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From Bitterness to Blessing: The Lesson of the Seder
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We’ve all been through "bitter" times. In Jewish thought, those moments aren't just obstacles—they are the very things that allow us to appreciate our freedom today. #passover #pesach #sedernight #judaism #jewishwisdom #jewishthought #jewishholiday #rabbitoviasinger #rabbi #hidabroot
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He puts us in Egypt, going to take us
out of Egypt,
and we're thanking him. This seems to be
a conflict unfolding in the Passover
Seder. On the one hand, we're expressing
the pain and bitterness
of slavery. We're experiencing it by
eating the poor man's bread.
The salt water reminds us of the tears.
The bitter herbs remind us of hundreds
of years of bitterness in a foreign
land.
But then, we do all these sorts of
things. We engage in showing that we're
free now.
That we recline.
We're dipping. Well, that's the kind of
thing that rich men do. Well, which is
it? What's going on in the Passover
Seder? Why are we thanking God for all
of this?
In Jewish thought, a person can't
possibly
appreciate freedom unless he first
endures vicissitudes.
As it turns out,
the Jewish people could have never
appreciated the freedom
unless we first endured the slavery. Go
through the bitterness first.
Eat the poor man's bread first. And only
then you can recline and understand the
freedom we now possess.
Happy Passover.