Short ideas for the Seder Table culled from various Haggadot. Adapted and Narrated by Rabbi Ze'ev Kraines www.ohrsandton.com
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STUDIES OF MEGILAS ESTHER & THE HAGGADAH BASED ON THE COMMENTARY OF THE RAMA CALLED “MECHIR YAYIN.” IT IS A BEAUTIFUL HOMILETICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEGILAH AS A PARABLE OF THE 3 STAGES OF HUMAN LIFE.
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By Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
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Haggadah Class#12: "B'chol Dor V'Dor" / "Lefichach"/ Hallel / Birchas Asher Ge'alanu"
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HAGGADAH CLASS #11: "RABAN GAMLIEL HAYA OMEIR" - PESACH, MATZAH, & MAROR
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Haggadah Class #9 : "10 Plaques" & "Detzach, Adash, V'Achav"
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HAGGADAH CLASS #8: "V'HI SHE'AMDA" & "TZAY U'LEMAD"
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HAGGADAH CLASS #7: "BARUCH SHOMEIR HAVTACHASO" & "V'HI SHE'AMDA"
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HAGGADAH CLASS #6: "MITCHILA OVDEI AVODA ZORA..."
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HAGGADAH CLASS #5: "MA'ASE B'REBI ELIEZER" / "AMAR REBBI ELAZAR"
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HAGGADAH CLASS #4 - MA NISHTANA / AVADIM HAYINU
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A SERIES OF CLASSES BASED ON THE COMMENTARY "MA'ASE NISIM" FROM RAV YAAKOV (LORBERBAUM) OF LISA (1760 -1832).By Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
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HAGGADH CLASS #3 - THE SHEHECHIYANU BERACHA / HA LACHMA ANYA
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A SERIES OF CLASSES BASED ON THE COMMENTARY "MA'ASE NISIM" FROM RAV YAAKOV (LORBERBAUM) OF LISA (1760 -1832).By Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
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HAGGADAH CLASS #2 - WHERE IS THE BERACHA ON THE MITZVAH OF SIPUR YETZIAS MITZRAYIM ?
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A SERIES OF CLASSES BASED ON THE COMMENTARY "MA'ASE NISIM" FROM RAV YAAKOV (LORBERBAUM) OF LISA (1760 -1832).By Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
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HAGGADAH CLASS #1 - INTRODUCTION : HASHEM LOVES OUR PRAISES ON SEDER NIGHT
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A SERIES OF CLASSES BASED ON THE COMMENTARY "MA'ASE NISIM" FROM RAV YAAKOV (LORBERBAUM) OF LISA (1760 -1832).By Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
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Class #15: 9,20 -10,3: THE ETERNAL MESSAGE OF THE MEGILAH TO THE SOUL
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READING THE MEGILAH REMINDS US OF OUR OBLIGATION TO FULFILL MITZVOS: WHY WOMEN ARE OBLIGATED IN MEGILAH & WHY PURIM WILL NEVER BE NULLIFIED: THE WORDS OF THE MEGILAH ARE MAINTENANCE FOR THE SOUL - NOT THE BODY: THE HUMAN IS GREATER THAN AN ANIMAL ONLY BY VIRTUE OF HIS ABILITY TO GO TO OLAM HABA: THE WORLD EXISTS IN THE MERIT OF THE TZADDIK:…
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Class #14: 9,12 - 19: How to Have Eternal Life & Have Something to Look Forward to at that Time
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THE DAILY FIGHT WITH THE YETZER HORA BRINGS ONE TO SUSPEND ONESELF TO THE ETERNAL TREE OF LIFE: A PERSON CAN MERIT PROPHECY BY KILLING HIS YETZER HORA: IN WHAT ASPECT DID BILAAM ‘ARISE’ TO BECOME A PROPHET - LIKE MOSHE: THE VIRTUE OF ERETZ YISROEL TO ACHIEVE INTELLECTUAL CONCEPTS: THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE THAT ARE OPEN VS. WALLED…
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Class #13: 9, 6 - 11: DESTROYING THE FORCES OF THE YETZER
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THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 10 FORCES OF THE YETZER HORA: THE OLD PERSON IS REPULSED BY THE CHOMEIR:By Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
