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NEWSLETTER & RESOURCES
Monday, April 4, 2022
The first Passover Seder is Friday, April 15 - get ready to cook by joining us Wednesday afternoon at 4pm with Chopped Champion, Rachel Goldzal, to learn some amazing Passover recipes! (details below)
In addition, make your Passover easy with this super family friendly downloadable Haggadah.
And don't forget to add positive Joy to your Passover experience by downloading upbeat messages from Barry Shore - the ambassador of Joy podcasts and inspirational cards.
Finally - watch an amazing short video that will show you the awe-inspiring archeological evidence of the exodus from Egypt.
If you'd like a Passover Coach to help you plan and prepare - we have a team of Project Inspire volunteers ready and willing to help you out - just call or text me and we will match you up!
If Pharaoh’s army was destroyed in the Red Sea, evidence of their chariots and weapons may still exist off the coast of Nuweiba Beach. A team of divers and a robotic camera search for ancient artifacts that would further confirm the Biblical account of the Exodus.
Three Fascinating Haggadahs: The Oldest, The Most Beautiful, and The One Written by Heart
Each one has an incredible story to tell.
Oldest Haggadah in the World
While the Exodus story has been told from generation to generation for over 3,500 years, the oldest copy of the Haggadah we read today dates back over 850 years and was found among a store of torn and discarded Jewish books, scrolls and papers found in Cairo.
In 1859, Jacob Saphir set out from Jerusalem on a world tour to raise money to rebuild the Old City’s landmark 15th century Hurva synagogue. The building had been destroyed by the Ottomans over 100 years previously due to a failure to pay rent. It was on his journey through Egypt that Saphir chanced upon the 1200-year-old Ben Ezra synagogue in Fustat, near Cairo.
The Fifth Child at Your Seder? The One Who Isn’t There
This Passover, take the first step towards ending estrangement within your family.
One of the best-known elements of the Passover seder relates to four children – smart, rebellious, simple, and not sure how to ask questions. In today’s fractured society, another person is all too often missing from the seder table. That fifth child is actually an adult…a member of the family with whom we have little contact. This is the relative, who, for whatever reason, we don’t speak to.
Maybe there were disagreements over choices people made, or money, or who knows what. Over time, alas, positions hardened, and now relatives, or entire branches of families, no longer speak to one another. These family feuds can go on for years, decades, even lifetimes, if no one speaks up.
Is Dayenu Really Enough?
The real meaning of one of the Passover seder's most popular songs.
One of the most popular parts of the Passover seder is Dayenu. Jews love it and sing it over and over. For many children, it is their earliest memory of the seder.
There is a problem, however. The words of Dayenu seem to make no sense. Take this stanza: If He had given us the Egyptians' wealth and had not divided the sea for us, it would have been sufficient. Really?
We would have stood at the shores of the Reed Sea, the armed chariots of the Egyptians in hot pursuit. Our new-found wealth would not have stopped the Egyptians from slaughtering us or re-enslaving us, not to mention retaking our wealth. Obviously, it would not have been sufficient had God given us the Egyptians' wealth without an escape route.
