Readings on freedom - four readings on different aspects of
liberty - one from Tommy Lapid (in the words of his son Yair),
two from Amos Oz, and one from Barack Obama. What different (or
similar) aspects of freedom do they emphasize? Click here for
the source sheet. Dayenu. Would it really have been 'enough'?
Would it really have been enough for us if some parts of the
liberation experience would have happenned but others would not
have (the song Dayenu)? Sources from the Talmud, Jonathan Sacks,
Amos Oz and others look at the issue of showing gratitude over
partial redemption. In addition, a New York Times piece touches
on the challenges of freedom in the form of a North Korean who
escaped a concentration camp to flee to the South who sometimes
wishes he was back in the camp. If each of us needs to see
ourselves as leaving Egypt, then each of us also need to deal
with the challenges that being free poses. How should we do
this? I think it begins with eating Matza - that food which is
'on its way' to becoming