The food and drink that implant emunah
With Rav Moshe Wolfson, written by Baila Vorhand
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he table is bedecked in white, the silver gleams, and the maroon wine glistens in the becher. As the night progresses, we drink four cups of wine and eat three matzos.
Four and three… three and four… What else do we have three and four of? At the very end of the Seder, those who are still awake will find out when they sing, “Who Knows One?” which enumerates the treasures of Judaism associated with each number. “Who knows three? Three are the Avos! Who knows four? Four are the Imahos!”
Pesach night is like no other. Hashem dedicated this night for demonstrating His Omnipotence when He extracted one nation from within another. Hashem struck all Egyptian firstborns at midnight and Pharaoh ran through the streets announcing that the Jews were free to leave.
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