Shabbat Hagadol 5769 - April 3, 2009 |
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A Bread with a History
By Levi Potash
Why eat matzah altogether? Ditto for bitter herbs. Why, when marking an event, do we always have to do things? Can't we just get together and tell over the story like intelligent people? |
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Seeing the Blind
By Boruch Shlomo Cunin
"What is it?" he snapped. In the Bronx, it's proper etiquette to snap when greeting someone. I noticed the loaf of rye bread sitting on the table, definitely not a traditional Seder food. I said, "The Rebbe sent me." |
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Half A Redemption
by Shalvi Weissman
Passover is a celebration of what could be considered a moot point. What good does it do me to get out of one prison if I'm in a different one now? |
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Scrubbing, Scouring, and Me
By Chana (Jenny) Weisberg
My dreams were so enormous, so vast and mankind-wide in scope that they just hibernated in my mind, stuck like a great blue whale unable to squeeze its way out of a drinking straw... |
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Where will Gilad Shalit be this Passover?
By Chana Weisberg
As I go about my busy Passover preparations, I can't help but think of another Jewish mother, whose preparations cannot be full of joy. A mother who is consumed daily with questions about when her son will be returned to her... |
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Mayanot: A Yeshiva Where the Rabbis Are on Fire
By Elad Nehorai
The students come here and find a spirituality they never knew existed. A relationship with G-d they never knew they could have. |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
The korbanot again, this time from a priestly perspective; indoor and outdoor fires, the two meanings of "always", and the ten miracles of the Temple... |
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The Dynamic of Sacrifices
By Shlomo Yaffe
There is no getting around it: the Torah talks a lot about animal sacrifices, libations and all that. With all the spiritual opportunities available to us, why are missing the sacrificing of an actual animal? |
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