Seudat Birkat Pesach
As Rabbi of our congregation I have made a decision that each year we would hold a special Seudat Birkat on the night before Pesach. This we do according to our understanding of what our Messiah Yeshua observed with his talmidim the night before he died almost 2000 years ago. We have been celebrating Passover for almost 3500 years following the commandment of G-d to remember our freedom from bondage and slavery in Egypt. Now we celebrate a freedom which goes beyond the bounds of time and space. It is a freedom from spiritual bondage earned for us only by the death and resurrection of our Messiah. For this we offer him our utmost in gratitude for we could never have freed ourselves.
Significance of Moshe Striking the Rock
Our sages wrote in Berakhot 34b in the Talmud that from Moshe to the last prophet every word speaks of Mashiach. Mashiach is seen throughout the portion Chukkat (Bamidbar 19:1-22:1) and is referred to in the hitting of the Rock in the Tzin Desert where Moshe lost his privilege of entering into the Promised Land.