Passover

“In every generation, a person must see themselves as if they personally left Egypt.”

If God is willing to conduct a dialogue with a human being and change His mind, how much more so must human beings conduct a dialogue with each other and be willing to change their minds?

In the formative process of the exodus, the Jewish people leave a land that represents the height of pride, and they journey to a land of humility.

Our sages sought to highlight this idea by naming the holiday in our prayers as Zman Cheiruteinu, the Season of Our Freedom.

We all win when we learn to appreciate the importance of others.

In light of this agonizing and ongoing reality, a quote from the midrash can be a challenge to embrace, as it forces us to think and look outward at our enemies in a different light.

I think that Passover in general, and its seventh day in particular, is the perfect time to appreciate “the miracles that are with us daily,” as we say in the Amidah prayer.

On Passover, "We celebrate the freedom of our people who came out of Egypt. We do not celebrate the victory over the Egyptians," Troufanov said.

Recently, I got sucked into the frustrating ping-ponging that passes as dialogue on social media.

We all face Red Seas in one form or another. But the good news is that just as God parted the waters for our forefathers when they left Egypt, He can part them for us as well.