RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: HILTON HEAD :PASSOVER: DON'T HAVE PUFF-UP EGO AS CHUMETZ

 

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: HILTON HEAD :PASSOVER: DON'T HAVE PUFF-UP EGO AS CHUMATZ

 

APRIL 2016 BLUFFTON SUN RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL

Shalom and greetings:

In our tour through the Jewish calendar this year, April 22^nd sundown brings us Passover in the Month of Nissan.  The first of Nissan is another of Judaism's four New Years, this one is for the Jewish people and governmental affairs. In fact, Nissan is the first month of the Jewish calendar.   

Passover celebrates the Exodus from slavery in Egypt and the rebirth of a free Hebrew nation. The way the Torah instructs Hebrews to celebrate this holiday yearly, versus the way Judaism instructs us, gives excellent examples of how the Sages in exile in Babylon, developed Rabbinic Talmudic Judaism from Temple-bound Hebraism. For example, as Jews, we no longer slaughter a lamb, and paint its blood over the door posts of our homes.

The spiritual aspects of Passover are too numerous to fully explore in a few paragraphs.  We can put ourselves into bondage of ego with our narrowness, our Mitzraim (Egypt, literally 'narrow place'). Some are still enslaved with ego's   defective behaviors. On Passover we're to rid ourselves of chumatz (leavening), which puffs up bread.  "Leaven represents the evil impulse of the heart, i.e. ego (Talmud Beracoth 17a)." By releasing ego, we strive to be as humble as a flat piece of unleavened matzah. (Talmud Pesachim-Passover).

The whole spiritual context of Talmud Pesachim is about Jewish Spiritual Renewal. Biblically there is a second Passover, a month later, for those, ritually impure, to become purified to eat the Pascal offering. God is always giving us second chances to change from our egotistical selves to spiritual people doing His will. "He and I cannot dwell in the same world," reads the Talmud quoting God speaking about the egocentric person.

Even the Four Sons in the Hagaddah are said to be just one person. Today we would call it spiritual schizophrenia. The four actually represent different aspects of the same person who is not integrated.  Our Yetzer ha Ra, ego, never leaves us. Good is not the absence of Bad. We can be righteous and wise while the evil inclination persists in trying to dominate us. Passover's story of the four sons is a lesson in becoming integrated and not being spiritually schizophrenic. Integration is true inner shalom.

Rabbi Arthur Segal is an international lecturer, author, and teacher. Visit him at www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.org  . Email at RabbiASegal@aol.com   . 

 

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HILTON HEAD JEWISH WEDDINGS: RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: WESTIN, OMNI, SONESTA,MARRIOTT

 

PLEASE WISH MAZEL TOV V SIMAN TOV AND CONGRATULATIONS TO RACHEL AND RYAN.

 

THEY WERE MARRIED ALONG THE ASHLEY RIVER UNDER A BEAUTIFUL CHUPPAH AT LOWNDES GROVE PLANTATION, CHARLESTON, SC!!

 

A PERFECT DESTINATION WEDDING FROM A WONDERFUL COUPLE FROM THE NEW YORK CITY AREA.

 

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Please WISH Mazel tov v Siman

 

Tov to Leila and Andrew  who were married

 

 in a Jewish  Traditional Wedding

 

ceremony yesterday, Saturday evening, at 

 

 Winterbourne, Orange Park,

 

Florida, near Jacksonville, Florida! I

 

(Rabbi Arthur  L. Segal) was honored to

 

officiate their  ceremony, and sign

 

 

their Ketubah! Mazel tov!!!! 

 

 

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JEWISH WEDDINGS OFFICIATED BY RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: TRADITIONAL, INTERFAITH, CO-OFFICIANT, DESTINATION

"One of the Joys of being a Rabbi," says Rabbi Arthur Segal," is working closely with the bride and groom and officiating at their wedding." He can do this with couples living near by or with couples having a destination wedding in the greater beautiful Hilton Head Island area.

Rabbi Arthur Segal helps develop a custom ceremony with the couple so that each word in the ceremony rings true to them. His ceremonies can range from the very traditional to what ever the couples desires. Rabbi opines that this is the couple's special day, and to treat each wedding as unique.

For those who are having an interfaith wedding, Rabbi takes special care to respect both traditions, again with total input from the couple. He will be pleased to co-officiate at weddings, using non-Trinitarian language.

Rabbi Arthur Segal also will do recommitment marriage ceremonies with the same care as he does weddings.

Rabbi will work closely with the wedding planer and/or caterer to make sure the wedding is seamless, and the bride and groom can totally enjoy themselves on their special day.

Rabbi Arthur Segal is available, and actually prefers, to be at the rehearsal, to ensure all is going smoothly, and to get to know the bridal party, and family, before the actual wedding day.

For those that wish to have a Ketubah, rabbi will work closely to make sure everyone's name has correct calligraphy on the document, in English and Hebrew, so the signing ceremony is flawless.

For a beautiful gallery of Ketubahs go to JudaicConnection.com  (My couples receive a $15 shipping discount)

Rabbi Arthur Segal tries to limit his weddings to Hilton Head, SC, Bluffton, SC, Palmetto Bluff, SC, Savannah, GA, and Charleston, SC, but has been known to make himself available elsewhere, even out of the USA. He will also conduct weddings and recommitment ceremonies on cruise ships.

In keeping with Jewish ethics, if the couple resides in Rabbi Arthur Segal's town, Rabbi will ask, unless there are some special circumstances, if the couple has first asked the local pulpit rabbi to officiate.

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