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We thank the following synagogues who have pledged to be Pillars of the Torah To-Go® project Congregation Ahavas Achim Highland Park, NJ Congregation Ahavath Torah Englewood, NJ Congregation Beth Shalom Rochester, NY Congregation Shaarei Tefillah Newton Centre, MA The Jewish Center New York, NY Young Israel of Beth El in Boro Park Brooklyn, NY Young Israel of Century City Los Angeles, CA Young Israel of New Hyde Park New Hyde Park, NY Young Israel of West Hempstead West Hempstead, NY Richard M. Joel, President and Bravmann Family University Professor, Yeshiva University Rabbi Kenneth Brander, Vice President for University and Community Life, Yeshiva University Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, David Mitzner Dean, Center for the Jewish Future Rabbi Menachem Penner, Max and Marion Grill Dean, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Rabbi Robert Shur, Series Editor Rabbi Joshua Flug, General Editor Rabbi Michael Dubitsky, Editor Andrea Kahn, Copy Editor Copyright © 2016 All rights reserved by Yeshiva University Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future 500 West 185th Street, Suite 419, New York, NY 10033 • office@yutorah.org • 212.960.0074 This publication contains words of Torah. Please treat it with appropriate respect. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Paul Glasser at 212.960.5852 or paul.glasser@yu.edu. 2 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary • The Benjamin and Rose Berger CJF Torah To-Go Series • Pesach 5776
Table of Contents Pesach—Yom Haatzmaut 2016/5776 Dedicated in memory of Cantor Jerome L. Simons The Seder of the Seder Rabbi Benjamin Blech . . . . . .. . ..................................................................... Page 5 Defining Mesorah Rabbi Reuven Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................... Page 8 In Time, Out of Time, or Beyond Time? Women and Sefiras HaOmer Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................................... Page 13 The Giving Jew: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Yachatz and Hachnasat Orchim Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................. Page 17 Understanding an Unfriendly Minhag: Not Eating Out on Pesach Rabbi Yona Reiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................ Page 21 Freedom To…Not Freedom From: Pesach and the Road to Redemption Mrs. Shoshana Schechter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................. Page 26 When Iyov Left Egypt Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................. Page 30 How do We Transmit Emunah? Maximizing the Pesach Seder Ilana Turetsky, Ed.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................. Page 33 The Original Birthright: Seder Night in Jerusalem Rabbi Daniel Yolkut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................. Page 37 Insights to the Pesach Seder From the Rabbinic Alumni Committee of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary . . . . . . . Page 39 Yom Haatzmaut: An Introduction Mrs. Stephanie Strauss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................. Page 45 Eretz Yisroel: The Prism of God Rabbi Nissim Abrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................. Page 48 The Meaning of the Establishment of the State of Israel Rabbi David Bigman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................................................. Page 50 3 Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary • The Benjamin and Rose Berger CJF Torah To-Go Series • Pesach 5776
Page 1: Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Se
Page 5 and 6: Introduction For some families, it
Page 7 and 8: categories of time: Hoyah means was
Page 9 and 10: Defining Mesorah Every year, on the
Page 11 and 12: Soloveitchik more than thirty years
Page 13 and 14: with its traditional values and pro
Page 15 and 16: voluntary acceptance in deference t
Page 17 and 18: of the Torah. 24 Thus, this mitzvah
Page 19 and 20: 1. It is Difficult and Uncomfortabl
Page 21 and 22: in general, and man in particular,
Page 23 and 24: legimah shemekarevet et harechokim
Page 25 and 26: Of course, the question still linge
Page 27 and 28: Freedom To…Not Freedom From: Pesa
Page 29 and 30: We are commanded to eat matzah, poo
Page 31 and 32: When Iyov Left Egypt In foretelling
Page 33 and 34: of Divine favor. On the other hand,
Page 35 and 36: the son unable to even ask his own
Page 37 and 38: offered by individuals, be it for a
Page 39 and 40: Urchatz On Pesach, we wash before e
Page 41 and 42: Insights to the Pesach Seder From t
Page 43 and 44: Maggid Rabbi Binyamin Blau Rabbi, G
Page 45 and 46: after year in order to initiate the
Page 47 and 48: and weigh at least 110 pounds to be
Page 49 and 50: in the country of Egypt and beyond.
Page 51 and 52: establishment. Social and economic
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human capacity, for God never gives
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In attempting to deal with Rashi’
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וְ‏ לֹא תָ‏ קִ‏ יא
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the four species (lulav, etrog…)
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commentary on Bereishit Raba, Rav Z
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the many interactions with each and
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Yeshiva University I Azrieli Gradua
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We thank the following synagogues a
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Westville Synagogue New Haven, CT Y
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