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Subject: Happy Pessach/Passover 5763 (2003)----(lots INFO/with 1 pic)
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Pessach/Passover:
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1) Dates: for Happy Pessach/Passover 5763 (2003):
this Wed. night 16th ----to next wed night/or Thu night (24th)
(7 in Israel/or 8 days outside it ==overseas)
2) What is it: it's the official "independence-time" (Day/Week),
for the Jewish-People, its when the Jews left the slavery in Egypt to go onto freedom
and become a Nation, not just the 12 Tribes/sons of Jacob anymore,
but an independent Nation (People) ----first time ever.
(more here: http://search.britannica.com/search?ref=A01015&query=seder&exact )
--celebrated by Jews worldwide, for 7 days (or 8 days ovss),
with a full scaled Holiday on the first day (or 2 ovss),
and at the last day the 7th (or last 2 days, 7th-8th ovss).
The Holiday of Passover (Pessach ==in Hebrew) is for the commemoration of the
Exodus from Egypt.
Historical deliverance of the Jewish people from the Egyptian bondage in the days
of Moses ( 13th century BCE, around 1250 BCE )
-Exodus from Egypt, Sinai Torah, Canaan Entry: ca. 1250-1200 bce
timeline: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/History/timeline.html
-Map of the Land of Cena'an at that time: http://www.mideastweb.org/Pal1200.htm
-NEEDLESS to mention , there were NO Muslims then, no Arabs in the whole Land ,
no Arabic-names to cities there, nothing Arabic/Muslim at that time in Cena'an/Israel.
3) Greeting-Card: my Greeting-Card, for you:
http://view.greetings.yahoo.com/greet/view?5UEXBBGCMXS9CXX
4) INFO: basic info on Passover: http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm
(from: http://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm )
-more info/links are here: http://www.holidays.net/passover/
-more: http://www.ou.org/chagim/pesach/
-and Pesach Guide: http://www.ou.org/chagim/pesach/pesachguide/maze/basic9.htm
-more on Passoverhttp://www.613.org/passover.html
-month of Nissan, on: http://www.religions.gov.il/chagim/nisan.htm
-and on Pessach: http://www.religions.gov.il/chagim/nisan_staim.htm
-All about on Pessach: http://www.zooloo.co.il/more/haggada/all_about_passover.asp
-more about on Pessach: http://www.education.gov.il/moe/hagut/pesach/,
( and the download/haggadah.rtf )
-more: http://www.chabad.org/holidays/frame.asp?url=PassoverGuide
-more: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
-some links, Heb: http://www.a7.org/newspaper.php?id=1332
-more http://www.ynet.co.il/home/0,7340,L-2208,00.html
-more http://www.butlerwebs.com/holidays/passover.htm
-more http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/PESACH/pstoen05.html
--after Passover: the new holidays(4):
-Audio: Home Preparation for Pesach, (Recorded for Pesach 5756/1996 ):
Listen to the whole recording or individual questions,
(33 question) (94 min):
(many more Law/Halachot, 77 topics in audio: http://www.holidays.net/passover/reaudio2.htm )
5) The 'Seder': (in Heb== 'order' ):
(festive religious ceremony and dinner on the 1st eve (or 1st/2nd eves in ovss)):
-Passover/Pessach GUIDE: a complete-Guide for the Laws of Pessach,
(mainly for Sephardic people)(by Rabbi Yosef Benarroch, of SEC Y-M):
Link to Page where it is/ or check my page copied from it,in a better style.
-----Pessach's Sedder-Plate info:
-Audio: Introduction to the Seder: How to make a Traditional Seder:
(85 min):
(by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein, of the Yeshiva of Los Angeles (its a H/S) )
For people who would like a more traditional seder. No prior Hebrew knowledge needed
-Haggadah (liturgical book read during the Seder meal):
wanna read the whole Haggadah text ?? The complete Pesach Haggadah (Passover Seder):
--a FULL/complete version !!! (in Hebrew only (with vowels)):
SEE it here, just click (or download the Zip file (31kb) to view it in Mic-Word (RTF))
-an almost-complete version, in English/and Hebrew (with vowels):
(its awesome, its worth the surf ): http://www.mechon-mamre.org/phgdh.htm
-an almost-full version,only in Hebrew (with vowels):
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/hgdh.htm ( or: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/i/3510.htm )
-all the Hagaddah, (in .doc):
---just info: all about the Haggadah:/ or here too.
