Tag: "Passover freedom"

Migrant worker picking strawberries in Greece.

A Passover Reflection on Freedom

In every generation, each person must tell the Passover story as though she or he were personally liberated from Egypt. From slavery. Why are we required to retell this story, and to retell it as if we ourselves have experienced it?

Mar 31, 2010 | 1 comment | View Post
Spacefood and Matzah?

Spacefood and Matzah?

Pesach is a time for restricting our actions in order to further the goals of the soul. We want to soar into outer space (metaphysically speaking), so we strap ourselves into the spaceship, and restrict ourselves considerably, in order to get there.

Mar 16, 2010 | 1 comment | View Post