310.474.0559 / webmaster@kahaljoseph.org
10505 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025
310.474.0559 / webmaster@kahaljoseph.org
10505 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025
Dear friends,
Passover is a celebration of liberation and hope.
I am very thankful that our synagogue is open now for Shabbat and the Holy Days, and hope that in the very near future we will be able to celebrate life at its fullest at Kahal Joseph.
I thank you from all my heart for your continuous support of our synagogue in these challenging times, and on behalf of The Board of Directors and myself I wish you and your families a healthy and happy Passover.
Yvette Dabby, President
Shalom,
We are so blessed to be celebrating the holiday of our liberation, Pesach. A time when the energy and potential for growth are annually renewed. This holiday has many names, all inherently connected to its abundant positive elements and spiritual blessings that come through their reenactment every year. Our tradition enables us to connect to this energy in an ever-increasing manner, no matter where and when we find ourselves.
The order of the Seder and the recitation of the Haggadah are part of the process of integrating this energy into our lives. There are 15 steps of the Seder, which correspond to the numerical value of the first two letters of Hashem’s name, yud (10) and hey (5). Although we are going in order, we are able to go out of the limitations that may be ‘enslaving’ us on a spiritual level. This is highlighted by the name of the holiday; one meaning of ‘Pesach’ is ‘skipping’ in Hebrew.
And like the Passover offering, the Seder service is intrinsically connected with the community. This is implied in the name of our traditional Seder booklet, the ‘Haggadah,’ which means ‘telling’. The practice of reading the Haggadah comes from the Torah commandment, or mitzvah: ‘And you shall tell your [children] on that day. On Pesah night, it is a mitzvah to tell our children the story of our Exodus from slavery and our journey to freedom.
Getting our children and the younger generation involved and engaged is one of the main highlights of Pesah. That is why the four questions are asked by children near the start of the Seder in the Haggadah. Creating a conversation about our journey to freedom is the reason. It is the motivation behind many Seder customs which were created to keep us and our children engaged. Click here to read more . . .
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