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PESACH

Why Some Communities Skip Piyutim After the Fourth Cup

Why Some Communities Skip Piyutim After the Fourth Cup

Part of Pesach

A short practical note on the Seder custom of omitting piyutim after the fourth cup, with a preview of an upcoming series on Yoreh Deah.

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Custom of Not Reciting Piyutim After Fourth Cup

don't say, you didn't talk about 讗讞讚 诪讬 讬讜讚注, did you? No, we don't say 讗讞讚 诪讬 讬讜讚注. Why not? It's like you know All the 驻讬讜讟讬诐, they are all 驻讬讜讟讬诐 we don't say. It's not part of the 谞讜住讞, like a lot of times in the year. People can say it privately, but we don't say it as part of the 谞讜住讞 because this is not part of the official. Even those that say it, say it at the end after the fourth cup, fourth 讻讜住. They don't, they're not 诪驻住讬拽 because it's not part of the 谞讜住讞. So that's that's already dependent on 诪谞讛讙讬诐. Some people have, some people don't, but our 诪谞讛讙 is not to. And if we do it, it's no No 注讘讬专讛, no 讗讬住讜专 here. Like 砖讬专 讛砖讬专讬诐 or anything like that. When you finish the 讛讙讚讛, you're finished with the 诪爪讜讛. [Non-speech

Significance of 讞转诐 住讜驻专 on the Table

audio] [Non-speech audio] The question is, and let's go with the 讞转诐 住讜驻专's explanation of having this on your table. To show that, and with this I think we could answer. Because if it's the beginning of 讙讗讜诇讛, so if we're saying that you look at the 讞讜砖谉 that has to do with the 砖讘讟讬诐, that's already the 讘谞讬谉 of the 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖 and then this the complete geulah. Even according to how I'm explaining the 讞转诐 住讜驻专, the whole point of having it at your table is, it's just a table, but

Levels of Redemption: Shefa and the Choshen

you're making it into a 诪讝讘讞. It's just simple bread, but you're turning it into a 诇讞诐 讛驻谞讬诐. You're bringing the 拽讚讜砖讛 of the 讘讬转 讛诪拽讚砖 into your home, which is also an aspect of 讙讗讜诇讛, but it's not the ultimate 讙讗讜诇讛. What do you say, Mendel? I'm saying the point of the whole shulchan is to bring down shefa, like 讘专讻讛 down to earth. That's true. And and that's the whole you know, and we're saying, you're saying that's the lower level. And the the Choshen is to elevate up to make you a more spiritual person. Is that the two levels? Yeah, and I think they correspond. I think that shefa is, in other words, that we can experience the benefits of the Geulah even in Golus by seeing the presence of the Shechina, having our own mini-Mishkan, having our own mini-Mizbeach, having our own mini-Shulchan, but the whole Choshen is the coming together of all the twelve Shevatim. That is the complete Geulah, the end of Golus. The table is still that, okay, we're eating. We're physically eating. It's just we are now elevating that. But the Choshen, like Mendel says, it's something totally above. It's the, it's the divine presence that shines upon everyone. It's the unity of the twelve tribes. It's the bringing together of all of Klal Yisrael. And so the, with that maybe we could say also, we have the answer to which, that the two letters represent the two parts, like the Ksav and the Ashuris, representing the Toras Kohanim, representing the two levels, but we'll stop there. Okay, we'll continue

Upcoming Shiur Schedule: Starting 讬讜专讛 讚注讛 Tonight

next time, 讘注讝专转 讛砖诐. Tonight is eight o'clock, the Shiur, eight o'clock, 讘注讝专转 讛砖诐, like normal. Tonight we'll be starting, 讘注讝专转 讛砖诐, 讬讜专讛 讚注讛. Yes. Oh, nice. Good, good, good, good, good. Tonight, 讘注讝专转 讛砖诐, we start 讬讜专讛 讚注讛. All right. Thank you so much, Rabbi. Have a good day. Very welcome. 砖讘转 砖诇讜诐. 砖讘转 砖诇讜诐, thank you. [Non-speech audio] [Non-speech audio] And part of the 住讚专 towards the end, part of the prayers, these are the prayers, prayers at the end after the fourth cup, fourth cup. You don't say that 谞专爪讛 because it's not part of the 谞讜住讞. So that this, that's already depending on the 诪谞讛讙讬诐. Some people have, some people don't, but I mean...

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