See the extensive preparations that go into the exquisite food and decor that make a Pesach experience with Gateways so memorable. Experience Pesach as it was Intended - with Gateways at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass, Phoenix, Arizona. Visit the Gateways Pesach Website for more information.
Read MoreA Pesach with Gateways features world-renowned speakers and presenters who will uplift and inspire you. Visit the Gateways Pesach Website for more information.
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Rabbi Becher's VLOG
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – The Splitting of the Water…. All the Water – Pesach 5781
The sea split for the Jews on the 7th day of Pesach in the year 2448, but Rabbi Becher explains how this miracle is also foretelling a future redemption for the Jewish people. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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The Seder – Seminar in a Meal The Seder is structured around the fulfillment of a number of Biblical and Rabbinic commandments – The Paschal lamb -- During the times of the Temple, the Jewish people were commanded to roast a whole lamb on a spit and eat it on the first evening of Pesach. The lamb was a symbol of Egyptian idolatry, specifically representing the ram god, Khnum who, according ...
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Rabbi Becher's VLOG
Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s VLog – Questions to Contemplate at Your Seder – Pesach 5781
Jews love questions, and Rabbi Becher has a list of them that you can ask at your seder - besides the standard "Four Questions." View this video directly on VIMEO
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The Meshech Chochmah on the Four Cups (Parshas VaEirah) Our Sages instituted 4 cups of wine at the seder and the Talmud Yerushalmi says that each one of the cups of wine symbolizes a different expression of redemption. In Shmos 6:6 there are four expressions of redemption. They are: Vehhotzeisi—I will take them out Vehitzalty—I will save them Vego’alty—I will redeem them Velakachty—I will take them to me as a people. Each expression ...
Read MoreWhile we are enjoying our quiet Chol Hamoed, Rabbi Mordechai Becher suggests that we take a moment to think about all the people out there who are working full time for our benefit. View this video directly on Vimeo.
Read MoreThe Pesach Seder this year will be different from sedarim in other years. Rabbi Mordechai Becher explains how this year's seder will give us MORE freedom and not less. View this video directly on Vimeo.
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Merely remembering the pivotal events of Jewish history or reading about them occasionally is not sufficient to imbue ourselves with these messages. God established Pesach and the other festivals as interludes in time designed to focus our attention and pick up on specific ideas and values that the ordinary activities of life usually prevent us from contemplating. They are times when we are totally immersed in a specific concept basic ...
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One of the most famous Haggadahs in the word, is the Sarajevo Haggadah. It is believed to have been taken out of Spain by Jews who were expelled in 1492. It was sold to the National Museum in Sarajevo in 1894. During the Second World War, the Haggadah was hidden from the Nazis by the Museum's chief librarian, Derviš Korkut, who at risk to his own life, smuggled the Haggadah out of ...
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