This is Holy Land Moments, a radio ministry of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Fellowship President and CEO Yael Eckstein shares from her audiobook, Generation to Generation, explaining why the Jewish holiday of Passover is focused on teaching the children about faith and the importance of asking questions. The four questions highlight four unusual aspects of the Seder that were instituted by the Jewish sages for the sole purpose of piquing a child's curiosity.
The reason that we begin our story with questions is because of the verse that says, in days to come when your son asks you, what does this mean? Say to him, with a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt. That's from Exodus 13 -14. The Bible specifies that our children should ask
first and then we should answer. The four questions also provide the springboard to discuss with our children the fundamental ideas of the Jewish faith found in the Exodus story, that God is with us in our suffering, that he hears our prayers, that he cares about his people, and that he intervenes in human history to bring about salvation. As the old saying goes, Tell me and I forget, teach
me and I remember, involve me and I learn. The Seder was intelligently designed to involve children to the greatest extent, mostly by way of eliciting questions, but also through other hands -on experiences. While the Seder is a powerful educational tool that we revisit every Passover, the overall objective is to encourage our children to ask questions all year long. You've been listening to Holy Land Moments. Learn more about Passover and its spiritual significance for Christians and Jews
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