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Pesach - Passover 2015
i We encourage everyone who would
like to be friend with Jews to participate
to their celebrations of Pesach. they will
start on Friday April 3 by a service in synagogues and then the Seder at home. Let’s
remember that the Jewish communities organize, in many places, communal Seder
to which you can participate. You have to
find the right contact and register. The celebrations will last for eight days, There will
be a celebration every day in synagogues.
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“They shall eat the flesh that
night, roasted on the fire;
with unleavened bread and
bitter herbs they shall eat it.”
(Exodus 12:8)
No Parasha for
this week and
next week,
It is
the Passover Feast
Passover’s Reading
T
he Jewish people interrupt their reading of the parashot
(plural of parasha) during the
Shabbat of the feasts. These
Shabbatot (plural of Shabbat, which is feminine in Hebrew) called Chol Hamoed
are dedicated to reading texts
related to the feasts
Here are the reading for
the eight days of the feast of
Pesach - Passover.
1st Seder of Passover
April 3, 2015 evening
1st Day: April 4, 2015
Exodus 12:21-51
‫ נא‬- ‫כא‬:‫‏שמות יב‬‎
Numbers 28:19-25
‫ כה‬- ‫יט‬:‫במדבר כח‬‎‫‏‬
(Ashkenazi) Joshua 5:2-6:1
‫א‬:‫ ו‬- ‫ב‬:‫יהושע ה‬‎‫‏‬
(Sephardi) Joshua 5:2-6:27
‫כז‬:‫ ו‬- ‫ב‬:‫יהושע ה‬‎‫‏‬
2nd Seder of Passover
April 4, 2015 evening, In
Only one Seder in Israel.
2nd Day: April 5, 2015
Leviticus 22:26-23:44
‫מד‬:‫ כג‬- ‫כו‬:‫‏ויקרא כב‬‎
Numbers 28:19-25
‫ כה‬- ‫יט‬:‫‏במדבר כח‬‎
2Kings 23:1-9; 21-25
‫ כה‬- ‫ ט; כא‬- ‫א‬:‫‏מלכים ב כג‬‎
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3rd Day: April 6, 2015
Exodus 13:1-16
‫ טז‬- ‫א‬:‫‏שמות יג‬
Numbers 28:19-25
‫ כה‬- ‫יט‬:‫‏במדבר כח‬‎
4th Day: April 7, 2015
Exodus 22:24-23:19
‫יט‬:‫ כג‬- ‫כד‬:‫‏שמות כב‬
Numbers 28:19-25
‫ כה‬- ‫יט‬:‫‏במדבר כח‬‎
5th Day: April 8, 2015
Exodus 33:12-34:26
‫ כו‬,‫ לד‬- ‫ יב‬,‫שמות לג‬
Numbers 28:19-25
‫ כה‬- ‫ יט‬,‫‏‏במדבר כח‬‎
6th Day: April 9, 2015
Numbers 9:1-14
‫ יד‬- ‫ א‬,‫‏במדבר ט‬
Numbers 28:19-25
‫ כה‬- ‫ יט‬,‫‏במדבר כח‬‎
7th Day: April 10, 2015
Exodus 13:17-15:26
‫ כו‬,‫ טו‬- ‫ יז‬,‫‏שמות יג‬‎
Numbers 28:19-25
‫ כה‬- ‫ יט‬,‫‏במדבר כח‬‎
2Samuel 22:1-51
‫ נא‬- ‫ א‬,‫‏שמואל ב כב‬‎
8th Day: Shabbat April 11, 2015
Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17
‫ יז‬,‫ טז‬- ‫ כב‬,‫‏דברים יד‬‎
Numbers 28:19-25
‫ כה‬- ‫ יט‬,‫‏במדבר כח‬
The First Month
T
he Torah states, “This
month shall be for
you the beginning of
months. It shall be the first
month of the year for you.”
(Exodus 12:1–2). In the Torah, months are called by
numbers. The calendar begins with Nissan, which is
called the “first month” of the
year. The Torah tells us that
the holiday of Pesach (Passover) is celebrated on the
fifteenth of the first month.
Rosh Hashana (feast of the
Trumpet) is on the first day of
the seventh month and Yom
Kippur (day of Atonement) on
the tenth day of the seventh
month. One of he reason the
Torah refers to the month of
the year by number is because
of the connections of Pesach
with the Exodus. Today this
first month is called Nissan, a
word, which comes from the
Hebrew word Nes that means
“miracle”. Indeed, this is a
special month in which the
greatest of all miracles took
place for the people of Israel.
