איו קדושה בלי הכנה
One can not truly achieve the ultimate Holiness
without intense preparation .
There is no
Holiday that can compare to Pesach when it comes to preparation and there is no
doubt that the more preparation we do,
the greater the feeling of Kedusha permeates our spiritual being.
This may be
the reason, that after all our preparation, we begin our Seder with קדש, the
Sanctification of the Yom Tov, telling the world we are ready to live a life of
קדושה, a life of freedom, a life of Torah and Yirat Shamayim.
One of the
main aspects of Holiness, is the Santification of Time to reflect upon our past
history and how it must continuously motivate us to greater spiritual heights.
This is the essence of the Mitzvah of Sipur Yeziat Mitzrayim, not only to tell
the story of the Exodus but to actually relive that experience, by fulfilling
all the Mitzvot at the Seder. Thereby, bringing the story into a state of
reality. Critical for this fulfillment is the need for Retrospection. As the Rav
suggests - to transport that glorious exodus from the distant past into a
creative living experience in the present.
The next
important component in relating the story is Anticipation in our projection of
our Aspirations into the future.
Finally,
when we retell the story of our Exodus using Retrospection and
Anticipation -it
will, ultimately, lead to a great sense of Appreciation and Hodaah and Hallel to
Hashem for all His Beneficence and Brachot that He constantly bestows upon Klall
Yisrael.
"לפיכך אנחנו
חייבים להודות " It is therefore our duty to,thank, praise, laud, glorify,
exalt, honor, bless, extol, and adore Him who performed for our fathers and for
us all of these wonders".
These words of
the Passover Hagadah set the tone for the entire evening as we experience the
Seder. Clearly we express our thanks to G-D, as we commemorate the greatest
events of history, the exodus from Egypt which impressed itself indelibly upon
the whole Jewish tradition.
Pesach is a
new way of looking at the world. It is seeing things not only as they are but
what they can be. It tells us that in moments of deepest suffering there is
still hope. In times of stress, there is still reason to hold fast to one's
faith. It teaches us that the human spirit, when there is the sense of faith,
can triumph even over subjugation and oppression. It provides us with a most
important ingredient without which we could not live, " A promise for the
future."
The
Abarbarnel said " The first Redemption is a testimony to the Redemption of the
future". He saw the Passover of Egypt as the first in a process which
constituted the testimony for the full Redemption of the Jewish people in the
future.
Reb Shlomo
Carlbach said: " I do not know when the Redemption will happen, I do not know
exactly how it will happen. It is true I may not have all the answers, but one
thing I do know beyond a shadow of a doubt, is that the Mashiach will
come."
Let us
conclude the Seder with dancing and singing with our family and our friends
convinced that this is the year that we will usher in the
גאולה שלמה
.
חג כשר
ושמח
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