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the second cup — the cup of redemption — כוס גאולה

Posted on 2012/03/30 by davka

[Orig­i­nal­ly pub­lished in 2012.03.30 as: “#blo­gex­o­dus : (the cup of) redemp­tion”] Think of each cup of wine as a toast to the gen­er­a­tions of our peo­ple who com­mit­ted them­selves to the strug­gle for lib­er­a­tion in their own day. With the sec­ond cup … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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#blogexodus : freedom — braiding three strands

Posted on 2012/03/29 by davka

a braid of three strands There are many pos­si­ble modes for under­stand­ing the events retold in the Pesach Hag­gadah. Of these, three are braid­ed togeth­er so that, if we con­cen­trate exclu­sive­ly on any one of them, we dimin­ish the spe­cial … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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