Shlomo Carlebach - Pesach #Passover You Know What Means To Be A Slave #Redemption - פסח

Reb Shlomo Carlebach ztl Passover You Know what it means to be a slave - one time a year g-d takes you out of all the boundaries #פסח #shlomocarlebach #holiday Skip music: Starts 2:00 Yismach Moshe waiting & bringing the messiah Story 6:00 messiah vision - two greatest doctors holy rabbis The Rambam Maimonides and the Rashba 10:08 You Know what it means to be a slave Passover History in a Nutshell As told in the Bible, after many decades of slavery to the Egyptian pharaohs, during which time the Israelites were subjected to backbreaking labor and unbearable horrors, G‑d saw the people’s distress and sent Moses to Pharaoh with a message: “Send forth My people, so that they may serve Me.” But despite numerous warnings, Pharaoh refused to heed G‑d’s command. G‑d then sent upon Egypt ten devastating plagues, afflicting them and destroying everything from their livestock to their crops. At the stroke of midnight of 15 Nissan in the year 2448 from creation (1313 BCE), G‑d visited the last of the ten plagues on the Egyptians, killing all their firstborn. While doing so, G‑d spared the children of Israel, “passing over” their homes—hence the name of the holiday. Pharaoh’s resistance was broken, and he virtually chased his former slaves out of the land. The Israelites left in such a hurry, in fact, that the bread they baked as provisions for the way did not have time to rise. Six hundred thousand adult males, plus many more women and children, left Egypt on that day and began the trek to Mount Sinai and their birth as G‑d’s chosen people. Mocha d’Gadlus (מוחא דגדלות), which translates to “expanded consciousness” or “mind of greatness”, is a deep Kabbalistic and Chassidic concept describing a spiritual state in which a person perceives reality with clarity, depth, and divine awareness. ### Here’s a deeper breakdown in context: - Mocha (מוחא) means “mind” or “consciousness.” - Gadlus (גדלות) means “greatness” or “expansion.” - So Mocha d’Gadlus is “the mind in a state of greatness.” In this state: - A person sees the bigger picture beyond ego, pain, or limitations. - They are aligned with Hashem’s will, filled with faith, trust, and clarity. - Emotions are uplifted, and the person can serve Hashem with joy, love, and awe. - It’s often connected to higher spiritual maturity, Torah learning, and inner refinement. It is the opposite of Mocha d’Katnus (“small-mindedness”), which is a lower, constricted state — when a person feels blocked, self-centered, anxious, or spiritually distant.