True Freedom
T
his Shabbat, April
4, is the first day of
Pesach, we will read
Exodus 12, in which the
Torah tells the story of the
liberation and Exodus of Israel from their slavery and
bondage in Mitzrayim (Hebrew name of Egypt).
The stories in the Torah which took place three
thousand-five-hund redyears ago, are not merely
historical events; they are
also lessons and instructions
for all generations. This
reading teaches and guides
us in our daily life.
This is especially true with
the story of the Exodus. It
is a mitzvah to remember it
each day of our lives. We
recall the Exodus every day
after the morning prayers,
in keeping the Torah’s instruction, “that all the days
of your life you may remember the day when you came
out of the land of Egypt.”
(Deuteronomy 16:3)
Why is the story of the
liberation from Mitzrayim
(Egypt) so important? The
goal of the Exodus was, as
G-d stated to Moshe, “when
you have brought the people
out of Egypt, you shall serve
God on this mountain.”
(Exodus 3:12) to receive the
Torah on Mount Sinai.
Our sages say, “True
freedom is achieved only
through the study of Torah.”
Without knowing between
right and wrong, good and
bad, one cannot be considered as a free person, in the
true sense of freedom.
Rabbi Zelman Marozov
says “In a spiritual sense,
the exile in Mitzrayim, as
Egypt is called in the Torah,
applies daily. Mitzrayim
means “constrictions” and
“limitations”. The G-dly
soul within us, who always
wants to do good deeds and
rise higher spiritually, is
constricted and limited by
the animal soul (Mitzrayim)
within us.
Remembering the Exodus daily reminds us that
G-d gives us the ability to
be liberated from our own
constraints and selfish tendencies. We achieve this
liberation through the
knowledge of Torah, knowing our purpose and mission in life. Through this
knowledge our intellect illuminates our heart so that
we desire to perform good
deeds and rise to spiritual
heights.”
Remembering
the Exodus
P
esach is the celebration of the event of
the Exodus. The Jew-
ish people is invited several times to remember the
exodus, “You shall remember that you were a slave in
the land of Egypt, and the
LORD your God redeemed
you; therefore I command
you this today.” (Deuteronomy 15:15)
“You shall remember that
you were a slave in Egypt;
and you shall be careful
to observe these statutes.”
(Deuteronomy 16:12)
“you shall remember that
you were a slave in Egypt
and the LORD your God
redeemed you from there;
therefore I command you
to do this.” (Deuteronomy
24:18)
“You shall remember
that you were a slave in the
land of Egypt; therefore I
command you to do this.”
(Deuteronomy 24:22)
Today, keeping Shabbat is one way to remember the Exodus: “You shall
remember that you were a
slave in the land of Egypt,
and the LORD your God
brought you out from there
with a mighty hand and an
outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God
commanded you to keep
the Sabbath day.” (Deuteronomy 5:15).
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Saved by the
Blood
I
srael was asked on the
night of the exodus to
mark their door-post
with the blood of the passover
lamb: “Then they shall take
some of the blood and put it
on the two door-posts and the
lintel of the houses in which
they eat it. The blood shall be
a sign for you, on the houses
where you are. And when I see
the blood, I will pass over you,
and no plague will befall you
to destroy you, when I strike
the land of Egypt.” (Exodus
12:7, 13). The blood of the
Passover lamb symbolizes the
blood of the Mashiach.
Salvation of the first born
was assured by the blood. Israel is presented in the Bible as
G-d’s first born people. G-d offers salvation to Israel through
the blood of the Mashiach,
but this blood has to be spiritually sprinkled on the doorpost of our heart. That is one
of the reasons for circumcision.
Blood is poured out at the circumcision. Our heart must be
circumcised. Jeremiah (9:26)
reproaches Israel that they do
not have a circumcised heart.
Today nobody among Jews
sacrifices the Passover lamb,
because Yeshua, the Mashiach,
was sacrificed two thousands
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“This day shall be for
you a memorial day,
and you shall keep it as
a feast to the LORD;
throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as
a feast.” (Exodus 12:14)
years ago for each one of us. It is
time to circumcise our heart and
to come back to G-d in Teshuvah.
However this circumcision of the
heart is the action of G-d’ Spirit
in us: “And the LORD your
God will circumcise your heart
and the heart of your offspring,
so that you will love the LORD
your God with all your heart and
with all your soul, that you may
live.” (Deuteronomy 30:6).
Pesach and
Redemption
T
he Jewish people think
that the redemption
will come in Nissan, the
month par excellence for miracles. Of course the miracle of
miracles is the true redemption
with the coming of Mashiach;
that is certainly one of the reasons that persuaded so many
Jews to recognize that Yeshua
of Nazareth was the Mashiach.
