CHABAD PASSOVER GUIDE GOiNG INSiDE THE MATZAH’S CRUNCH
Adapted from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, by Rabbi Shmuel Marcus
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BREAD OF FAITH AND HEALING Matzah is the Divine mitzvah that you can digest. The Zohar calls matzah "bread of faith" and "bread of healing." The humble matzah helps you discover your powerful inner faith in G-d. The matzah inspires a faith that not only heals but also prevents illness.
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EDIBLE FAITH Matzah is an edible faith when eaten with a blessing on Passover night. Consuming the Divinity within the matzah can enhance your trust in G-d and reduce any resistance to holiness. Eating matzah allows you to internalize G-dliness and experience true freedom.
YOUR BROKENNESS MAKES YOU WHOLE Any story of freedom will have damaged parts because we become whole through our brokenness. We begin telling the 3DVVRYHU VWRU\ E\ ÀUVW EUHDNLQJ the matzah. This demonstrates how our brokenness is only a beginning chapter in our tale of complete redemption.
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HUMBLE BREAD Chametz is fermented grains, and G-d forbids it on Passover. The rising of the dough represents that swelling of ego that enslaves us. So instead, G-d tells us to eat PDW]DK WKH ÁDW PRGHVW SRRU man's bread that represents the humility and faith that are the ultimate liberators of our human spirit.
THE AFiKOMAN DESSERT Like the Passover offering, Jewish law requires us to eat the DÀNRPDQ RQ D IXOO VWRPDFK DV an enjoyable dessert. This tells us that your hunger and need for G-dliness have brought you this far, but ultimately, your Divine service should go beyond your own needs. Savor this more VHOÁHVV DQG KHLJKWHQHG $ÀNRPDQ service like a dessert that stays with you long after the meal ends.
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HANDMADE The human touch infuses the Shmurah Matzah-making process with the intended purpose of being baked for the mitzvah.
DAiLY EXODUS In your personal life, eating the biblically mandated Matza ensures year-round adherence to other Jewish mandates. Likewise, the Rabbinic enactment to eat Maror encourages personal safeguards around your Jewish progress. Finally, the symbolic shank bone that recalls the Temple's Passover offering inspires you to infuse holiness and meaning into your everyday life.
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WHAT IS SHMURAH MATZAH? Shmurah Matzah, or guarded PDW]DK LV PDGH IURP YHULÀHG wheat that's been "guarded" from moisture every step from KDUYHVW WR WKH ÀQDO SURGXFW ,W RQO\ WDNHV PLQXWHV IRU ZHW ÁRXU WR become leavened or chametz. Handmade Shmurah Matzah is produced and baked in quick increments of less than 18 minutes.
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THE TRADiTiONAL PASSOVER SHMURAH MATZAH HAS NO SUGAR, SALT, YEAST, OR EGGS, YET SURPRiSiNGLY iT PACKS ALL THE ESSENTiAL DiViNE iNGREDiENTS WE ALL NEED. SO, ACQUiRE A WHOLE NEW TASTE FOR MATZAH WiTH THESE HANDSELECTED TASTY GEMS. ENJOY!
Nutrition Facts Only Dry Stocks of Wheat Processed in Zero Moisture Dry Stored Flour Only Flour & Water
100g 100g 100g 100g
For the Sake of the Mitzvah 100% Edible Divinity 100% Faith 100% Mitzvah 100% Healing 100%
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