Make it a “Great Shabbat”

Celebrate Shabbat Hagadol by learning more about Passover traditions and rituals.

On this Shabbat HaGadol, the Haftarah, drawn from the final book of the prophets, Malachi describes that despite the darkness of the exile with its rampant assimilation and intermarriage, a light will emerge, and on that Yom Gadol V’norah, on that great and awesome day, when Elijah comes, there will be widespread teshuva, a return to Judaism. in fact, the Maharal , the Rabbi of Prague during the 1500s describes allegorically the three stages of night and the darkness of the exile until a glimmer of light emerges at the very end. To learn more, read this enlightening analysis this enlightening analysis entitled “Behold, I am Sending You Elijah the Prophet” from Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald’s Torah message for Tzav 5780-2020 Out of respect for Shabbat, please consider printing it on Friday afternoon if you plan to read it on Shabbat.