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Pesach teachings over the years (2003-present.)

Shavuot 5778 / 2018 Sarah Yehudit Schneider “And you shall know the soul of a convert // because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” [Ex 23:9] All HaShem’s secrets are buried in the [...]

Pesach 5778 / 2018 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Kadesh. Urchatz We start the seder by pronouncing the fifteen steps that will comprise our evening’s ritual which (among other things) marks the [...]

This Chanukka teaching is dedicated to Yaku, daughter of Heltcha: “Thank you for sharing your light with this world. May blessings of love and healing always be with you on your journeys.” …Karin [...]

Pesach 5777 / 2017 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Blessed be the Makom (Place). Blessed be He. Blessed be the one who gave Torah to His people, Israel. Blessed be He. The Torah addresses four children.  [...]

A Model for Ahavat Yisrael Sarah Yehudit Schneider כִּי הָמָן בֶּן-הַמְּדָתָא הָאֲגָגִי צֹרֵר [צורר] כָּל-הַיְּהוּדִים חָשַׁב עַל-הַיְּהוּדִים לְאַבְּדָם וְהִפִּיל פּוּר הוּא הַגּוֹרָל לְהֻמָּם [...]

Pesach 2015 / 5775 Based on R. Tsadok HaKohen, Tsidkat HaTsadik #218 Sarah Yehudit Schneider Between Barekh and Hallel (stage 13 and stage 14 of the seder)—between thanking HaShem for the meal [...]

Sarah Yehudit Schneider   When is the time for lighting Chanukka candles? The earliest (and preferable) time is sunset but one can still fulfill the mitzvah until pedestrians disappear from the [...]

Pesach 5773 / 2013 Sarah Yehudit Schneider The 12th step in our seder is called Tsafun—meaning hidden or secret. It follows the festive meal and marks the time for “dessert” which, at the seder, [...]

A Pesach Teaching  Based on the Haggadot of Maharal[1] and Ari[2] Sarah Yehudit Schneider צא ולמד מה בקש לבן הארמי לעשות ליעקב אבינו, שפרעה לא גזר אלא על הזכרים ולבן בקש לעקור את הכל שנאמר, ארמי [...]

Sarah Yehudit Schneider   Among the various categories of mitzvot are those that commemorate significant moments in our history.  Everyone knows that each year when the date comes round that [...]

Pesach 2011 / 5771 A Pesach Teaching, Based on Zohar 2:25b-26a and R. Tsadok HaKohen, Likutei Maamarim, ot 11 The sedar is a ritual meditation—a symbolic reenactment of our historic (and [...]

by Sarah Yehudit Schneider R. Tsadok explains that HaShem was hoping to bring down the Torah in Noach’s generation.  All the pieces were there, including the soul of Moshe Rabbenu, which the [...]

Pesach 2009 / 5769 A Passover Teaching from A Still Small Voice The sedar is a ritual meditation—a symbolic reenactment of our historic (and continuous) journey from exile to redemption that [...]

5769 / 2008 Sarah Yehudit Schneider There is no person or nation that does not have at least a miniscule sliver of holiness. Otherwise it could not exist. Life is a priori evidence of the [...]

Pesach 2008 / 5768 A Pesach Teaching from A Still Small Voice הא לחמא עניא – “This is the bread of humility [and of affliction that brings us to humility]” Kenesset Yisrael (the mystical Body of [...]

Pesach 2007 / 5767 Thoughts on Slavery, Redemption and Matzah Based on teachings by the Freidiker Rebbe of Chabad As formulated by A Still Small Voice At a certain point on Avraham’s spiritual [...]

Pesach 2006 / 5766 The Four Questions A Pesach Teaching From the Sod Yesharim as presented by A Still Small Voice The hagada is transmitting lights and instructions on many levels.  There is [...]

Pesach 2005 / 5765 A Passover Teaching, from A Still Small Voice Everyone knows that on Pesach, the removal of all chametz (leavened grains) from our household mirrors the removal of inflated ego [...]

Pesach 2004 / 5764 A Passover Teaching,  from A Still Small Voice Rabbi Isaac Luria, the master kabbalist known as the Ari, teaches that at the original Pesach sedar, in Egypt, a conception [...]

Pesach 2003 / 5763 The Secret of Eating at the Seder by Sarah Yehudit Schneider The great Kabbalist, Rabbi Tsadok HaKohen, revealed a deep secret about how to fix the way we engage with the [...]