In September, it's the right time to talk about... the Seder?

 

Hebrew-

Our warmup: Achalti…. Sandvich!

Parsha words from Sunday

Pronoun Chant! With Verve!

Music! Im tirzi! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-_XAt1OFNI

Big four (below)

Time permitting:   עמידה

https://www.sefaria.org/Siddur_Ashkenaz%2C_Weekday%2C_Shacharit%2C_Amidah%2C_Patriarchs?vhe=The_Metsudah_siddur,_1981&lang=he

 

PARSHA- 

1)     Quiz!

2)    Arami Oved Avi

a.     Haggadah text

https://www.sefaria.org/Pesach_Haggadah%2C_Magid%2C_First_Fruits_Declaration.2?ven=Koren_Publishers,_Jerusalem,_2013&lang=bi

 

b.     Full text- what is shared?

3)    Godcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1_ymiQr34E

 

4)    Can I get an Amen?

a.     Why these mountains? https://www.bibleplaces.com/blog/2008/12/acoustics-of-mounts-gerizim-and-ebal/

b.     https://bibleandtech.blogspot.com/2008/12/using-digital-mapping-tools-mount-ebal.html

c.     Let’s look at those curses? Which curse do you think is the most about justice? Which is the strangest?

d.     What do these curses have in common?  What is the goal of saying them out loud and having the people say AMEN?

e.     Commentary: R. Adin Steinzatltz,

                                                    i.     Why do we need commentators?

                                                  ii.     Who can be a Torah commentator?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

וְלָקַחְתָּ

Valakachta

Velakachta

Velakachata

Velakacht

Velas catching

 

 

 

 

 

מֵרֵאשִׁית

Me’rayshees

Mayraya’sheet

Mayraysheet

Mayrayseet

May’s grey sheet

 

 

 

 

 

וִירִשְׁתָּהּ

Vareeshtah

Veerees’tah

Veereeshe’tah

Veereeshtah

Veer East, yah?

 

 

 

 

 

 וְיָשַׁבְתָּ

Vayashavtah

Veyashavtah

Vayasha’vehtah

Vaya’savtah

Viya’s Savtah

 

 

 

 

 

מִמִּצְרַיִם

Mamatzrayim

Meemeetzrim

Meemeetzrayim

Meemee’arayim

Memes are trying

 

 

 

 

 

 

לַלֵּוִי

Laleevee

Lale’ooee

Le’leivee

Lalayvee

Layla V.

 

 

 

 

 לַגֵּר

Laneir

Lageid

Laneid

Lageir

Langour

 

 

 

 

 

 לַיָּתוֹם

Laiyatom

Layatom

Laiyatoom

Laiyatvom

Laila and Tom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 וְלָאַלְמָנָה

Vala’almanah

Ve’lal’manah

Vela’aleimanah

Vela’almanah

Velas Alamanac

 

 

 

 

 

וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָ

Vehish’tachavita

Vahish’tachavita

Vehishe’tachavita

Vehis’tachavita

Vacht likes Pita

 

 

 

The Big Four Format: Nouns and Adjectives

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
none	masculine singular	סוּס (horse) טוֹב סוּס (good horse)
ָה      (Kamatz and He)	feminine singular	סוּסָה   (mare) סוּסָה טוֹבָה     (good mare)
ִים     (Chirik, Yud and Mem)	masculine plural	סוּסִים   (horses) סוּסִים טוֹבִים     (good horses)
וֹת (Cholam and Tav)	feminine plural	סוּסוֹת   (mares) סוּסוֹת טוֹבוֹת     (good mares)
And sometimes, there is this special suffix….
ַיִם       (Patach, Yud with Chirik and Mem)	masculine and feminine noun dual form	יָדַיִם   (two hands)

 

 

 

 

1)     How many months is the Passover seder from the 1^st night of sukkot?

a.     5 months

b.     6 months

c.     8 months

d.     9 months, 15 days

e.     You can’t food me.  Sukkot is the Hebrew Name of Passover!

 

2)    Which of the following is not part of the Passover seder:

a.     Kiddush

b.     Urchatz

c.     Karpas

d.     Yachatz

e.     Maggid

 

3)    Good job! What else is NOT part of the seder?

a.     Hand washing

b.     Hamotzi

c.     More handwashing

d.     Eating Matza as dessert

e.     Asking four new questions each year

 

4)    And anything else that is not part of the seder?

a.     Tzafun

b.     Barech

c.     Hallel

d.     Nirtzah

e.     The Apikorus

 

5)    What’s one of the things many Conservative Jewish families don’t do in part of the seder after the meal?

a.     Barech (Grace after meals)

b.     Hallel (more singing praises to God

c.     The Third cup of wine

d.     The Fourth cup of wine

e.     There’s a part of the seder after the meal??

