"On #Seder night too, the #Torah gave us a #mitzvah – a beautiful opportunity – “to relate the story of the #Exodus”. This means generations sitting together and exploring the narrative, telling what happened to our ancestors and connecting to the freedom as #Hashem took us out of #Egypt with miracles.

It’s the themes of faith, nationhood, gratitude and mission. And the #rabbis enshrined this in fifteen Seder night steps and the #Haggadah text – albeit currently one that not all of us understand. So how do we navigate that balance?

To ditch the Haggadah altogether is to ignore key text and the rabbis’ Seder night wisdom and guidance. Yet to recite the Haggadah without knowing what it says is to forgo the educational opportunity that is Seder night! Especially since some of the stages in Seder night are aimed at piquing children’s interest – some of the steps or the encouragement of questions."

https://www.thejc.com/judaism/how-to-make-your-seder-more-child-friendly-y1219a6j

A major attack on the southern suburbs of #Beirut, #Lebanon - the goal was to strike meeting of the #Hezbollah commanders, including the successor to the recently eliminated #Nasrallah!

It is not yet clear if this new boss #Hashem #Safieddine was also killed.

Hezbollah has a serious internal security problem, probably shouldn't hold such meetings....

Dear ה׳‎ ‎ (#HaShem), please stop putting things on top of «on top of «on top»». Three days in a row is quite a lot in addition to the things already on my shoulders.
– Sincerely yours, a #grieving #neurodivergent (#AuDHD ) and #disabled little jew

As Yaakov and his family head down to Egypt the #Torah, in this week's #Parsha calls him #Yisrael (which makes sense since his name was already changed). But as #Hashem calls to him in a dream, he is referred to by his old name, #Yaakov (twice, in fact).
Why the old name? And why twice?

Poem time!

Six-Year-Old Theologian by Robert H. Deluty, from his collection The Matter of Families.

Six-Year-Old Theologian

Uncommonly solemn
He sadly concludes
There’s one thing
God simply can’t do –
Have a birthday party

https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/the-matter-of-families/

This week's #Torah #Kasha #Parsha #LechLecha #Judaism

In #yeshiva, I learned that promises of good or rewards in #Tanakh are guaranteed, but promises of punishments are not neccesary, they 're like warnings. So for example when #Hashem promises success through the #Navi, it's guaranteed, but if He promises #exile, it's possible to avoid it.

If so, then why did so many #Rishonim try to calculate the #400years of slavery? Why didn't they just say "The warning no longer applied after ~200 years"