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MOSAIC Nisan 14 5777 - Monday, April 10, 2017

EXPRESS

ב"ה

Candle Lighting: 7:16 pm

More candle lighting times page 2 PESACH 5777 ⬢ MON EVE APRIL 10—WED APRIL 12

BMC GIRLS AND THEIR PARENTS PRE-PASSOVER SESSION

WISHING YOU A JOYOUS & KOSHER PESACH!

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MTC GRACIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THIS WEEK’S SPONSORS OF THE DAY

Philip & Edie Friedman in honour of the yartzeit of Lucy Friedman, Nisan 17

To become a sponsor of the day, please contact Itchy @ 739.0770 ext 223

ANNOUNCEMENTS

LAST SHABBOS Shimon & Devora Berman (x2)

Nathan & Mary, Hymie & Rachel Blankrot

THIS SHABBOS

John & Merle Finkelstein and family in

honour of the yartzeit of their father

(grandfather, great– grandfather), Nissan

15, Kiddush on the first day of Pesach

KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORSHIP IS $136

YASHER KOACH TO OUR

KIDDUSH CO-SPONSORS!

HAMPSTEAD HOLIDAY NOTICE

� Hampstead will offer two

addi�onal garbage pickups during

the holidays on the following dates:

Friday, April 7; and Friday, April 14.

� Public Security will exercise

tolerance for overnight parking April

10 to April 18 at 5:00 am.

Yasher Koach to the town of Hampstead!

YOMTOV SERVICES

FIRST DAYS OF YOMTOV

MONDAY EVE APRIL 10

Mincha/Maariv…………………....7:15 pm

TUESDAY APRIL 11

Shacharis…………………………....9:30 am

Mincha/Maariv……………….7:15 pm

WEDNESDAY APRIL 12

Shacharis………………………...….9:30 am

Mincha/Maariv………………….....7:15 pm

Yom Tov ends…………………….....8:24 pm

CHOL HAMOED PESACH

INTERMEDIATE DAYS OF PASSOVER

THURSDAY APRIL 13

Shacharis 1st

minyan……………....7:00 am

Shacharis 2nd

minyan…………….10:00 am

Mincha/Maariv……………………...7:25 pm

FRIDAY APRIL 14 (Legal holiday)

Shacharis 1st

minyan……………....9:00 am

Shacharis 2nd

minyan…………….10:00 am

Mincha/Maariv……………………...7:25 pm

FAST OF THE FIRSTBORN

MONDAY APRIL 10

Shacharis ................................... 7:00 am

Siyum…………………………………..7:45 am

IMPORTANT PASSOVER TIMES

SUNDAY APRIL 9

Search for chometz……....a4er 8:05 pm

MONDAY APRIL 10

Stop ea�ng chometz …...before 10:14 am

Burn chometz ………….before 11:33 am

Begin the seder…………...a4er 8:06 pm

TUESDAY APRIL 11

Start the 2nd

seder a4er…....…..8:22 pm

In the evening, begin coun�ng the Omer

CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES MONDAY APRIL 10

Light candles…………….……7:16 pm

TUESDAY APRIL 11

Light candles…….……… a4er 8:22 pm*

*Light from a pre-exis�ng flame.

SEFIRAT HAMOER

The Omer is counted every

evening after nightfall, from the

second night of Passover till the

night before Shavuot.

Tuesday evening April 11 until

Monday evening May 30.

Save the date!

LAG B’OMER BBQ

Fun for the whole family!

