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URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/pre-passover-scholar-in-residence-with
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SUMMARY:Pre-Passover Rabbi-in-Residence with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Kulp
DESCRIPTION:About Our Visiting Rabbi\nRabbi Dr. Joshua Kulp is the Senior S
 cholar at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He has a PhD from Bar-Ila
 n and semichah from Hadar. He is the author of three books\, as well as th
 e English mishnah commentary on Sefaria. He lives in Modiin\, Israel.\nFri
 day Evening\, April 12\n7:00 pm Friday Evening Services Chapel\, Livestrea
 m\n7:45 pm Community Shabbat Dinner Gym  RSVP: https://wjcenter.shulcloud
 .com/form/kulpdinner2024.html\n8:30 pm Lecture and Dessert Activity Center
 \n\nThe Cat that Ate the Mouse\nThe songs we sing at the end of t
 he Haggadah are among the most beloved songs in the Jewish songbook. 
 But where do they come from? In this fun talk\, we will look at versions o
 f these songs that come from the Cairo Geniza\, Cochin India and Majorca
  (island off coast of Spain). And we will see a version of the Haggadah 
 in which a mouse eats a cat! How about that!\nSaturday Morning\, April
  13\n8:30 am Torah Talk Library\n\nStarving at the Seder: Why Do We Begi
 n the Seder with Such a Measly Appetizer?\nParsley/Celery/Boiled potatoe
 s and then two hours of talking? In this discussion we will look at texts 
 that explain how it came to be that our seder began in such a way. As we 
 will see\, this small issue opens a window into understanding the histor
 y of this strange meal.\nSaturday Evening\, April 13\n6:30 pm Congregation
 al Mincha Chapel\, Livestream\n7:00 pm Seudat Shlishit and Lecture Activit
 y Center RSVP: https://wjcenter.shulcloud.com/form/kulppassover2024.html\n
 8:00 pm Congregational Ma’ariv Chapel\, Livestream\n\nA Game of Hide and
  Seek: Hiding Hametz Just to Find It\nThe Pesah ritual kicks into full gea
 r on the evening of Pesah when we hide bread all over the house and then g
 o and look for it with a candle\, feather and bowl. But this is strange--w
 hy are we hiding hametz around our house when we just cleaned the house! W
 e will look at the history of this practice and explore side issues such a
 s searching with a flashlight and leaving the lights on during the search.
 \nSunday Morning\, April 14\n10:00 am Brunch and Lecture Activity Center R
 SVP: https://wjcenter.shulcloud.com/form/2024-dr.kulppassoversirsundaybrun
 ch.html\n\n\nCelebrating Seder in the Shadow of War and the Light of Rede
 mption: Haggadot from the Founding of the State of Israel\nMany people ha
 ve called the October 7 War Israel's second Independence War. Israel\, cer
 tainly for the first time in over 50 years\, and maybe for the first time 
 since its inception\, perceives itself as fighting for its very existence
 . So what is the message that we bring to our seder tables this year? How 
 do we find meaning in the Haggadah in times of existential war? We will lo
 ok at Haggadot composed during WWII for Jewish soldiers in the British arm
 y\, Haggadot for Israelis soldiers from the Independence War and Haggadot 
 from kibbutzim that helped found Israel in the 1940's and 1950's\, all in 
 an attempt to find inspiration and meaning from their experiences.
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