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Class #12: Ch. 8, 8 - 9,5:THE TESHUVA THAT OVERTURNS THE PROSECUTOR INTO THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY
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THE OLD PERSON CAN NOT NULLIFY HIS SINS, EXCEPT THROUGH SANCTIFYING HASHEM’S NAME IN THE PLACE WHERE HE DESECRATED IT - ESPECIALLY THROUGH TORAH STUDY: MASTERS OF IMAGINATION CAN DO TESHUVA IN ONE DAY: SEVEN DAYS BETWEEN THE DATE OF MOSHE’S DEATH & PURIM TEACH ABOUT THE LIMITATION OF MOURNING IS 7 DAYS - TO TEACH US THAT THE PAIN OVER DECEASED IS N…
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Class #11: Ch.7, 8 - 8, 7: THE SEICHEL BECOMES THE RULER OVER ALL; HOW TO LIVE THE DAYS OF OLD AGE
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THE LAST FAILED TACTIC OF THE YETZER HORA IS TO SEDUCE THE BODY TO A STATE OF TOTAL DEVEIKUS WITH THE SEICHEL UNTIL IT ABANDONS WHAT IT NEEDS IN ORDER TO PHYSICALLY EXIST: THE SEICHEL BECOMES THE RULER OVER ALL: THE OLD PERSON REPAIRS THE MISTAKES OF HIS YOUTH: THE REDEMPTION APPERS LITTLE BY LITTLEBy Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
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Class #10: Ch. 6,7 - 7, 7: The Total Reversal in the Relationship Between the Imagination and the Tzura
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A PERSON OVERTURNS THE ADVICE OF THE YATZER HORA AND SUBJUGATES IT TO THE SEICHEL: THE YETZER HORA UNDERSTANDS THAT IT HAS LOST HIS MIND:THE SEICHEL & THE BODY TOGETHER CAST DOWN THE YETZER HORA FROM ONE DOWNFALL TO THE NEXT:By Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
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Class #9: Ch. 5,10 - 6,6: The Yetzer Hora Regroups for the Next Attack
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WHEN THE YETZER HORA FAILS WITH ITS SEDUCTIONS TO SIN, IT ATTEMPTS TO ATTRACT THE SEICHEL TO LUSTS, THROUGH THE POWER OF IMAGINATION:THE YETZER HORA COMPLAINS OVER IT’S FAILURE: THE ADVICE OF THE IMAGINATION TO THE YETZER HORA IS TO HAVE THE PERSON ERR IN HIS INTELLECT: A PERSON SEEKS OUT STRATEGIES TO CONSISTENTLY LISTEN TO THE SEICHEL…
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Class #8 - Ch. 4,10 - 5,8: THE SEICHEL & THE CHOMEIR COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE PATHWAY TO TESHUVA
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THE JUDGE ALSO SEES THE CLAIM OF THE CHOMEIR THAT IT IS NOT ABLE TO SUDDENLY MAKE EXTREME CHANGES: ALL THE FORCES OF THE SOUL AGREE TO THE CLAIM OF THE CHOMEIR: THE SEICHAL RESPONDS THAT ALTHOUGH THE CLAIM OF THE CHOMEIR IS GENERALLY CORRECT, BUT IT MUST BE RESTRAINED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION LIKE THIS: EVEN IF THE CHOMEIR REFUSES, SALVATION WILL …
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CLASS #7: Ch. 3, 15 - 4, 9 : THE SEICHEL ENCOURAGES THE CHOMEIR TO DO TESHUVA
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THE AFORE MENTIONED FRIVOLITY ENDANGERS THE SURVIVAL OF THE WORLD: THE NOBLE SOUL TEACHES THE PERSON THE WAYS OF TESHUVA IN HOW TO ESCAPE THE SEDUCTIONS OF THE YETZER HORA:EXPLAINING WHAT IS THE REASON FORHE SUFFERING OF THE RIGHTEOUS & THE EXILE OF THE JEWS: THE CHOMEIR WANTS TO RESTRAIN THE AROUSAL OF THE SEICHEL - BUT IT REFUSES: THE CHOMEIR CAL…
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Class #6 - Ch. 3, 1 - 14: THE YETZER HORA TRIES EVEN HARDER TO GET THE PERSON TO SIN VIA PERSEUSIVE ARGUMENTS AGAINST HASHEM'S HASHGACHA
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THE GREATER A PERSON IS, THE GREATER IS HIS YETZER HORA: ZERESH & HAMAN ARE THE ASPECTS OF THE YETZER HORA THAT EVERYONE BOWS DOEN TO, EXCEPT FOR MORDECHAI WHO HAS A NOBLE SEICHEL, WHO MOCKS IT. THE YETZER HORA DOES NOT TOLERATE THE SEICHEL’S REFUSAL TO SUBMIT, AND TRIES TO CAUSE THE MASSES TO SIN, BY SAYING THAT THE TZADDIK SUFFERS FROM NISAN UNTI…
