ISBN:
0881259187
,
9780881259186
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 205 Seiten
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2006
Series Statement:
Me-otzar horav Volume 6
Series Statement:
Meotzar Horav series
DDC:
296.4/37
Keywords:
Haggada
;
Passover
;
Passover Customs and practices
;
Seder
;
Judaism Liturgy
;
Passover
;
Passover ; Customs and practices
;
Seder
;
Passah
;
Judaism ; Liturgy
Abstract:
An exalted evening: the Seder night -- Slavery and freedom -- The symbolism of matzah -- The inner transformation on Pesah night -- Seders of denigration and praise -- Arami oved avi: Jewish history and destiny -- The plague of the firstborn -- Moses and the redemption -- Pesah and the omer -- Counting time.
Abstract:
"Festival of Freedom, the sixth volume in the series MeOtzar HoRav, consists of ten essays on Passover and the Haggadah drawn from the treasure trove left by the late Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, widely known as "the Rav." For Rabbi Soloveitchik, the Passover Seder is not simply a formal ritual or ceremonial catechism. Rather, the Seder night is "endowed with a unique and fascinating quality, exalted in its holiness and shining with a dazzling beauty." It possesses profound experiential and intellectual dimensions, both of them woven into the fabric of halakhic performance. Its central mitzvah, sippur yetzi'at Mitzrayim, recounting the exodus, is extraordinarily multifaceted, entailing study and teaching, storytelling and symbolic performance, thanksgiving and praise." --Book Jacket
Note:
Includes indexes
URL:
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