By the Grace of G-d
Tuesday, 11 Nissan, 5775 * March 31, 2015
Dear Friend,
As we prepare our homes for the Passover holiday, we are charged to focus also on the spiritual meaning of the holiday, as it applies to our own service of G-d.
With this in mind, we'd like to share a thought with you:
The seder revolves around G-d's command in the Torah, "You shall relate [the story of our exodus from Egypt] to your child." Indeed, as we retell our 3,300-year-old redemption story, we encourage our children to ask lots of questions (think: "the Four Questions").
All four types of children (the Wise, Wicked, Simple and Knows Not How to Ask) are welcome at the seder table, and our collective seder is incomplete without them.
The Rebbe, of righteous memory (whose 113th anniversary of birth and 100 years since his bar-mitzvah we mark today), often observed that Passover's emphasis on the child teaches us that the true existence of the Jewish home – and the Jewish people as a whole – is dependent upon engaging the younger generation, boys and girls, wise and (temporarily) wicked, simple and those who know not what to ask. They must all be nurtured and taught the beautiful ways of the Torah.
We cannot shirk our responsibility to our child and say, "My child is wise; he (or she) will find his own way in life. No education is necessary for him (or her)." Nor may we despair and say, "This child is a wicked one; no education will help him (or her)."
In similar vein, all Jewish children, boys and girls, men and women, are "G-d's children," and it is our sacred duty to help them live up to this extraordinary merit and responsibility.
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Please partner with us in this effort and contribute generously to our Pre-Passover appeal!
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G-d bless you and all yours to enjoy a Happy and Kosher Passover!
Sincerely,
The Chabad.org Team
We are supported by our site's users – beautiful people like yourself. The greater your partnership, the more we can accomplish, G-d willing.
Please partner with us in this effort and contribute generously to our Pre-Passover appeal!
Together we can achieve great things -- for ourselves, for our children, for our nation, and for the world at large!
Click here to contribute.
Or mail a check to:
Chabad.org Passover Appeal
770 Eastern Parkway Suite 405
Brooklyn, NY 11213
(You can contribute via Credit Card, PayPal, E-Check (ACH) or Bank Wire / Transfer.)
G-d bless you and all yours to enjoy a Happy and Kosher Passover!
Sincerely,
The Chabad.org Team
P.S. – As mentioned earlier, today is the anniversary of the Rebbe's birth, and the centennial anniversary of his bar mitzvah. It surely behooves us to draw some lessons from the Rebbe's own life into ours. We suggest the following links:
The Rebbe's Bar-Mitzvah
'Farbrengens' and Classes to Mark Birth and Bar Mitzvah Centennial of the Rebbe
Over 100 orphaned boys celebrate bar mitzva together
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2015
If you have not acquired these two great works of biography about the Rebbe, we urge you to do so:My Rebbe, by Adin Even Israel (Steinsaltz) and the NY Times bestselling Rebbe, by Joseph Telushkin.
P.P.S. –
If you have not yet sold your chametz this year, you can still do so here.
If you're looking for a Passover seder somewhere on Planet Earth, here's a cool tip from the Associated Press.
Remember: You can learn all about Passover (Pesach) at our very own www.Passover.org.
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Chabad "Are you Ready for the Seder?" Updates for Tuesday, 31 March 2015
By the Grace of G-d
As the holiday of Passover is fast approaching on April 3 and 4, 2015, we here at Chabad.org’s Ask the Rabbi team would like to wish you a very happy and kosher Passover.
If you’ll be making a Seder of your own please consider inviting a local fellow Jew (a neighbor, a colleague or casual acquaintaince) to join you. If you are in need of a Seder (or know of someone who is in need of one) please use our handy Seder search to connect with a Chabad center near you, or contact us here at Ask the Rabbi for assistance.
In case you haven’t yet done so, we’d like to remind you to sell your chametz (leavened food) as, according to Jewish law, during Passover one may not own any chametz. You can easily do so online here.
For all your Passover needs please visit www.chabad.org/passover.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your trust and wish you and yours a kosher and happy Passover,
The Chabad.org Ask The Rabbi Team
Passover will be observed April 3-11, 2015. To learn more visit our website.
Some handy Passover links for your convenience:
By the Grace of G-d
As the holiday of Passover is fast approaching on April 3 and 4, 2015, we here at Chabad.org’s Ask the Rabbi team would like to wish you a very happy and kosher Passover.
If you’ll be making a Seder of your own please consider inviting a local fellow Jew (a neighbor, a colleague or casual acquaintaince) to join you. If you are in need of a Seder (or know of someone who is in need of one) please use our handy Seder search to connect with a Chabad center near you, or contact us here at Ask the Rabbi for assistance.
In case you haven’t yet done so, we’d like to remind you to sell your chametz (leavened food) as, according to Jewish law, during Passover one may not own any chametz. You can easily do so online here.
For all your Passover needs please visit www.chabad.org/passover.
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your trust and wish you and yours a kosher and happy Passover,
The Chabad.org Ask The Rabbi Team
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Some handy Passover links for your convenience:
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