-Audio: Real Audio readings for Passover:
The Haggadah: The reading of the ENTIRE Passover Haggadah
(52 minutes)
(by our dear cantor Pinchas Rabinovitz, u can hear most segments there))
-Audio: Four Questions:
(by Cantor Rabinovicz), ( Two tunes)(4 min)
-the full History of the Haggadah, when did it all start ???? (in Heb):
-(on getting a CD full of songs/etc, for Pessach: http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~barilm/hagada.html )
(GUIDE: a FULL info Guide for listening to Audio, click Here ):
6) Music: Songs for Passover:
-some short famous 5 songs (with eng. Lyrics, tunes in Midi files):
http://www.holidays.net/passover/audio.htm
(original location: Dayenoo ):
Dayenoo/ Ma-Nishtana/ Avadim-Hayinoo/ Haleluya/ Betzet-Yisrael
-more songs here too
-Israeli songs (45min)
/Hassidic songs (58min)
(on W-MediaPlayer). (Old: I/H
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7) for Kids (mainly, but not only): Real-Audio Passover, Songs and Stories:
-Mr. Matzoh Song:
, -Getting Ready For The Chag:
-Singing Through The Seder Part I :
Kadesh 'rChatz, Ma Nishtana, Avadim HaYinu, Baruch HaMakom, VeHi SheAmda,
Bricks, DaYenu & Al Achat
-Singing Through The Seder Part II :
Including All Your Seder Favorites & Halel: Eliyahu HaNavi, Dayenu, Echad Mi Yodeah,
Chad Gadya, Adir Hu & Chasal Sidur Pesach - The Seder Is Over
-The Matzah That Papa Brought Home
A Child's Story Book About Pesach by Written & Read by Fran Manushkin
8) Fun stuff:
-A very FUNNY Flash-designed Pessach/Haggadah-short-story movie, (in Heb)(920kb):
-Afikoman, find it, fun game:
-Pesach-dinner, who's there? fun movie:
-fun for Pessach:
-Puzzle for Pessach:
---a funny article, 10 makot (inHeb):
--funny Hava-Nagilah (have a Tequila) lyrics/tune....
9) Dates for all int'l/world's Holidays:
as u may know, the holiday (its 1st day) of Passover,
is the stone-mark for many other holidays
--Jews:
-its the head of months, another type of jewish new-year.
-the Omer (and La'g-Ba'Omer )
-Shavuot
--Chrtns:
-the Easter: is the ONLY Chrs.-holiday without a specific set date, only bcs
its dependent upon the Jewish lunar calendar, for the start of Passover.
this Yr: 13th: Palm Sunday, (17: Passover), 18: Good Friday, 19: Lent Ends, 20: Easter
(or: 27: Orthodox Easter Sunday )
-the Mardi-Gra (the Fat-Tuesday) is also....
-and the Brazilian-Carnival:
both fall 40 days before the 'Easter', which is the Passover time's date.
10) current News:
--today's article about preparing for it in Israel,
""Israelis Prepare for Passover Holy Days"":
"....The object is to remove every last trace of bread and leaven. ......."
"......Even fast-food chains like McDonald's change their menu
for Passover, replacing fluffy hamburger buns with unleavened biscuits........"
