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The personal touch .…………………………………………. 2
Enough with the suffering already!…................... 3
We much imagine ourselves……………………………...4
The unique formula…………………….……………………..6
Seder Table—a practical guide....……………………….8
Doing it right……..……………………………………………. .10
Simple seder…………………….……………………………….11
Pharaoh’s mistake……………………………………………..12
Go crackers..……………………………………………………..14
Personal redemption………….................................15

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The personal touch
By Rabbi Dovid eisenberg
We live in a world of comparisons.
Every game of football that we watch has
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statistics and compares the different players
of the teams. Companies are always looking to downsize and will compare their
employees to see who brings the best results. The cars we drive, the watches and
clothes that we wear our holiday destinations are all up for scrutiny and
comparison. The Internet is booming with comparison websites. Whether it’s car
insurance, electrical appliances or just about anything you can think of, it is always
looked at in comparison with something else.

In the haggadah we read of the four sons. The torah has four different narratives
describing the answer to be given to each of the sons when they ask about the
Exodus from Egypt. In the introductory paragraph it states as follows “The Torah
speaks in regard to four sons: One is a wise son, one is a wicked son, one is a simple
son and one son does not know how to ask.” There is an obvious difficulty with this
statement. Why does the haggadah have to write the word “one” four times?
Would it not have been sufficient to write that the torah spoke about four sons the
righteous, wicked, simple and the one unable to ask questions?

The answer to this question is a very fundamental one and it goes to the core of
what the seder night is all about. The seder night, historically, has always been one
of passing down of traditions, as well as the quintessential educational experience.
It is therefore imperative that the ideals of the seder be given over properly and
according to each child’s ability.

Here is where the writer of the haggadah felt it was important to make a distinct
difference between each of the children. Each child is a like a different world. His
emotions, intellect and being are radically different from every other person that
walks the face of this planet. We should not forget this when passing on the
tradition and just do it on a large scale. There is ONE child who is wise and ONE
child who is simple. Never make the mistake of confusing the two or treating them
equally! That is why each one of the four sons got the word “one” put in front of it
to symbolize this individuality.

Today, more than ever, we must learn internalize the correct approach to child
rearing. Every child is special and different and we, as parents, and grandparents,
have the responsibility to teach and deal with the child according to his talents,
ability and needs. Hopefully we can take this lesson of the seder and integrate it
into our lives making us better and more effective parents and granting us many
years of nachas from our children.
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Enough with all the
suffering already BYWhitefield
RABBI Yechiel emanuel
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Why is it that the Jewish people has to suffer to such a great extent and be
persecuted until they had almost given up all hope of survival?

Why when Moshe (who has been sent to redeem the Jewish people and lead
them to freedom) arrives in Egypt and the slaves see a glimmer of hope, do
things get worse?

Why has the history of the Jewish people up until now (from Abraham
onwards) been riddled with trials and tribulations?

G-d wanted to show his people that He and only He was the source of all that
happens. That no-one should ever mistakenly think that any being other than
he, has the might to control the world and all that is in it.

A very wealthy man lived in a particular city, where he owned all the hotels
and large houses. He heard that a close friend of his was planning to visit
town, and he very much wanted to honour him by hosting him as his
personal guest. He figured that if he simply invited his friend to stay at his
house he wouldn’t feel so grateful. Instead he contacted all his hotel staff and
told them that if this man comes to book a room, tell him all the rooms are
taken. And so they did—that night the guest was stuck out on the street with
nowhere to go until the wealthy man crossed his path and invited him to stay
at his house. By this point the guest was more than grateful!

Similarly, Gd wanted us to realise that we would never manage without

him—so that even when Moshe arrived to redeem them, things only got
worse, since we needed reminding that it was only really HaSh-m that was
redeeming them.

In order to convey this message, G-d shuts off all the possible avenues of
success and redemption so that we should never mistakenly imagine that we
could have managed without him.
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We must imagine ourselves

By Aviv bar Ilan

“We must imagine as if we ourselves are leaving mitzrayim right now!”

Why did G-d make life so hard? If He is so powerful, could He not have
simplified things for us – I mean…if He loves us!!!?

Well – the good news is: Hashem does love us. But if that is the case…back to
our original question…why does He not make life easier?