Sunday May 14 2017

5:00—7:00 pm

SERVICES EN FRANCAIS

AVEC LE RAV PINTO LUNDI AVRIL 10

Min’ha/Arvit……………...…......19h15

MARDI AVRIL 11

Cha’harit…………………….….....9h30

Min’ha/Arvit….………...….19h15

MERCREDI AVRIL 12

Cha’harit………….…………….….9h30

Min’ha/Arvit……….………........19h15

Fin de la fête ……………….......20h24

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UPCOMING EVENTS

TUESDAY APRIL 18

Moshiach’s Seudah - Meal 6:45 pm

SUNDAY-MONDAY MAY 7-8

Women’s Ohel Trip

TUESDAY MAY 9

Bat Mitzvah Club

WEDNESDAY MAY 10

Kids in Ac�on Themtc.com/rsvp

MONDAY MAY 11

Mini Chefs Themtc.com/rsvp

SUNDAY MAY 14

Lag B’Omer BBQ

WEDNESDAY MAY 24

Draw 2017

Shacharit ...….... ..….....9:00 am

Mincha….…………..…7:15 pm

Maariv……..……......…7:45 pm

In cherished memory of

R’ Yeshaya Aryeh ben Menashe Treitel obm

SUNDAY PRAYER SCHEDULE

MATZAH OF HASTE, WINE

OF LEISURE

A deeper understanding of why we

have three matzos on the Seder plate

and drink four cups of wine. The

difference between men and women in

light of Chassidus.

(Based on Lukutei Sichos vol. 26,

Parshas Voeira)

THIS WEEK’S TORAH CLASS

View this week’s class at

themtc.com/

Bob had this problem of geGng up late in the

morning and was always late for work. A4er a few

weeks of this, his boss was mad and threatened to

fire him if he didn't do something about it. So Bob

went to his doctor who gave him a pill and told him

to take it before he went to bed. He got a great

night's sleep and actually beat the alarm in the

morning. A4er a leisurely breakfast, he cheerfully

drove to work. "Boss," he said, "the pill my doctor

subscribed for me actually worked!" "That's all

AND FINALLY...

Dear Ladies,

MTC's 19th Annual Women's OHEL Trip is coming up! We're looking forward to a fun-

filled experience of friendship and inspiration.

Leaving Motzei Shabbat, May 6 midnight and

returning Monday evening May 8. Trip

highlights include the Ohel, fine NY dining,

shopping, inspirational speakers and more.

All reservations must be made by April 30th.

Thank you, Zeldie

RSVP at themtc.com/oheltrip

INQUISITIVELY CHALLENGED by Tzvi Freeman

DOSE OF INSPIRATION

The rebellious child who ques�ons everything sits before the one who has

nothing to ask.

If the rebellious child ques�ons, it is because it touches him, it says something

to him. Perhaps it even bothers him.

But a perfectly capable human being who has no ques�ons about Torah and

G�d—he is stuck in his place. Perhaps he is a good, observant Jew who does

good deeds and never sins. But there is no sense of the spirit, of the meaning of

life, of transcendence.

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15 STEPSTO PERSONAL FREEDOM

1. KADESH – RECITING KIDDUSHSEPARATEWe begin the Seder with Kadesh, making a blessing over wine. Kadesh means to sanctify—we sanctify G-d’s name and the wine by blessing it. Kadesh also means “to separate,” referring to the separation between good and bad, holy and mundane.

2.U’RCHATZ – WASHING THE HANDSCLEANSEWe wash hands before dipping a veg-etable (Karpas) in saltwater. Every new process requires a cleansing. Following the separation between the mundane and the sacred, we submerge our hands in water, cleansing our “tools” in preparation for the following 13 steps.

3. KARPAS – EATING A VEGETABLE DIPPED IN SALT WATERGET UNSTUCKThe vegetable (grown in the ground) represents the body; salt water represents salty tears shed in emo-tional or painful times. Salt is a cleans-er ; tears are an expression of the soul. We cleanse our bodies with our soul’s tears, freeing ourselves from the illusion that the material world is the only reality.

4. YACHATZ – BREAKING THE MIDDLE MATZAH OPENMatzah, which consists of the bare minimum of flour and water without any inflating air, represents bittul, the ability to transcend our own viewpoint and allow a higher truth. Breaking the matzah is breaking the self.

