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The objective of this project is to provide an introduction to the festival of Pesach in terms of four different aspects, each related to one of its four names: Chag Ha Pesach, Chag Ha Matzot, Chag Aviv, and Ha Zman Cheiruteinu. The participants touch on themes and values that enable them to analyze the following: the Biblical story and the reasoning by which our tradition explains the predominance of Pesach as the most popular name for the festival; the song ?Ha Lachma Anya' and the concept of matzah as being the bread of poverty and humility; the spring and how it relates to the Exodus from Egypt; the idea of ?B'chol Dor Vador' and how it relates to the concepts of liberty and slavery.
Various aptitudes are exercised in the course of the activities, such as reading, text comprehension, writing, debate, and argumentation. Furthermore, each proposal ends with a different artistic project, exhibiting the participants' studies and affording a summary of the various contents.