He was the true Passover lamb
who poured his blood out for
each one of us on Passover of
the year 31 CE (3791 of the
Jewish calendar).
Personal
Redemption
In each and every generation a person is obligated to
see himself as if he went out
of Egypt, as it says, “And you
should tell your child on that
day, Because of this Hashem
did for me when I went out
of Egypt! Not our ancestors alone did the Holy One
blessed is He redeem but even
us he redeemed with them!”
(The Haggada shel Pesach)
So too when we are seated
around the table for the Seder,
we are obligated to imagine
that the entire exodus from
Egypt was for me. “Because
of this Hashem did all this for
me” He had me in mind at that
time that I would be seated here
in the 21st century munching
Matsot. By imagining it so we
weave our way into the fabric of
Jewish history and destiny.
Redemption is for each one of
us, not only our ancestors. The
Mashiach gave his life for each
one of us. I am personally saved
by his blood, you are personally
saved by his blood as the Passover lamb blood saved the first
born of Israel on the Passover
night in Egypt
A Jewish Prayer
M
ay the Jewish prayer
pronounced at the
end of the seder
L’shana Haba’a B’Yerushalayim
(Next year in Jerusalem) be
fulfilled this year in order to
see the coming of Mashiach
who will introduce us to the
heavenly Jerusalem — Amen
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Apostolic Writings — John 13:1 - 14:1-4
assover is in the
Brith Hachadasha
the manifestation of
G-d’s love for his people.
In the Torah G-d delivers
his people from the bondage of Egypt, in the cosmic fulfilment of this feast
G-d delivers his people
from bondage of sins. That
is why the long evening
of Passover Yeshua spent
with his disciples was to
demonstrate his love for
his people. The last seder
Yeshua had with his disciples was introduced in this
way “It was just before the
Passover Feast. Jesus knew
that the time had come for
him to leave this world and
go to the Father. Having
loved his own who were in
the world, he now showed
them the full extent of his
love. (John 13:1).
That evening was full of
Seder symbols:
a) the length of this
celebration, in a Jewish
family, the Seder and the
meal could last about 3
hours, Yeshua’ Seder is told
in a very long narrative in
the gospel of John, from
chapter 13 to 18.
b) the unleavened bread
broken and given to each
attendees, which represent
Yeshua’s
pure
body
broken and given for the
forgiveness of our sins.
c) four cups of wine,
which were shared with
everyone
and
which
represent the deliverance
offered by G-d to everyone
of us. The four cups that
according to the symbolism
of Exodus are “I will bring
you out... I will deliver
you... I will redeem you...
I will take you to Me for a
people...” (Exodus 6:6-7).
d) the four sons of
the evening who are
questioning the father
who are the “wise”, the
“wicked”, the “simple”
and the “one who does not
know which question to
ask”, the four of them are
represented in the Seder of
Yeshua from John 13 to 17,
they are Yeshua (the wise)
Judas (the wicked) Peter
(the simple) and John (the
one who does not know
which question to ask).
e) the fifth cup that
nobody drinks and which
is called the cup of Elijah
or the cup of the wrath
of G-d, cup which will
be drunk only by the
Messiah who will receive
on his shoulders the sins
of Israel and the wrath of
G-d (Isaiah 53). Yeshua
will accept to drink this
cup voluntarily just after
the Seder on this very
night: “My Father, if it is
not possible for this cup
to be taken away unless I
drink it, may your will be
done.” (Matt 26:42).
f) each one of us knows
that the seder of Pesach ends
with this wish “Next Year
in Jerusalem”, even Jews
who are living in Jerusalem
pronounce this wish, because
in fact, this Jerusalem is the
Yerushalayim Shel Zahav The
Jerusalem from above. That
is why Yeshua referred to
this Jerusalem when he said
“Do not let your hearts be
troubled. Trust in G-d; trust
also in me. In my Father’s
house (Jerusalem from
Above) are many rooms; if
it were not so, I would have
told you. I am going there
(in Jerusalem from above) to
prepare a place for you. And
if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come back
and take you to be with me
that you also may be where
I am. You know the way to
the place where I am going.”
(John 14:1-4). This year we
still celebrate Pesach on this
earth, we can pray and hope
that next year will see the
fulfilment of this prophecy
of Yeshua “I will come back
and take you to be with me
that you also may be where
I am.” And then we will
celebrate Pesach with him
in this heavenly Jerusalem,
where there will be no more
death, sickness, old people
and children who die young.
The Jewish people has
always considered that the
final deliverance will occur
on the time of Pesach.