"....Passover unifies the country because even secular people
keep (kosher) for the holiday,....."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030415/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_passover_4
--the biggest Seder night dinner in the world, in Nepal, approx ~2000 israeli hikers:
in Heb: http://www.a7.org/newspaper.php?id=1357
and on another similar story, but in IL:
in Eng: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=42098
11) what happened last year:
Remember what happened last year, on Passover night: http://www.onefamilyfund.org/pesach
(at: http://www.onefamilyfund.org/, or: http://www.all4israel.org "who knows 761 ? ")
12) the Biggest Killer in Israel:
but the biggest killer ever in IL, is the:
road/vehicle-accidents (apart of health issues) (since 1948):
".....Over the history of the state, over 22,000 have died,
many more than in all wars and terror attacks combined......."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1050286976710
(if u r asked for a code, ask me , will give u one )
13) Yerushalayim: Yerushalayim from the air,
an AMAZING 360 degrees aerial view of the whole of Jerusalem and the
whole area near it....: on this site, in either Heb or Eng:
http://www.alisrael.com/ (Heb: http://www.alisrael.com/heb_hover.html )
( You'll need Flash-player, downloaded automatically/free, or else, get it here: )
14) EVENTS after Passover, the 3 new holidays:
Passover is over, so now there are 3 more new-holidays coming up:
what are they ?? click, read here:
Events in L.A this/next week (for these 3 holidays):
1) Yom-HaShoah (this year: Mon. night---Tue.):
--Sun. April 27th, Sephardic Holocaust Memorial at, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel
--Sun., around noon, at Sinai temple.......
--Mon. eve 6pm: marching, and a memorial ceremony....
--Tuesday, April 29th at 10:30am, at Wiesenthal-Center (free).
--next Sunday, May 4th, 1:45pm, a big event/ceremony etc,
at the park that has the monument, Pan Pacific Park (nr Fairfax/Bev. blvd)
for further info click here:, or by tel: 310-821-9919 310-280-5010 (free)
(60 yrs for the Warsaw-Ghetto uprising)
Next week:
2) Yom-HaZikaron: annual-memorial for the israeli soldiers:
next week, Mon. eve.6pm, May 5th: at some temple in the valley(free).
3) Israeli Independence-Day (55 yrs) (Tue.night--Wed.):
--Tue. eve: ceremony, etc. ----at some synagogue.....
--Tue night: ???? reception/party by consulate ....
--Tue. night 9pm, party at club, in Century-Club
by DJ Netzach, (info: 818-986-4601 )
--Wed eve: ??? hotel, official reception, fancy......
--Wed., 7-11pm, May 7th, Block-Party at UCLA, INFO here
--and party at the Hollywood-Athletic-Club, the same night,
after 9:30pm. by DJ Eyal, info: 323-525-0927
--the biggest event of all, the Sunday in the park, 30-50,000 ppl...
Sunday, May 11th, 10am-6pm, (3$ fee): info, maps, etc:
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15) Pictures: my attached 3 pictures r coming here below:
Pessach1-pic.gif
Pessach2-pic.gif (moving)
Pessach3-MyWishes-Pic.jpg
here they r coming up:
Audio Info Guide:
There are mainly 2 Audio-Player types out there:
1) RealOne Player
2) Windows-Media-Player |
1) RealOne Player: ( instead of the older RealAudio Player )
-every Audio played here with 'RealOne' is marked with:
2 options to getting it:
A) at "Real Networks" , click the top-right corner's small pic: "FREE RealOne Player" .
OR:
B) go get the free RealOne player, Version2, its latest build is HERE: RealOne Player 2.0, Build 6.0.11.853:
(Release Date: December 18th, 2002,, File Size: 8152 KB,, for any Windows o/s )
Attention: Download it, Install it, Register for free (give faked info),
Set it up very properly/carefully, then download almost all UPDATES.
(then it can play any music file, including the bellow W-MediaPlayer )
2) Windows-Media-Player
-every Audio played here with the 'W.Media Player' is marked with:
2 options to getting it:
A) at "Microsoft" , then choose one of the two types (free) of: "Windows Media Player 9 Series".
OR:
B) Windows-Media-Player (v. 9.0), at "Download.com":
b1) either: for Windows 98SE/2000/Me (13.3MB/free),
b2) OR: for Win. XP (9.6MB/free) .
b3) or else: the old WMP (v. 6.4) will be good too.
(( both v9.0 + v6.4, are located in: C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player
-new player 9.0 is called: "wmplayer"
-old player (but still good) 6.4 is called: "mplayer2" ))
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