Many people think that even though life can be challenging, one always gets
through it better with an attitude of happiness…it just seems to sweeten the
journey. Whilst this is most probably true, we Jews have an opportunity to
tap into something much more inspiring and much more ambitious than this
– allowing us to experience a deep-rooted simcha (happiness) far transcend-
ing any mere coping mechanism. First of all we must understand Pesach in a
deeper way.

Mitzrayim
Hebrew is the language with which Hashem created the world! This means
that every word should signify the true essence of that which it represents,
because we believe that Hashem spoke the world into existence and created
every object with its associated word (which is why the word Davar means
both a “word” and an “object”).

The word Mitzrayim can be broken down into “metzar yam” meaning the
“constraints” of “yam”. “Yam” has the numerical value of 50. This means
that the word mitzrayim represents the idea of 50 levels of constraints – 50
levels of barriers which hold us back and enslave us.

This means that there are forces within and outside of ourselves which are
somehow creating a powerful resistance and preventing us from achieving
our potential and they can be broken down into 50 levels – represented by
the letters “yam”.
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Paroh
Paroh represents the “yetzer hora” – the ultimate dark force which is within
every one of us – programmed by Hashem to prevent us from connecting to
true spirituality and closeness to Hashem and true happiness.

“We must imagine as if we ourselves are leaving mitzrayim right now!”

On a superficial level, the story of leaving Egypt is a true historical event, but
the Torah (which communicates to us on many levels) is also telling us
something much deeper. We are all enslaved within our own “Mitzrayim”
and Paroh is still out to get us all! Therefore, every Pesach – we have the
opportunity to leave Mitzrayim! The seder is organised in such a way as to
facilitate this process. For example, the four sons actually represent four
different aspects of every person’s personality – and the process of
explaining their respective attitudes enables us to carry out a self-analysis
and to investigate which of the “four sons” is dominating our own mindset.
Can we change? Are we brave enough to change or are we like the timid
son? Do we know how to ask questions or are we too closed?
Do we want to be wiser or do we think we are already wise?
Once we become truly aware that we are poised in this critical battle that
takes place “within” ourselves, we can derive a contentment and “simcha”
from the fact that we are engaged in a battle of purpose!
A battle of potential achievement and growth!

With this attitude, we can view tribulations and obstacles as opportunities

and building blocks assisting us in bringing out our true deep potential.
Hashem is giving us the opportunity to become “great!” A loving father does
not want average children but “great” children and as so many of us can
testify, true greatness comes from adversity! Success only comes before
work – in the dictionary!

But how can we make the most of these opportunities. How can we ensure
that we are winning the battle? How can we transform adversity into
simcha? To answer these and many more questions…..we must be prepared
to investigate further!
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PESACH six
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By rabbi pinny cohen
One of the most distinguished aspects of the Yom Tov of Pesach is the special
emphasis on celebrating seder night with ones close family. It is an age old
tradition that children come home to their parents and celebrate that special
night of the year together with their parents and grandparents.

Indeed we are told and reminded many times in the Haggadah that the main
focus of the evening is the engaging in discussion between parent and child
as the Passuk tells us “Vhigadta levincha Bayom hahu Lemor” “And you shall
tell to your son on that day” Hence the book we read on Seder night is called
the Haggadah based on that Passuk. Haggadah means “to tell” reminding us
constantly that the main emphasis of seder night is that transmission from
one generation to the next.

In fact the Gemorrah tells us in Pesachim 109a that Rabbi Akiva although he
was constantly engrossed in his study of Torah and would seldom leave the
Beis Hamedrash, he would make extra effort to leave his studies on Seder
night and run home to start the Seder on time to make sure that his children
would be wide awake ready to listen to his recital of the Haggadah.

He also recommended the distribution of sweets and chocolates in the early

part of the seder to ensure that his children maintain a constant eagerness
and alertness to all that was being done throughout the seder night.

We see from all of this that the Torah and later the Rabbis felt that the most
important way of transmitting and celebrating this fundamental Yom Tov is
with ones family and in ones home. This concept reminded me of something I
recently read in the newspaper.

