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.

Amongst our many Hebrew traditions, a rabbi would hold a Seudat Birkat for his talmidim on the night of their graduation. Mashiach Yeshua knew that this would be his last Seder with his 12 talmidim and it was here that he would graduate them to their next step of their walk as his followers. None of them understood what he was about to do for them in the same way that many of his followers today still do not understand the deep significance what he did as they celebrate the "Lord's Supper". Yeshua, the Light of the world, gave his life at Pesach as the Lamb of G-d to take away the sins of the world. As Jews and Gentiles who are followers of Messiah Yeshua, we rejoice in knowing that our Redemption has been accomplished by his death and resurrection at Passover.

It is my prayer as Rabbi of Kehilat She'ar Yashuv that as more people come to know Yeshua as the true Messiah and as they understand what he did for us and when he did it, they would join us in celebrating this special Seudat Birkat in the years to come.