This deliverance from the
bondage of sins happened
on Passover, it was on
Pesach of the year 3791 of
the Jewish calendar or 31
CE, on that year Yeshua
who was the Messiah of
Israel, and the Passover
lamb who gave his life for
each Jew, and will come
back very soon for the glory
of his father the eternal G-d
who will send him from
heaven (Daniel 7:13-14).
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Stories and Traditions
The Haggadah
O
Inspirational
Corner
vAt Philippi Paul tar-
ried to keep the Passover.
Only Luke remained
with him, the other
members of the company passing on to Troas to
await him there. The Philippians were the most
loving and truehearted
of the apostle’s converts,
and during the eight days
of the feast he enjoyed
peaceful and happy communion with them. (AA
390. 391)
ne of our most
ancient
books,
the
Haggadah
is the guidebook to the
Seder, which means “order.” Before the Haggadah was composed, every
parent would tell his child
about the Exodus in his
own words. We now have
a standard text for all Jews
-- with much room for individual additions and explanations.
The
Haggadah
was
written when the Temple
was still standing and
we had a Pascal sacrifice.
After the destruction of
the Second Temple, some
changes had to be made,
and other additions were
added later.
An Old Pesach
Tradition
I
t is an old Sephardic
custom where, in the
middle of the Passover
Seder, a loud knock is heard
at the door. Standing at the
door is an elderly man with
a sack behind his back.
“Where are you coming
from?” the people inquire.
“From the land of Egypt!”
the old man’s replies.
“And where are you
heading?” they call out in
unison.
“For the Land of Israel!”
he replies.
At this point all the
people place matzah on
their shoulders and march
around the table, to the
delight of the children and
guests.”
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All the days of
your Life
W
hen the Sages
demoted
their
leader Rabban
Gamliel, they offered the
premiership to Rabbi Elazar Ben Azarya who was 18
years old at the time. Rabbi
Elazar consulted his wife,
who correctly predicted the
reinstallation of Rabban
Gamliel. When Rabbi Elazar was prepared to accept
the position (even temporarily), she countered, “Your
beard is black while the Sages are gray. They will never
respect your decisions!”
Rabbi Elazar reluctantly
agreed, and he went to sleep
intending to forgo the honor. In the morning he found
that his beard had turned
gray. This was a heavenly
sign that he should become
the leader.
“I am like 70 years,” proclaimed Rabbi Elazar. Although he was only 18, he
resembled age 70. (By adding the numerical value of
the word Ben [52] to his age
[18], it equals 70.)
Despite this sign from heaven, Rabbi Elazar could not
convince the other Sages to
accept his opinion concerning
the last paragraph of the Shema. Since this section deals
with the mitzvah of tzitzit,
which applies only during the
daytime, and also the mitzvah to remember the Exodus,
which specifies “all the days of
your lives,” the opinion of the
other Sages was to omit the
third paragraph during the
evening prayer.
Rabbi Elazar disagreed, and
was eventually aided by a
young student, Ben Zoma,
who explained the verse,
“All the days of your lives,”
to include the evenings as
well.
The other Sages had a different interpretation. The
prophet predicts that the
miracles of the Messianic
era will out shadow the miracles of the Exodus. If so,
when the Messiah arrives
we should stop remembering
the Exodus! Therefore the
verse stresses, “All the days
of your lives” -- to include
the days of the Messiah as
well.
A chassidic interpretation:
“All the days of your life
-- to bring the Messiah,”
means that the goal of our
days is to achieve the final
redemption!
Pesach for Kids
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Inspirational
Corner
vThe directions that
Moses gave concerning
the Passover feast are
full of significance, and
have an application to
parents and children in
this age of the world.
The father was to act as
the priest of the household, and if the father
was dead, the eldest son
living was to perform
this solemn act of sprinkling the doorpost with
blood. This is a symbol
of the work to be done
in every family. Parents
are to gather their children into the home and
to present Christ before
them as their Passover.
The father is to dedicate every inmate of his
home to God and to
do a work that is represented by the feast of
the Passover. It is perilous to leave this solemn
duty in the hands of
others. (AH 324)
Old Fashion Jew
R
abbi S.R. Hirsch
was a great scholar
and also a member
of the Moravian parliament. Once when traveling
on a train he encountered a
young progressive Jew who
was amazed that a distinguished member of Parliament was also an “old fashioned” Jew!
“My son,” explained Rabbi
Hirsch, “I’m not ‘old fashioned.’ Actually, you are.
You see, I follow the path
of our father Abraham who
rejected the ‘old-fashioned’
ways of his father Terach.
You, on the other hand,
continue in the old ways of
Terach!”
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