rituals. Each individual should have a cup of wine (or grape juice) to start. The cup must contain a minimum of a reviis (a Talmudic liquid measure), or about 3.5 fluid oz today. The Kiddush is recited while standing, but we fill our cups while they are resting on the table. They are then lifted with the right hand, transferred to the left hand and then lowered into the palm of the right hand. The right hand should be slightly cupped to simulate a vessel, with the four fingers raised, and the thumb held to the side. Preferably, the cup should be held at least 12 inches above the table. Got that?

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