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Notre Dame and the Jews

 

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The Israeli company sparking a revolution in the art world

 

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Winery cultivates caring for Israel along with the grapes

 

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10 things you didn’t know about Passover

 

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Feast your eyes on these 7 antique and modern Seder plates

 

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Israeli social business offers a new way to live in cities

 

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10 of the best Israeli books for children

 

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Nissan 12, 5779 · April 17, 2019
Pesach

Adapted by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Pesach is the festival of liberation, it celebrates a historical event: The exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. But one of the tasks that the event lays upon us is that “in every generation, and every day, a Jew must see himself as if he had that day been liberated from Egypt.” The implication is that freedom was not won once and for all. It needs constant guarding. And that every day and every environment carries its own equivalent of “Egypt”—a power to undermine the freedom of the Jew. Perhaps the most potent threat comes from within the individual himself. It is the conviction that certain achievements are beyond him: The strong and comfortable belief that he was not born to reach the heights of the religious life. To believe this is to set bars around oneself, to imprison oneself in an illusion. Pesach is thus an ongoing process of self-liberation. And the festival and its practices are symbols of a struggle that is constantly renewed within the Jew, to create the freedom in which to live out his eternal vocation.

 

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Hadassah’s agricultural school goes back to Zionist roots to help at-risk youth

 

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"We are continuing the process of redeeming the lands even now. Over the past year, the JNF has also been engaged in afforestation (planting trees to restore forests) and solutions to the water problem, and we have added activities that are dominant in education, to prepare youth to be leaders in this country. We recognize that the people have arisen on their land thanks to the youth. We work with youth movements and prepare and we have amazing youth and we are preparing an outstanding future generation," he said.

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'500,000 Jews in the Galilee, 1 million in the Negev'

 

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How to Conduct a Passover Seder | My Jewish Learning

 

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Today is Thursday, Nissan 13, 5779 · April 18, 2019


• Haman's Decree (357 BCE)
In the 12th year of his reign (357 BCE), King Achashverosh of Persia endorsed Haman's plan "to destroy, kill and annihilate all Jews, from young to old, infants and women, on a single day, on the 13th day of the 12th month, the month of Adar." On Nissan 13 (11 months before the date chosen for the massacre) proclamations of the decree were drafted and dispatched to all 127 countries of the Persian Empire. Mordechai told Esther to go before the king and plead for her people. Esther asked that a three-day fast be proclaimed (Nissan 14, 15 and 16--including the first two days of Passover) in which all Jews would repent and pray for the success of her mission.

 

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Pesach 2019: Drink and learn at the Tura winery

 

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Passover and the freedom of the Jews (Forest Rain) ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

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Ofra Haza - Chai (חי) lyrics + English translation

 

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