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MOTZIE – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 8)INTERNALIZATION After washing our hands, we begin the process of internalizing the message of spiritual freedom by eating the Matzah....
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RACHTZA – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 7)REACHING HIGHER Before we partake of the Matzah, we wash our hands a second time. If washing the first time...
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MAAGID – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 6)EMPATHY The tone has been set. We know that we are holy. We know that we have the need to...
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YACHATZ- 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 5)SETTING THE TONE The fourth—yet still preliminary—step is the breaking of the middle Matzah. We break the Matzah at this...
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KARPAS -15 Steps of the Seder (Part 4)DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT The third step, Karpas, consists of dipping a vegetable in salt water. (Customs vary as to which...
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U’RCHATZ – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 3)Washing the Hands SIMPLE REASON After reciting the Kiddush, we wash our hands before dipping a vegetable in salt water,...
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KADESH -15 Steps of the Seder (Part 2)A SPECIAL KIDDUSH We open each Seder with recitation of the Kiddush, just as we do at the onset of...
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Introduction – 15 Steps of the Seder (Part 1)ORDER AND JEWISH EDUCATION The Seder, as its name suggests, is an orderly ritual; so orderly, in fact, that even...
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The Uniqueness Of Jewish EthicsEthics is what distinguishes the symphonic world of order from the cacophonous world of chaos. Whatever ethical system one follows,...
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Judaism’s Contribution To MedicineWith the explosion of scientific discoveries in all fields, particularly in the medical sphere, in recent times, it behooves us...
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Graduation And MoshiachEvery transition from one level to another, by definition, consists of both the level from which one is graduating, as...
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G-d And The Holocaust: What Is The Question?Where was G-d during the Holocaust? How could let it happen? How can one believe in a G-d that allowed...
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Seeing The Other SideThe Three Questions One of the problems that plagues the Jewish community (and, in truth, all of society) is division...
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A Woman’s Hair: A Chassidic PerspectiveThe Torah requires that a woman’s hair be covered. What is so wrong with it being exposed? And why is...
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Response To An Anti-semiteIn brief, the question about marriage to a minor is evidence of a selective of knowledge of the Talmud, and...
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Je Suis JuifThe Call of the Shofar! The tragic events of the few weeks are a clarion call – or, in the...