This all-encompassing 2-part talk describes the unique nature of what it means to be Jewish. Discover the real meaning of our chosenness, and the disproportional contributions we have made to civilize the planet. This Passover night, experience a deep pride by sharing significant insights with family and friends about the nature of our collective heritage and our humble beginnings as a nation.
This all-encompassing 2-part talk describes the unique nature of what it means to be Jewish. Discover the real meaning of our chosenness, and the disproportional contributions we have made to civilize the planet. This Passover night, experience a deep pride by sharing significant insights with family and friends about the nature of our collective heritage and our humble beginnings as a nation.
On Passover, the act of speaking at length about Yetzias Mitzrayim is so essential that we are given extra credit for every effort made. Hear why your ability to communicate is one of the primary factors in making us human, and what gives speech so much power. Rabbi Feiner connects this power to the number seven and to accepting the Torah on Shavuos.
In this dynamic series on the Haggadah, Rabbi Geller shows the incredible depth this Passover tome has when applied to our lives. This first class discusses the mitzvah of eating Matzah and Marror, bitter herbs at the Seder and what they represent. One of the most powerful lessons that come across on this night: The power of the Jewish home that has passed on this knowledge for generations.
The beginning of the Haggadah has us contemplating the meal we are about to eat. Although it may seem to be the opposite, we aren’t as free as we may think. Rabbi Geller moves on to the famous Four Questions, discussing the common denomenator between them, and explaining where to find the answer for them. Also analyzed - Why did G-d need to perform ten plagues if He could’ve just whisked us away on the spot?
The Four Sons are more than caricatures trying to understand the Passover Seder. They represent four different ways that people approach Judaism. Rabbi Geller shows the essential difference between the wise and wicked son, and between the simple and the one who doesn't ask. Hear important lessons on how to deal with people that refuse to be answered and how to teach those who find it hard to understand.
The Jewish nation suffered incredible pain under Egyptian enslavement. Rabbi Geller details the tragic details of our history, from how we lost all hope of freedom once a new Pharaoh arose to the Jewish infants pressed into the walls in place of brick. Once the ten plagues began, that story changed. Hear some amazing aspects of these miraculous events you may not have known, and tell them to your children.
How many plagues did the Egyptians suffer at the Red Sea, and why in the world does it matter? The Jewish experience was far more pleasant, as each tribe traveled a separate path with food and drink provided from the walls on the way. Rabbi Geller looks at the three main objects we must be aware of during the Seder - Pesach, Matzah, and Marror and why they are so crucial to the Passover story.
What's all the fuss about not seeing even a crumb of yeasted dough on Passover? And why the eerie ram's horn on Rosh Hashanah? And the Four Species on Sukkot, or how people raced to Jerusalem to be the first to announce the new month (Rosh Chodesh), or fasting, Chanukah, marriage and adultery, and even the obligation to have children? Rabbi Geller gives these and many other Jewish concepts a rational foundation along with the spiritual value.
Practically every Jew knows that house cleaning is a major preparation for Passover, but how many know about the spiritual effort it takes to overturn nasty attitudes that lurk in the heart? In this important lecture, Rabbi Kahn taps the mindset of our generation and how Passover offers a straight forward formula to spruce up both our homes and our hearts.