## Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 1 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/1) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** Jerusalem is a place, but it is more than a place. It became a metaphor for the collective destination of the Jewish people. A city is what we build together, individually through our homes, collectively through our public spaces. So Jerusalem became a symbol of what the Jews were summoned to build, a city of righteousness worthy of being a home for the Divine Presence. Its stones would be good deeds, and its mortar, relationships of generosity and trust. Its houses would be families; its defensive walls, schools and houses of study. Shabbat and the festivals would be its public parks and gardens. For Jews believed that, even in a violent and destructive world, heaven could be built on earth. It was their most daring vision. The architect of the city would be God. The builders would be ordinary men and women. It would be a Jewish city, but it would be open to all, and people from all faiths would come and be moved by its beauty. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 2 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/2) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** So Jerusalem, the “faithful city” (Yeshayahu 1:27), became the destination of the Jewish journey, which began with Avraham and Sara and will be complete only at the end of days. This is how the prophet Yeshayahu envisioned it, in words that for millennia have captured the human imagination: ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 3 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/3) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *In the last days* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 4 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/4) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *The mountain of the Lord’s Temple will be established* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 5 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/5) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *As chief among the mountains;* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 6 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/6) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *It will be raised above the hills,* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 7 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/7) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *And all the nations will stream to it.* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 8 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/8) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *Many peoples will come and say,* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 9 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/9) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 10 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/10) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *To the house of the God of Yaakov.* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 11 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/11) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *He will teach us His ways,* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 12 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/12) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *So that we may walk in His path.”* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 13 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/13) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *For the Torah shall come forth from Zion,* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 14 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/14) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 15 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/15) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *He will judge between the nations* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 16 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/16) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *And settle disputes for many peoples.* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 17 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/17) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *They will beat their swords into ploughshares* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 18 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/18) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *And their spears into pruning hooks.* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 19 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/19) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *Nation will not take up sword against nation,* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 20 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/20) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** *Nor will they train for war anymore. (Yeshayahu 2:2*–*4)* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 21 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/21) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** These words, among the most influential ever written, sum up much of Jewish faith. They epitomise what it might be like to “perfect the world under the sovereignty of God” (as described in the *Aleinu* prayer). And as they journeyed through the centuries and continents, Jews carried this vision with them, believing that their task was to be true to their faith, to be loyal to God, to exemplify His ways to humankind, and to build a world at peace with itself by learning and teaching how to respect the freedom and dignity of others. ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 22 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/22) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** ☛ **REFLECT** *What must the Jewish people do when they reach their final destination, Jerusalem?* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 23 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/23) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** **QUESTIONS TO ASK AT YOUR SEDER** ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 24 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/24) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 1. *Do you think Jews in Israel should still say this at the end of their Seder?* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 25 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/25) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 2. *What does Jerusalem have to do with the Exodus story and Seder night?* ###### Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 26 [Ceremony and Celebration Family Edition, The Hagim, Pesah, Nirtza, Further Thoughts 26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ceremony%20and%20Celebration%20Family%20Edition%2C%20The%20Hagim/s/Pesah,_Nirtza,_Further%20Thoughts/r/26) **Ceremony & Celebration Family Edition, Maggid Books, 2023:** 3. *Has anyone around your Seder table celebrated Pesaḥ in Israel? Was it special or different?*