There was an interesting article about a man called Robin Barr who at the age
of 71 formally announced his retirement from being the chairman of the well
known drink firm A.G Barr after more than 48 years with the company. Mr
Barr is one of only two people in the world who knows the secret recipe for
the best selling Irn Bru drink and the two never travel on the same plane.

Once a month the essences for the drink are personally mixed by Robin Barr
in a sealed room at the company’s headquarters. The 32 different ingredients
are combined in a huge vat which mixes 8000 litres at a time.
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The recipe was discovered by Robin Barr’s great grandfather in 1901 and has
not changed in 108 years. Robin Barr has stated that he would now pass on
the secret to his daughter Julie and she will become the mixer in his place.
After all, Irn Bru remains Scotland’s most popular fizzy drink with the
equivalent of 12 cans of Irn Bru consumed every second.

Every Jewish household too has its age old unique formula and ingredients of
traditions, laws and customs that are known by only the members of that
family. That is why it is so vital over the Yom Tov of Pesach that this unique
formula is passed on from father to son and mother to daughter. Every family
has its own way of preparing the house for Pesach, reciting the Haggadah and
observing the strict laws of Pesach.

Just like Robin Bar recognised that without him passing on his family tradition
to his daughter Julie all would be lost, so too the Torah recognises that for
the survival of our rich Jewish Traditions, Pesach must be celebrated in a
close-knit family atmosphere.

Wishing everyone a Chag Sameach…

...and by the way unfortunately Irn Bru has not

yet been labelled kosher for Pesach.
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Seder table
By Rabbi jonathan guttentag

WHAT? WHO? WHEN?

Seder An 'audiovisual', Home or Away - Family or 15 & 16 Nissan. Diaspora
interactive religious family Friends. The needy. Seder to start at Tourists i
experience nightfall 2nd day Y
Arba Kossos - Red or white wine, grape Men, women, children. After - 1. kiddush; Each part
4 cups of wine juice or mixture. Ill? Consult a Rabbi 2. maggid; 3 bentsching. enough t
Min cup size 3.3 fl ozs 4 hallel
Leaning - Reclining, leaning All participants 4 cups of wine; matzo; At table;
Heseybah to left hand side; koreych; afikomon
Karpas - dip Radish, parsley, potato - Leader - first washes his After kiddush Have salt
vegetable in any veg. that will not be hands - distributes to all prepared
salt water used later for maror participants participan
Yachatz Divide the middle matzah Leader watched by After karpas The smal
into two unequal pieces participants motzi ma
Maggid - telling Reading and explaining Leader involves all,
story of Exodus haggodoh narrative. communicating especially
Wider - transmitting with children
Jewish heritage
Motzi Matza Eating a minimum All participants. Enough To be eaten within 9 Leader ra
quantity of matzah - matzah on table for all minutes, or preferably and recite
kezayis, sheet of matzah 6 participants to have within 2 minutes. then lets
x 7 inches minimum size the berac

Maror - Lettuce leaves to cover Leader gives out to all Before eating, dip into In front o
bitter herb an area of 8 x 10 ins participants - No leaning charoses and shake off on the ta
+ horseradish

