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mind together we cannot solve the further
Jochai ( Tanis 6a ) " if Israel does not fulfil
the wish of the Lord , failing to serve the
Under such conditions without putting your
problems . Hence says Rabbi Simeon ben
individual " .
gratify selfish aims , then each man will gather-in
for himself only , instead of all to help to gather your
and visionary power is not united , man will remain in his heart
They will not work in union . If physical power , spiritual power
corn , your wine and your oil .
selfish and think only of one's personal advantage to
our duty ) . Of course the individual will
freedom from fear , fear of starvation in the
the yourself is thy greatest enemy , the self-
seeking self .
Freedom from want cannot be fulfilled nor
coming for the people in need . They will
aside , and serve other gods , and worship them " ,
think of the animals first ( which is of course
eat and be full but : " Take heed to yourself ,
that your heart be not deceived , and 1ye turn
midst of plenty . Help will not be easily forth-
good land which the Lord 1giveth you . "
two masters , and you worship self-interest , isolating
" And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you , and he
shut up the heavens , that there is no rain , and that the land
yourself , under such conditions the goods are your gods .
And you serve Mammon and God . And you cannot serve
yield not her fruit and lest 1ye perish quickly from off the
adds and in your soul , searching your soul .
For without the vision to serve the Lord your God with all
up these my words in your heart and in your soul . " The text
the problem of life cannot be solved . " Therefore shall 1ye lay
your heart and with all your soul and with all your might
in the first part of the Shmah , we have first " and
to the children any more diligently and the
shall teach them to your children . " And as we have go-
they may be as frontlets between your eyes . " First to
them without visionary power .
to bind them for a sign upon your hand , that
ne through the mill , we need not teach them
children will grasp now what will befall
bind them to have the vision and then " And 1ye
And the sequence in the text is different than
And they are ( 1 ) Matzo ; ( 2 ) Bitter Herbs ; ( 3 ) Salt-water and
just as there is a message sealed in the four emblems which
back .
And the tsitsits had a message sealed inside the knots
Charauses ( a kind of fruit mixture in likeness of the
appearance of mortar ) ; and ( 4 ) an attitude to lean
are used on Passover , to depict the " time of our freedom " .
symbolises the bitterness that is hurled against us .
( 1 ) Matzos is deficient bread , ( LECHEM ANJO in Hebrew ) ,
and that God dwells within us .
We eat it . We accept it , to show we have self-control
to learn . Education is always the most important task .
so are we deficient without spiritual knowledge , and to
Education gives : Freedom of Speech . ( 2 ) Bitter Herbs
cure our mental incapacity we should be willing
facts " together and explains them , represents the Oral
the salt-water at the Seder-Table represents the Covenant of the Torah
Self-control gives us : Freedom to worship God . ( 3 ) Salt Water and Charauses :
ourselves and have peace with one-another . And the sweet
Mortar ( the CHARAUSES in Hebrew ) that binds all the " hard-
( MELACH BRITH ELOHECHO in Hebrew , Salt is the covenant of 1thy God ,
Tradition .
Levit. 2 , 13 . ) Salt preserves and we should have this salt in
11 ) . That gives us freedom from want .
meek : " But the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall
Living the life of the Torah ( " dipping-in " ) makes us
delight themselves in the abundance of Peace " ( Psalm 37 ,
We dip into both , at the Seder . And we want to understand
more of the Torah and the Oral Tradition , our inheritance .
( This is the PARDUS . ) Matzo represents
Derush ; ( 4 ) Leaning-back represents Saud .
how to live and accept all the bitterness
and the sweet Mortar in which we dip-in represents
is called : The Feast of Matzos . The
principle and this gives us " a wink " ( Remez )
represents Remez ; ( 3 ) Dipping-in represents
that is hurled against us . The Salt-water
the literal meaning of Pesach which
( 1 ) Matzo represents Peshat ; ( 2 ) Moraur
Bitter-Herbs represent the spiritual
the richness of the Law and that we should
freedoms " which are Divine . There are four ways of
burdens of Egypt . ( 2 ) I will rid you of their bondage .
redemption : ( 1 ) I will bring you out from under the
And we answer , that the Lord our God gave us " four freedoms "
without which Society cannot make progress . And we drink
" four cups " to thank the Lord our God for the " four
burdens of Egypt : How was it that Israel was
Because , they kept the Passover and they were
people . ( 1 ) I will bring you out from under the
( 3 ) I will redeem you . ( 4 ) I will take you to me for a
was known even to Abraham and Lot .
brought out from under the burdens of Egypt ?
eating Matzos in Egypt and the " Feast of Matzos "
derived little comfort from it .