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grabbed on the night of Pesach so that the
children will not fall asleep." The Rambam says
that it is the parents who "grab" the Matza so
that "the children will see this & ask." In other
words, it is to pique their curiosity & help keep
them awake until the end of the Seder (when most
of the songs are sung!). In some families, the
adults hide the Afikoman but in other families it
is the children who take the Afikoman & hide it,
holding it "hostage" until the parents "trade" a
prize or a present for it (since technically the
Seder cannot end until the Afikoman is eaten).
Rav Rimon says that even when the adults are
tired by Seder’s end & forget about the Afikoman,
the kids will certainly remind them about it!
This is a sign that if we do our job
successfully, the next generation (i.e. our
children & grandchildren) will react positively
to Jewish tradition & continue the process of
passing on our traditions in the future, assuring our Geula - Redemption.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Was ordained at the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois, and led congregations in Chicago and Dallas prior to making Aliyah in 1992. He directs the Jewish Outreach Center in Ra'anana, helping to facilitate the spiritual absorption of new olim.
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Various Events FOR WHOM NOT TO VOTE
Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook stressed that Israeli politics is G-dly, so I have no problem answering this common question on a Torani blog. Also, Free-Will is a G-d-given right and obligation, to "destine one's fate" (R. Soloveichik, Kol Dodi Dofek, 67), so I obviously don't tell others how to vote. But once not a few (especially young) have already asked, a couple of personal words from experience and thoughts from chazal & Rav Kook which may be of help to others, mainly for whom NOT to vote.
P'ninat Mishpat Fallout from Failure to Install Elevator – part II
based on ruling 85007 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts
