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KORECH

PIECES OF THE PUZZLE· SEASONS· Uncategorized

10 Apr
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So before we get to Korech, we have eaten the bitter herb all by itself. We learned that life is sometimes full of bitterness. However, you have to experience the bitter before you can come to appreciate the sweet.

Now we come to Korech.

KORECH

We taste the charoset. It is a mixture made of honey and wine and sugar. There are nuts, raisins and apples added. It tastes so sweet upon the tongue! What a contrast of flavors. Now we learn that despite all of our troubles and bitterness, life can still sometimes be sweet.

If we take the bitter herb and mix it with the sweetness of the charoset, then put that between two Matzah (like a sandwich) we begin to see that the sweetness of life (charoset) overpowers the bitterness of life (Maror).

This is the Korech sandwich.

BETTER WITH MATZAH

This fact of taking the bitter with the sweet always taste better when you add the Matzah. The Matzah symbolizes how Jesus helps us to cope with life’s ups and downs. His love helps us to balance out the bitter and the sweet. He does this by showing us the better ways of God. Now we have seen a better way to eat the maror and the charoset.

Everything is better with Matzah.

We have already mentioned that the raisins, apples and wine are symbolic of the work of slavery. Even in our days of hard work, we can sometimes find the sweetness of God taking over.

When God lives within our spirit, like the Matzah that surrounds the bitter and the sweet of the Korech; we can cope with every situation.

GOD NEVER FORSAKES US

Without the power and hope that Jesus brings into our days it is hard; but with the Korech surrounding our days things become so much easier.

I love the way Rabbi Shraga Simmons speaks of Korech: he says; “At the Seder, we eat the bitter herbs – in combination with matzah – to underscore that God is present not only during our periods of freedom (symbolized by the matzah), but during our bitter periods of exile as well.

He will never forsake us.

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