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Class #5 - Ch. 2, 10-23; DEVELOPING A LOFTIER SEICHAL LIKE MORDECHAI
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12-19: BA’AL HA’AKEIDA SYMBOLIZES THE “OTHER MAIDENS” TO PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW THEIR LUSTS. THEY DO NOT HAVE TRANQUILITY IN OLAM HABA, ESTHER SYMBOLIZES THE PERSON WHO ONLY DOES THE WILL OF HASHEM, AND MERITS TO ENJOY THE RADIANCE OF THE SHECHINA:DEEPER - WHEN IT COMES THE TIME FOR THE SOUL TO STAND BEFORE THE KIN GOF THE WORLD, IT IS LIABLE TO HAVE TO…
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CLASS #4: Ch. 2; 2 - 9: FINDING A MORE COMPLIANT CHOMEIR IN ESTHER DURING THE SECOND STAGE OF LIFE
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WHEN THE DAYS OF STANDING ARRIVE, ONE’S NATURE SETTLES IN ORDER THAT IT CAN FEEL THE TIMES OF THE CHOMEIR AND ADJUST IT TO THE SEICHEL (1-8) ;THE FORCES OF THE SOUL BRING A PURIFIED BODY TO THE SEICHEL (8): ONE WHO LEADS HIS BODY IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED MANOR, WILL MERIT TO ACHIEVE A NOBLE SEICHEL: THE BODY OF THE TZADDIK LEAVES THE CHOMEIR AND BECO…
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CLASS #3: CH. 1, 10 - 22: THE HEAVENLY PROSECUTION AGAINST THE STUBBORN "CHOMEIR"
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ON SHABBOS & WHEN LEARNING TORAH, ONE SENSES THAT HE IS SUNK IN HIS PLEASURES AND DIRECTS THE BODY TO RETURN AND DO GOOD: THE BODY REFUSES AND AROUSES THE ANGER OF THE KING OF THE WORLD: HASHEM TAKES COUNSEL WITH HIS COURT FOR WHAT TO DO TO THE SINNER: THE PROSECUTOR CLAIMS THAT NOT ONLY HAS THE BODY SINNED AGAINST HASHEM, BUT ALSO AGAINST ALL HIS …
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CLASS #2: CH. 1, 2 -9: THE RECKLESSNESS OF THE THE STAGE OF YOUTH:
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WHEN A PERSON BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND THINGS, HE REALIZES THAT A WONDROUS WORLD HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN HIS HANDS: ONCE HE IS WEANED, THE YETZER HORA SEDUCES THE PERSN TO FILL HIMSELF UP WITH ALL THE PHYSICAL PLEASURES: THIS HAPPENS AS MAN SEES THE GLORY OF HIS STATUS UNDER THE HEAVENS. MAN IMAGINES THAT HE WILL FILL HIS DAYS ON OLAM HAZAH & TURN TO FEA…
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Class #1 : INTRODUCTION & CH. 1, 1: THE MEGILAH AS AN ALLEGORY TO THE 3 STAGES OF LIFE
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INTRODUCING THE HUMAN BEING: THE DAYS OF OLAM HAZA, WHERE THE TZURAH IS FORCED TO CONNECT WITH THE CHOMER, ARE PAINFUL FOR IT. THE HUMAN IS A KING REGARDING HIS CHOICE BETWEEN GOOD & EVIL FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS LIFE UNTIL THE END:By Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz
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Hashem's Promise
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Attitude
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Sincere Desire
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Learning Styles
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Rabbi Akiva's Seder
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External Slavery
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Avadim hayinu
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The Child Questions
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Setting the stage
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Getting the symbolism right
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Physical and Spiritual Redemption
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I shall take you as my nation
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The Ultimate Lesson
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Historic and Spiritual
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Step by Step
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We move through special moments
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Overview
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