In Every Generation We Are Obligated To Feel As If We Have Just Left Egyptian Slavery (Haggada shel Pesach) By Malka Taub
Pesach celebrates the most famous journey that the “Wandering Jews” ever took. Leaving Egyptian bondage on their way to Kaballat Hatorah and Eretz Yisrael was nothing short of a dream come true. The Seder is celebrated with a great degree of simcha, yet when one pauses to think about it, for these thousands of years since the Exodus the majority of Pesach-seder experiences have been “celebrated” under adverse circumstances. Despite this, we as a people of extraordinary emunah and trust in Hashem have managed to draw out the simcha in our sedarim. Through the grace of G-d we “Netanyatim” are celebrating Pesach right here in Eretz Yisrael, the realization of the collective dream of Bnei Yisrael. Of course the Geula
closer. My husband often says that Netanya is the best kept secret in Eretz Yisrael and I know you would all agree. The majesty of the sea (the Yam Hagadol), the Torah diversity, hundreds of Batei Knesset (shuls), Yeshivot, Kollelim, Chabad centers and the unique Chassidic Kiryat Zanz community; not to mention the expansive and beautifully rebuilt kikar and of course the availability of kosher eateries. While perhaps we do not quite have the kedushah of Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh, if one listens and observes closely one can feel the kedushah of Eretz Yisrael in Ir Hakodesh Netanya and in the sacred walls of our Beit Knesset Hechadash.
For me growing up in a home where Eretz Yisrael was always at the ...for these thousands of years since the Exodus the forefront — majority of Pesach-seder experiences were “celebrated” making aliyah under adverse circumstances. was always my dream. Nine years Shlaiyma is not here yet and the Beit ago, that dream came true. Hamikdash must still be rebuilt. But To leave our families and especially one cannot deny that the footsteps of our grandchildren was very difficult for redemption are approaching closer and both of us and we hope and pray that
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