Pesach is my favorite Jewish holiday. The traditions are so rich
and the Seder is the ultimate joyous, jubilant Jewish
celebration: the symbols of the Seder plate, the smells and
tastes of real Jewish food (I will put Margie’s golden chicken
soup up against any in the world), the struggle with matzoh for
eight days, the four cups, the laughter, the singing, Elijah.
Those are all so memorable. But it is the message that permeates
the holiday that is so important. While the book of Exodus holds
perhaps more of the basic concepts, precepts, commandments and
narratives of the Torah than any other book, the Haggadah‘s
lessons seem much narrower. There are many different
interpretations of the meaning of the story from the
manifestation of The Lord acting directly in the world, to the
molding of the Jewish people into a nation, to the miracles of
the Passover and the parting of the Sea of Reeds itself. Yet to
me the most straightforward and overriding message is simple: -
REMEMBER. You were slaves in Egypt - RELIVE