Passover 5754/1994
Let one who is hungry enter and eat.
of millions of shekels they cost.
The signs' implied message is
that this government spends its
money and effort on bettering
the daily lives of the 97.5 per-
cent of the population that lives
within the Green Line, instead
of focusing its ambitions, like
the previous Likud government
did, on the settlements in the
territories.
And now there is to be
Modi'in, a grand project with
a personality, the beginning of
a living city. It fits in with the
Ariel Sharon also
wanted to build
Modi'in — but for a
different political
objective.
road-building campaign: the
biggest transportation project
of all, Highway 6, which is to
break ground in the spring and
eventually run down the spine
of the country, would connect
Modi'in to the north and south.
The planned city also fits in
with the government's vision of
the "New Middle East" — a fu-
ture "Peace Highway" would
run east from Modi'in to the
Jordanian border and all the
way to Amman.
The development of Modi'in,
explains Housing Ministry
spokesman Amit Dobkin, has
been on the drawing board since
the early 1960s. But it never got
any further because the chal-
lenges were too daunting: The
area was a wilderness, accessi-
ble only to army vehicles and
fire trucks, and terrorists were
periodically infiltrating over the
border from Jordan. Then the
Six-Day War moved Jordan
back to the Jordan River, and a
few years later the Labor gov-
ernment of the time resuscitat-
ed the idea of Modi'in.
As the idea was being devel-
oped, though, the Likud took
power and steered planners and
construction crews to the West
Bank settlements. The Likud,
for the most part, disregarded
Modi'in until 1990, when the
housing portfolio was given to
Ariel Sharon.
He proposed a future city
there as the central link in a
chain of Jewish developments
along the Green Line, reason-
ing that they would naturally
expand into the West Bank,
thereby cementing Israel's hold
on the occupied territory.
But before Mr. Sharon could
go forward with the plan, the
Likud was voted out of office.
Now the Labor coalition and
Mr. Ben-Eliezer have returned
to Modi'in, and for the first time
in 30 years of planning build-
ings are going up.
We gather tonight to relive and to celebrate our freedom from slavery. First, let us ask: How did we
become slaves in Egypt?
The Torah tells us that a famine had spread over the land. When Jacob heard that there was food to
be had in Egypt, he instructed his sons, "Go down and procure rations for us there, that we may live
and not die." (Genesis 41 :56, 42:2) Food was being distributed by their brother Joseph; they ate and
brought their entire family — the children of Israel — to settle in Egypt. There "Joseph sustained his
father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, down to the little ones, with bread." (Genesis
47:12) Then "a new king arose over Egypt who knew not Joseph." (Exodus 1:8) He feared the Israelites'
strength, and made them into slaves, embittering their lives. With God's help, we went out of Egypt.
It is time to remember that the freedom we as a people gained through our exodus from Egypt came
before Mount Sinai and our receiving of the Ten Commandments. Without it, the achievements of
each of us and those of our people would not be possible, for we are the children of that freedom.
Today there is no parting of the waters; no miracles. Just a real necessity to provide to those among
us who are hungry in our own land. It is true: There is no Torah without bread.
And so, as a lifegiving request, we ask you to contribute to MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger,
the amount of money that you would have spent to include one additional guest at your Seder table.
By carefully granting these dollars to organizations helping impoverished people, MAZON will see
that the tradition of "feeding the hungry" is fulfilled. As-the poor are fulfilled, so, too, will you be.
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