Korech - Lettuce and horseradish, Leader gives out to all After maror Have ava
Hillel sandwich in charoses with matzoh participants 7 in) and
participan
Shulchan Orech The main evening meal All participants; help serve. Don't eat too much; Customar
- Meal Freedom festival for afikomen and two cups salt wate
women, too! still to come Temple (n
night of w
Afikomen Finishing off the meal All participants to partake, At the end of the meal Whereve
with a kezayis of matzah shared out by leader after dessert, before or biddin
(6 x 7 in) chatzos - midnight shemurah
(approx 1.14am)
Bentsching The third cup of wine is All – led by leader Not later than 72 min. Back at ta
poured beforehand after last food gently!)
Hallel The recitation of the All - led by leader - other First two paragraphs Sitting ar
paragraphs from Psalms participants responsively as before meal, the Enjoy the
chazan and congregation remainder after meal
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The Seder can be a complicated and confusing experience— use this guide
to navigate your way around the experience, make it run more smoothly,
settle any hagadda differences and enjoy a meaningful Pesach.
WHERE?
15 and 16 Nissan
in Israel observe a 2nd seder (and
Yom Tov)
ticipant should have a cup large
to contain 3.3. fl ozs
on pillow or arm of chair
t water and vegetable ready
d and enough to hand out to
nts
ller piece put back for later use as
atzah a broken
aises all three matzos in his hands
es the first beracha hamotzi. He
go of the bottom matzo, and recites
cha “al achilas matza”
of leader, more supplies should be
able than can fit into the seder plate
ailable on table enough matzo (4 in x
d lettuce / horseradish for each
nt
ry to begin with hard boiled egg in
er - commemorating destruction of
nb: Tisha B'Av is always on same
week as first seder)
er you can find it! If hidden too well,
ng goes too high, just distribute more
h matzah from box
able, (wake up any sleepers -
round the table
e tunes
HOW?
Try to rest before - kids to sleep in
afternoon.
Drink most of the cup
lean to the left
To the left - to ease digestion
All recite together the beracha -
boreh pri ho'adomoh
Larger piece wrapped and hidden -
possibly for ransom
Can be recited in Hebrew/English.
Try to include everyone around the
table.
Shemurah matzah - supervision
from an early stage in manufacture
than standard matzah;
Either machine made or handmade
Leaning to left
Lettuce - bug warning; wash,
inspect each leaf carefully by light.
Horseradish grated fresh. Not
pickled from jar.
The maror part dipped into
charoses,
Leaning on the left side
Enjoy. Customary not to have
roasted foods - To avoid
appearance of roasted Pesach
offering
Leaning to the left. No further food
to be eaten (except the two cups).
Final impression left on us is taste
of matzah
Bentsching introduced by mezuman
- a three man quorum
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WHY?
Torah commands a Jewish family event
to tell the story of the Jews leaving Egypt
Symbolic of freedom. Corresponds to four
expressions of freedom in Shemos (6;6-7)
A symbolic demonstration of freedom
The unusual procedure of vegetable
straight after kiddush awakens curiosity
of children (and everyone else).
So that the subsequent eating of matzah
be from broken pieces - poor man's bread
Torah commandment: Ve-higadeto
levincho bayom hahu; 'and you shall tell
your son on that day'
Fulfillment of the Torah command. Dual
aspects - the bread of affliction, reminder
of the slavery; bread of freedom - a
reminder of the Exodus.
Symbolic of bitter slavery.
Pesach offering was eaten with bitter
herb
A commemoration of Temple: matza and
maror were eaten with meat of pesach
lamb
Biblical command to celebrate yom tov
with fine food
A symbolic reminder of the lamb meat of
the korban pesach - in Temple times -
which was eaten at the end of the meal
Biblical command, to eat, be satisfied,
and bless.
Hallel means praise - thanksgiving to G-d
for miracles of Exodus
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[ Doing it right By rabbi dovid Eisenberg
whictefield community kollel

When it comes to the seder night, everyone has got their own way of
doing things. Some have carrots for karpas, others prefer celery but there is
not one house that does everything exactly the same. Why is it that on a
night as important as the first night of Passover has few set customs?
Shouldn’t we all be passing on the same things to our children?
To answer this we must examine the importance of the seder
experience. Our rabbis, who put together this evening’s program, called it
seder. What does that word mean? Literally, it means order. What order are
we referring to?
The Haggadah says that a person must see himself as if he had been
freed from Egyptian slavery and bondage. This sounds like an extremely
difficult thing. How are we meant to do this correctly? In order to be able to
do this properly the rabbis made a seder, an order of events for the evening,
so that after performing these actions you can emotionally be in touch with
the generation of the exodus. We read certain passages that discuss different
aspects of the redemption and we eat several foods that will awaken
emotions within us. When done correctly, this is a powerful experience that
ensures the passing on of our sacred traditions to the next generations.
Therefore, we cannot stifle the experience by making everyone do
exactly the same thing. Yes, a great part of the evening will be the same
everywhere in the world. But you must do what will work for your family!
You can’t expect the same exact foods and customs to stir the same emotions
all over the globe. Some families will tell certain stories that will leave others
unmoved. There is no one right way.
This approach answers the question but it also has a very important
implication for all parents, grandparents and educators. We must provide
the child with the seder that he/she needs and tailor it so that they will be
inspired by our nation’s great past and the richness and beauty of our
heritage. If we don’t, then we’ve let them down and missed a great
opportunity. Preparation is the best way of getting things right and without
it we’ll not be able to achieve the great feat. Let us all think of ways of
preparing our families to experience this redemption and please G-d we will
very soon merit the complete redemption in Zion with the arrival of the
Messiah.
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Simple seder
By rabbi moshe klyne
After one seder, Rebbe Levi Yitzchak felt
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very satisfied. He has fulfilled all the mitvos
to a high standard, and took much from their completion. That was until
his thoughts were interrupted by a heavenly voice: “Don’t be so proud of
your Seder, in your city another Jew, Chaim the water carrier, has far
surpassed your achievement”.

