“Urchatz”
And so when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments, and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.
A. Urchatz: Purification by washing.
“Mah Nishtanah”
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
A. Mah Nishtanah: The four questions are part of the maggid and are usually asked by children. The questions are asked in such a way that the answers tell the story of Passover. The four questions, the disciples asked Jesus are:
Thomas - "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?"
Philip - "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."
Judas (not Iscariot) - “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us, and not to the world?"
"This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends, if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask of the Father in My name, He may give to you. This I command you, that you love one another.”
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