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The Matzah, is also called the Bread of Affliction
Why is Matzah so indispensable on Pesach? Why does the Torah refer to Pesach as Chag HaMatzot, "the feast of Matzot"? Why is this simple meal a basis of Jewish ideology and experience? Why does the Matzah come to symbolize the symbol of human freedom? Matzah has many aspects. It is also called "the bread of affliction", the bread of the poor man, eaten by slaves, but it is also the bread of liberation and freedom. Let's try to probe its multiple meanings. Bread is fundamental in life, but Matzah is the most basic bread, the simplest food made by...
"Nisan" the month of Redemption
In Nisan we were redeemed and in Nisan we will be redeemed! (Rabbi Yeoshúa, T. Rosh Hashana) We have reached the new month of Nisan, also called "The Month of Miracles ", Month of Redemption and Liberation, but why is this month so special and important? Almost everyone knows that in this month, on the fourteenth day we celebrate the Passover holiday also known as "Chag HaMatzot" But not everyone knows the meaning of its month name, and they also do not know that it has other names, let's see: It is also known as: "Chodesh HaRishon" the first month,...
Kimja de Pisja "Time to help those in need"
"Love your neighbor as your own life" "Kimja de Pisja" has arrived, the time of the harvest, would you like to help us? 'Kimja de Pisja' can be said to be "like a Tzedaka", but still at a very high level, because through it we help those most in need to joyfully fulfill a great Mitzva: Pesach! (Chag ha Matzot) Kimja de Pisja is an ancient custom generalized in the different Jewish communities, which during the days of Nisan (This next month) each of its members is asked to contribute to "Maot Chitim" (money for wheat) according to their means....
Matzah the food that heals
Pesach is a Holy holiday and Hashem sanctified us with his precepts and ordered us to eat Matzah. The Mitzvah (commandment) to eat Matzah is very special and has several very high Secrets, so much so that Zohar Hakadosh himself calls it "the Food That Heals" because it helps to heal the soul. It is written in the name of the Ari z "l that who cares on Pesach of the prohibition of Hametz (leavened foods) and complies with all rabbinic opinions on Matzah and takes care entirely not to transgress, then he is promised that He will not sin...
On that day the Eternal will strike, as the spike strikes ...
Could this be the fulfillment of another prophecy? We have witnessed several cases in which one or two members of a family approach the Torah and consequently the Blessed Creator, later they travel to Israel even thanks to them, the whole family maintains some contact with the values of the Torah (the Creator) Judaism and the promised land. It is written "In the future Yaacob's roots will sprout, Israel will flourish and fill the face of the earth with understanding" (Isaiah 27, 6) Our sages explain that in the future, that is, at the end of time: "I will cause...