The Ayelet HaShachar outreach organization is at it again – preparing for Passover with a host of entertaining programs.
Among its latest program is a 15-minute film that has been making the round of the internet, scoring some 60,000 hits at last count. The film purports to show, in a humorous and educational manner, how to “kosher” a kitchen for Passover in just one hour.
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Designed for those whose level of knowledge of Passover laws is not high, the Hebrew–language film centers around a “chance” meeting between a secular Jew whose wife has asked him to please kosher the kitchen for her mother, even though his experience in this area is less than nil, and a kind, hareidi-religious charity-collecting Jew who just happens to have the afternoon off.
The latter agrees to give the former a crash course in “koshering kitchens,” and the two set off to work – blessing each other all the while and becoming good friends in the process.
Boiling bricks, dismantling pans, wiping down refrigerators, sorting out non-Kosher for Passover foods, and even a short discussion on removing “hametz of the heart” such as anger and arrogance – it’s all there.
Another hearts-uniting event took place at the irreligious Kibbutz Kineret near Tiberias last week, sponsored by Ayelet HaShachar. The Grand Rabbi of Modzitz, the Zimratyah choir, and Cantor Yechezkel Klang joined together with members of nearby secular and religious kibbutzim for a sing-down of traditional Jewish music.
Rabbi Shlomo Raanan, founder and director of Ayelet HaShachar, said with great gratification, “For many, this was the first time they ever saw a Grand Rabbi, not to mention the special Modzitz musical experience.” The Grand Rabbi (Rebbe) Chaim Shaul Taub, spoke to the guests about Passover, Redemption, and the like.
4,000 Tunes
In keeping with Modzitz tradition, Grand Rabbi Taub has already composed some two dozen Hassidic melodies, which join the collection of some 4,000 tunes composed by Modzitzer Rebbes, many of which are used in prayer still today.
Rabbi Raanan has much experience with sparking Jewish interest where there has been no Judaism before. Several months ago he sponsored a First-Born redemption ceremony for Jews of all ages, and his organization has also built synagogues in secular communities. In addition, Ayelet HaShachar has organized literally thousands of telephone study-pairs (chavrutot) between religious and secular Jews, and sponsors Torah programming and classes in places that have never seen the likes of it before.
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