Pesach Publications - Part 1: 5705 (1945)

00:03 We begin a series in discussing the various publications which the Rebbe published for Pesach, for the Seder of Pesach, and so on. In the year 1944, the Rebbe published a little booklet called Simani Seder Shel Pesach, The Seder. It is in packet format, and it is a listing of all the 15 captions which take place during the Seder, from Kadesh till the conclusion of the Seder of Pesach. It's mentioned that Merkaz Linyani Chinuch made a very beautiful surprise for the wide Jewish world by publishing this little booklet, Simani Seder Shel Pesach, in English, which explains all the details how a person can conduct with the Seder of Pesach. This booklet was distributed in tens of thousands of copies. In addition to the benefit which children had by reading it, it also helped very much to inspire the inyan of Seder in the houses of many Yidden, which disappointedly they have distanced themselves from the Jewish life tradition, and they needed encouragement. In the back of this booklet, the Rebbe writes a short message to the children. It is dated Nisan 5705, which is 1945. My dear young friends, you are surely well acquainted with the Haggadah by now. No doubt you know about the four sons, the wise, the wicked, the simple, and the one unable to ask a question. Which one do you want to be? Of course, the wise son or the wise daughter. But one should be a wise child not merely on the Seder night, but always. Do you know how

02:40 to be and act like a wise Jewish child? It is entirely up to you. Learn our holy Torah. Inquire about the mitzvahs given to our people, Am Yisrael, and do them. Inquire about the customs of our people and observe them. Set that your Jewish friends do the same. If you do that, you will certainly be a wise child, and you will make your dear parents happy and proud of you. With best wishes for a kosher and happy Pesach, and the Rebbe signs his name, Rabbi, and the second name, Schneerson. In addition, the Rebbe also sent this booklet to the Jewish soldiers who served in the United States Army in the middle of the World War II. And with this, the Rebbe wrote a letter, just citing a few paragraphs, that Yidden, Am Yisrael, wherever they are, are praying for your sake, for your peace, and praying to Hashem for the downfall, the kariv mamash, very soon, of the enemy, and the complete victory for all those who are fighting for justice and honesty. And the Rebbe concludes the letter, it should be a joyous Chag HaPesach and a time of liberation, freedom for the whole world in general, and for our nation, Am Yisrael, who are wandering, broken, and given up in particular, and the desire for the complete redemption.