The Rebbe dispatched some of his Chassidim to find Chaim, and after a
long search they found Chaim lying drunk on his bed. Unable to wake him
they carried him back to the Rebbe. In his presence, Chaim came to his
senses and began crying incessantly. With soothing words the Rebbe
calmed him and asked him about his seder.

“There is one custom which I follow religiously—to say a l’chaim to

HaSh-m after morning prayers, but then with Pesach coming, I realised
that I wouldn’t be able to carry on (due to the alcohol being chametz) for
eight days. I quickly downed 8 l’chaims then went to bed.

“When my wife woke me for the seder I panicked. I’m a simple water
carrier, I can’t read Hebrew and don’t know what we’re supposed to say
now apart from that Gd took our ancestors out of exile in Egypt. I said
those words and took time to understand what they really mean, ate the
food that my wife had prepared and then went to sleep.”

After hearing this, the Rebbe assured Chaim, “The few words that you
said, were said with all your heart, and accepted with love by Gd above.”

No matter what our level is, we need to realise that when we’re faced
with mitzvos and responsibilities like those on seder night—it’s not al-
ways what we do but how we do them. If we take care to understand
what we’re saying, why we’re saying it and what it means to us, our seder
will be more than accepted above.
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Pharaohs mistake By moshe Kormornick
shortvort.com
After all of the miracles that took place in Egypt, after every aspect of nature
had been manipulated, how is it possible that Pharaoh could not believe
Moshe that God was behind everything that was befalling him and his whole
nation? Why did he not let the Jewish People go - couldn't he see where this
was going to lead?

The Pnei Yehoshua (Gemora Brachos 4a) explains that Pharaoh was a man of
the Book. He read his Bible and saw that the very God that Moshe was claim-
ing was behind all of the miracles had in fact said to Avraham many years
earlier "I will enslave and oppress you for four hundred years" (Bereishis
15:13).

Now, it had only been 210 years since the slavery began, by his calculation
the Jewish People weren't to be released for another 190 years. So, how is it
possible, reasoned Pharaoh that God who knows what the future will be is
now changing his mind? Therefore, Pharaoh concluded that God can't be
behind these miracles, and he was able to harden his heart and refused to let
the Jewish People go.

This reasoning sounds...well, quite reasonable. Did God change his mind?
Pharaoh's problem wasn't that he was a man of the Book, it was that he was
only a man of the Book. The Rabbis explain that the 400 years began from the
birth of Yitzchak - which happened to be 210 years after the Jewish People
became enslaved. Had Pharaoh known this, it stands to reason that he would
have saved himself and his nation a catastrophic downfall.

What can we learn from Pharaoh's mistake? When we look at the Torah or
glance at certain laws we may form negative opinions on them. For instance,
there is a famous saying... "If everyone took an eye for an eye, the whole
world would be blind". This statement is a take on a verse in the Torah "an
eye for an eye" - and it does indeed appear a bit barbarian - not so Jewish!
Well in fact, it's not!

This is a perfect example of Pharaoh's mistake. Our Rabbis explain that "an
eye for an eye" refers to monetary payments that need to be made to reim-
burse the damaged party the value of his eye - an eye opening insight, no?
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It is very easy to read our English translation of the Torah and make judge-
ments on what we read,. we can even form life changing views on it - just like
Pharaoh. But without the knowledge of what these words really mean, we
are bound to come to the wrong conclusions.

Our Rabbis have a tradition that goes all the way back to Moshe and Mount
Sinai – there, the Jewish People were given the code book (Oral Torah) to
decipher the codes of the Torah itself. This is what Pharaoh was lacking and
in truth this is what many of us are lacking.

