The First Two Nights of Pesach — or, Beware: Doors Are Opening
The First Two Nights of Pesach — or, Beware: Doors Are Opening
“On the first two nights of Pesach, the doors of the house are opened.” (Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 480)
Our Sages teach: “What He does, He commanded His children to do.”
(Shemot Rabbah 30:9; Jerusalem Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 1:3)
Since G-d commands us to open the doors on the night of Pesach, it is evident that He Himself does the same.
This means only one thing: on the night of Pesach, all doors and gates are opened for every Jew.
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (32) states: “On this night, the treasuries of the Divine dew are opened.”
This refers to the custom of opening the door at the end of the Seder for Eliyahu HaNavi.
Regardless of what our actions were during the past year, we are all capable of attaining the highest spiritual levels by leaping over every obstacle—the deeper meaning of the word “Pesach” is “to leap over.” (The Lubavitcher Rebbe, “Likkutei Sichot,” vol. 4, p. 1298)
Kabbalists recommend a beautiful segula for a daughter’s shidduch: the daughter should place Eliyahu HaNavi’s cup by the open door when we invite Eliyahu HaNavi into the house.
(From the Kisei Rachamim Yeshivah, Yura Plishtiev)
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