 

6)    Which of the following does not take place only  in maggid, the telling and asking part of the seder

a.     Four cups of wine

b.     Four questions

c.     Rabban Gamliel’s 3 things you have to talk about

d.     The ten plauges

e.     Singing Daieynu

 

7)    Wait, what does Passover have to do with this week’s Torah portion?

a.     It doesn’t,  it’s just Jewish trivia.

b.     “My father was a wanderer from Aram” is in the portion and the Haggadah

c.     “The ten plagues “  are in the portion and in he Haggadah.

d.     “Who knows One” is in the portion and in the haggadah

e.     It doesn’t, Mar Hirsch ran out of questions on the parshah.

 

8)    So what else is in this portion?

a.     Kosher and Treyf  (Yiddish for “torn,” or not kosher)

b.     Laws of good and evil

c.     Verses of Blessings and Curses

d.     A review of all the ancient Jewish holidays

e.     A warning not to disturb the Ark of the Covenant.

 

9)    Anything else in this part of the Torah

a.     Saving a portion  of your crops for the widow a

b.     Saving a portion  of your crops for the orphan

c.     Saving a portion  of your crops for the stranger

d.     Saving a portion of your crops for the landless Levites

e.     Dude, you’re supposed to save a portion for all of those people.

 

10) Okay, fine.  But what is this about reading a part of the Torah quietly and in a subdued tone?

a.     It talks about the death of Miriam

b.     It talks about the death of Aharon

c.     It talks about the death of Moses

d.     It talks about a whole lot of curses for not following the Torah

e.     I’m not falling for this!  We always read torah loudly and clearly.

 

 

 

Ki TavoDevarim (Duet.) 26:1-11

When you enter the land that Adonai your God is giving you as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it,  you shall take some of every first fruit of the soil, which you harvest from the land that Adonai your God is giving you, put it in a basket and go to the place where Adonai your God will choose to establish the Divine Name.

You shall go to the kohen (priest) in charge at that time and say to him, “I declare this day before Adonai your God that I have entered the land that Adonai swore to our ancestors to assign us.”  The priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down in front of the altar of Adonai your God.

You shall then recite as follows before Adonai your God: “My father was a wanderer from Aram. He went down to Egypt small in number and lived there; but there he became a great and numerous nation.  The Egyptians dealt harshly with us and enslaved us; they imposed heavy labor upon us.  We cried to Adonai, the God of our ancestors, and Adonai heard our plea and saw our plight, our misery, and our enslavement.  Adonai freed us from Egypt by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm and awesome power, and by signs and wonders.”

“He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And so I now bring the first fruits of the soil which You, Adonai, have given me.” You shall leave it before Adonai your God and bow low before Adonai your God. And you shall enjoy, together with the family of the Levite and the stranger in your midst, all the bounty that Adonai your God has bestowed upon you and your household.

 

Devarim Chapter 27: Can I get an “Amen!”???

It was then that Moses charged the people, saying:

After you have crossed the Jordan, the following shall stand on Mount Gerizim when the blessing for the people is spoken: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

And for the curse, the following shall stand on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

The Levites shall then proclaim in a loud voice to all the people of Israel:

1.      Cursed be any party who makes a sculptured or molten image, abhorred by Adonai, a craftsman’s handiwork, and sets it up in secret [for worship].—And all the people shall respond, Amen!

2.     Cursed be the one who publicly insults father or mother.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

3.     Cursed be the one who moves a neighbor’s landmark.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

4.     Cursed be the one who misdirects a blind person who is underway.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

5.     Cursed be the one who subverts the rights of the stranger, the orphan, and the widow.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

6.     Cursed be the one who strikes down a fellow in secret.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

7.     Cursed be the one who accepts a bribe in the case of the murder of an innocent person.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

8.     Cursed be whoever will not uphold the terms of this Teaching and observe them.—And all the people shall say, Amen!

9.       

Rabbi Adin Shteinzalts:

“The following eleven curses do not pertain to those prohibitions which are of the greatest severity; neither do they include fundamental precepts such as those which appear in the Ten Commandments. Rather, the curses pertain to those transgressions that are performed in secret. Since the transgressors assume that their deeds will not be discovered, the people must publicly take an oath not to perform these actions. For example, the focus of the first curse is not the prohibition against crafting a molten image in itself, but the secretive worship of idolatry. If any Jew openly worships idols, the court is obligated to eliminate that person from among the people. However, if one conceals one’s idolatrous worship, no one is aware of their deeds, and therefore, the public oath is necessary.”

 

Now, if you obey your God Adonai, to observe faithfully all the divine commandments which I enjoin upon you this day, your God Adonai will set you high above all the nations of the earth.	But if you do not obey your God Adonai to observe faithfully all the commandments and laws which I enjoin upon you this day
All these blessings shall come upon you and take effect, if you will but heed the word of your God Adonai:	All these curses shall come upon you and take effect:
Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the country.	Cursed shall you be in the city and cursed shall you be in the country.
Blessed shall be your issue from the womb, your produce from the soil, and the offspring of your cattle, the calving of your herd and the lambing of your flock.	Cursed shall be your issue from the womb and your produce from the soil, the calving of your herd and the lambing of your flock.
Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.	Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Blessed shall you be in your comings and blessed shall you be in your goings.	Cursed shall you be in your comings and cursed shall you be in your goings.

Devarim Chapter 27: Blessings and curses