However, there are many Rabbis in our kollel and in the community who are
directly tapped in to what the Jewish People heard directly from Hashem at
Sinai through their studying of the Oral Torah - why not ask them a question?
Why read the codes without understanding them when you can access the
code book.

Pesach is a time of new beginnings, we should take the opportunity to ques-

tion the things that always bothered us. Pharaoh didn't have a Whitefield
Kollel or a Rabbi Guttentag and look what happened to him. We do - so why
not make the effort to get the most informed answers, rather than relying on
our own interpretation of events over 3000 years later
Chag Sameach

…
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Go crackers By Rabbi Yanky Prijs
Whitefield community kollel
Some love it, some dread it, some have it with jam, some in their soup; but for
8 days we all eat these leaven-free crackers.

Pesach is described in the Torah as Chag Hamatzos—the festival of Matzah—

for a few reasons:

1. It was what we ate as slaves in Egypt when we weren’t given the luxury
of time to allow the dough to rise and enjoy nice loaves.

2. During the night of redemption too, Hash-m whisked us out so far that
we couldn’t wait for the bread to leaven.
Eating Matza reminds us that we were taken out only by the grace of
Gd’s great might. It was no popular revolution or show of physical
strength that allowed our freedom.

3. It reminds HaSh-m of our youthful devotion and faith that allowed us to

follow him into the wilderness with no real provisions. Jeremiah (2:2)
later recorded this as a lasting merit for us forever. Kabalistically
because of this—matzah boosts our faith.

4. Chametz represents the Yetser Hora, our bad inclination—that voice

that always tells us to think of ourselves over others. The Yetser Hora
blows small thing up to seem so desirable that they become irresistible
way beyond their actual value. Like bread, the Yetser Hora is inflated
with air, and the substance is light.

Matza is described in Kaballah as a medicinal food for the Jewish soul.

One week a year, we subsist solely on that stripped-down bare bones
of sustenance. We realise that we can live without the extras—and
inside this is what helps us celebrate.

5. The difference between matza and chametz may be just a few seconds
later in the oven. The mitzvah shows us the vigilance and alacrity we
need for any mitzvah. Mitzvos are often fleeting opportunities which
need to be grabbed immediately or they may be lost forever.
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Amazingly matzos have been eaten in the most diverse circumstances,
through freedom and slavery—in dark basements or medieval Spain or
Communist Russia risking certain death. In Bergen Belsen and Auschwitz,
in the most tortuous, hellish times of our history.

And thankfully in our comfortable hames, surrounded by family, feeling

grateful and privileged to eat this very special reminded of HaSh-ms’s
constant protection.

Next Year in Jerusalem

Personal redemption
We all know that HaShem brought us out of Egypt himself, not by an angel or
a messenger. What made HaShem do it this way?

The answer lies mainly in he actions of the Jewish people a this time. They
were involved in bringing this about in two ways.

Firstly, through their emunah, faith. When Moshe was standing at the
burning bush he argued to HaSh-m that the Jews would not believe that HaSh
-m spoke to him—before HaSh-m himself replied that this would not be so
since they are ‘maaminim bnei maaminim’ - believers and sons of
believers—it was inherent in their identity and nature to believe.

The second way was by their ratzon—their will and desire. Rashi tells us that
only one fifth of the Jewish people actually left Egypt, the rest died there
during the plague of darkness. What was the sin of those who died in Egypt?
They did not want to go out of Egypt—they were happy with the certainty,
even with the slavery and non-commitment.

From this we learn that to merit HaSh-m’s personal involvement in our own
lives, so that he will take us out of our own personal ‘Egypt’, these two
conditions must be met, faith & strong desire.
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lost in the siddur ?
need some inspiration ?

Why not try the explanatory service

every other week—for more informal, open insight
into what davening is about?

… or maybe a one to one learning session at

the kollel (6.45-7pm) or a seed partner (8-9pm) on a
subject of your choice?

...or perhaps you’d suit lads and dads

table tennis on a Thursday night?

… pop in to our library ?

...Maybe our Bat Chayil classes?
….Youth, junior or childrens’ services?
...Family power-learning session?
...Rabbi Kupetz’s punchy parsha shiur?

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