5. MAGGID – RECITING THE HAGADDAH PARAMETERIZEThe Hagaddah is the story of our lives, of all harsh and oppressive forces in our personal “Mitzrayims”, and our liberation from them. If we convince ourselves that our constraints are “normal” and “healthy” we cannot free ourselves. So, we tell the story. Our story. By defining the parameters of our own internal “exile”, we begin the process of redemption.

6. RACHTZAH – WASHING THE HANDSPREPAREOnce we are elevated to a higher level of holiness through the first five steps, we wash our hands again, preparing ourselves for the next stage of spiritu-al growth. We take our newly formed psychological mindset of freeedom and begin to actualize it in our material lives.

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7. MOTZI – RECITING THE BLESSING HAMOTZIINTEGRATEWe begin the process of integrating the spiritual and the material with Motzi: the first blessing on the matzah. Here matzah focuses on the positive side of materialism; on its great poten-tial which is released when we reveal the Divine spark within it.

8. MATZAH – RECITING THE BLESS-ING ON THE MATZAH AND EATING ITFAITHBy eating matzah—the food of bit-tul —we assume its qualities. As the Rebbe MaHaRash writes, eating matzah is like “eating G-dliness”. On the first night of Passover matzah is called the “bread of faith”. On the second night it is called “bread of healing”.

9. MAROR – EATING THE BITTER HERBSPAIN OF GROWTHThe bitter maror teaches us about the process of growth—that setbacks and pain in life strengthen us. The maror is dipped into sweet charoses to demon-strate that even when we need to feel bitterness, its purpose and objective is for us to reach a greater freedom.

10. KORECH – EATING A SANDWICH OF MATZAH AND MARORBITTER–SWEETWe combine the matzah’s earthiness and bittul and the marror’s bitterness (dipped in sweet charoses). There is a time for the sweet and a time for the bitter, but then we must learn to join them both into one seamless experi-ence called life—the mission for which we are sent here by G-d. And then we have freedom.

11. SHULCHAN ORUCH – EATING THE FESTIVE MEALDO IT!After the first 10 steps (correspond-ing to the ten sefirot) of training to integrate spiritual freedom into our material lives, we are now ready for the first real test: eating an entire meal in an entirely new way, one permeated with a sense of Higher presence and G-dliness.

12. TZOFON – EATING THE AFIKOMANREVEALTzofon means “hidden”. After we have eaten a complete meal as free people, a material meal eaten in a spiritual and refined way, we now have the power to reveal that which is hidden and un-conscious—tzofon—within ourselves and those around us.

13. BEIRACH – RECITING GRACEDRAW DOWNBeirach gives us the power to ensure that the meal—which is symbolic of all our material experiences—will yield the spiritual energy that lies within its Divine sparks. Beirach (to bless) means “to draw down”—to draw down spir-ituality and G-dliness into this physical world.

14. HALLEL – RECITING PSALMS OF PRAISELET GOAfter we have done everything in our power to achieve freedom, we say Hallel and through these words of praise we place ourselves in G-d’s hands. We surrender to G-d to com-plete whatever we cannot do on our own and to conclude the process of reaching complete freedom.

15. NIRTZAH – G-D’S PROMISE TO ACCEPT OUR SERVICE REDEMPTIONUnlike the previous 14 steps, this last and final step does not manifest itself in any prayer or action. We have reached a point that transcends words and praise. After we have completed our Seder service, we are accepted favorably—nirzah—by G-d. As such we are ready for the final and com-plete freedom and redemption.

NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!

COUNTING THE OMER – CONTINUE THE JOURNEY – SPIRITUAL REFINEMENTThe 15 steps of the Seder transition into the 49 steps to self—refinement embodied in the counting of the Omer. The bestsell-ing book, Spiritual Guide to the Counting of the Omer, electrifies this tradition by offering daily meditations and exercises to change your life in 49 simple yet profound steps: www.myomer.org WWW.MYOMER.ORG