מועדים לשיחה; מהדורה משפחתית, חג הפסח, חד גדיא, במחשבה נוספתCeremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Had Gadya, Further Thoughts
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1Having earlier expressed the Jewish hope, “Next year in Jerusalem,” we end our Seder night with the universal hope that the Angel of Death will one day be defeated by the long-overdue realisation that God is life; that worshipping God means sanctifying life; that God’s greatest command is “Choose life” (Devarim 30:19); that we bring God into the world by reciting a blessing over life.
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2I find it almost unbearably moving that a people that has known so much suffering can summon the moral courage to end this evening of Jewish history on a supreme note of hope, and write it into the hearts of its children in the form of a nursery rhyme, a song. For what we give our children on this night of nights is something more and greater than the bread of oppression and the taste of Jewish tears. It is a faith that in this world, with all its violence and cruelty, we can create moments of redemption, signals of transcendence, acts of transfiguring grace. No people has risked and suffered more for a more slender hope, but no hope has lifted a people higher and led it, time and again, to greatness. So we end the night with a prayer and a conviction. The prayer: “God of life, help us win a victory over the forces of death.” And the conviction? That by refusing to accept the world that is, together we can start to make the world that ought to be.
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3“One Little Goat,” The Jonathan Sacks Haggada
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4☛ REFLECT
What is the main focus at the end of the Haggada, and how is it different from the beginning of the Haggada?
What is the main focus at the end of the Haggada, and how is it different from the beginning of the Haggada?
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5QUESTIONS TO ASK AT YOUR SEDER
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61. Why do you think we end the Seder with a song for children?
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72. How do you think the message of the song is connected to Seder night?
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83. How does this song connect to our lives today?