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Reflections of Redemption — ror-eng-14-5784-pages — Va'eira 5784

Выпуск: Reflections of Redemption — ror-eng-14-5784-pages — Va'eira 5784. Темы: kashrut, family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה. 14) 5784 2024 2 2 / REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF Horav Schneur Zalman Halevi v"g ben Horav Yitzchok Elchonon Halevi s"hv Shagalov Passed away on 21 Tamuz, 5766 Reb Dovid Asniel ben Reb Eliyahu v"g Ekman Passed away on 5 Sivan - Erev Shavuot, 5765 Mrs. The Torah uses four expressions to describe the Redemption of the Jewish people from Egypt; the four cups of wine drunk at the seder every year correspond to these four expressions; and the seder is not just a re-enactment of the Exodus of over 3300 years ago, but a reliving of the first Redemption, in such a way that it foreshadows and anticipates the final Redemption. For we know that the pattern and process of the final Redemption with Moshiach will follow that of the first Redemption with Moses, as it says, “As in the days of your going forth from Egypt, I will show you miracles.” This inner connection finds expression in a practical manner, in one of the laws concerning the conduct of the seder. Therefore, they have to be done while reclining, in a manner of freedom.” Just prior to this, the Alter Rebbe writes that in general one should sit in a reclining manner during the seder, since in every generation one should consider it as if at that every moment – that Passover night – one was going from the slavery of Egypt to freedom. We are told that “in Nissan they were redeemed, in Nissan they will be redeemed.” Just as the first seder was the preparation for and beginning of the Exodus, so too, we should act and truly feel as if this seder, this very night, we will experience the true and final Redemption. The verb associated with the first expression, in both the Torah and the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch, is “I shall bring.” It is over this cup that we recite kiddush, in which the verb “to bring” is also used, specifically in the phrase, “in remembrance of being brought from Egypt.” In the Torah, the second expression is, “I shall save,” while at the seder, the second cup is drunk over the expression, “I shall redeem.” Redemption – the first Redemption from

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Reflections of Redemption

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12 января 2024 г.

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12

Темы: kashrut, family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind, parsha_commentary