Showing posts with label Passover (Pesach). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Passover (Pesach). Show all posts
Monday, April 6, 2026

Bread Without Illusion: Rethinking Matzah and Pleasure on Passover

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On the Jewish holiday of Passover (Pesach), Jews do something that seems backwards at first glance. To celebrate freedom, Jews do not have t...
Monday, March 30, 2026

A Passover Lesson from Song of Songs: The Courage to Keep Going Without Certainty

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On the Shabbat of Passover, many Jewish communities have the practice of reading the Song of Songs ( Shir HaShirim; שיר השירים ) during ser...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Resolving the Paradox of Passover Celebrating Freedom and Celebrating by Restricting Dietary Freedom

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It's that wonderful time of the year Passover. Jews commemorate the Exodus story with an elaborate ritual feast called the Seder. As I p...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Avadim Hayinu: Freedom Is As Important Now As It Was During the Exodus

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With Passover coming up this weekend, it is difficult not to think about freedom. It is such an essential component of the holiday that one ...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

A Passover Seder Insight On Simultaneously Having Space for Joy and Sadness in Life

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As part of my Passover preparation this year, I participated in a Passover-themed yoga session with a local synagogue. Part of the intention...
Monday, April 17, 2023

Post-Passover Thoughts on Conceptualizing Freedom and How to Be Freer in Our Personal Lives

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As much as I love the themes of Passover, I have found the dietary restrictions on Passover to be grueling. It has made me wonder why the ho...
Monday, April 3, 2023

"No Man Is an Island": A Passover Lesson on Being There for Others

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While the holiday of Passover, also known as Pesach (פסח), is a particularly Jewish holiday, it also has such universal themes as freedom an...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Applying the Tension of Scarcity and Abundance Within the Passover Seder to Our Daily Lives

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Last week, I was studying some Pirkei Avot, a Jewish ethical text, with a synagogue down in Buenos Aires. I had it on in the background whil...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Biur Chametz: What Burning Leavened Bread Before Passover Teaches About Personal Development

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Pesach (פסח), also known as Passover, is one of my favorite Jewish holidays is because it celebrates the universal theme of transitioning fr...
Sunday, April 5, 2020

A Passover Lesson on Freedom in the Middle of a Pandemic

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One of the reasons I like Passover so much is the many ways that is relevant to our spiritual journey. The apex of the Passover seder is the...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Karpas: A Passover Lesson on Freedom, Perspective, and Moving Forward from Tragedy

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Passover is a time for great spiritual insight and growth. The sheer number of rituals involved with the holiday of Passover are so numerous...
Monday, April 10, 2017

Why Drink Four Cups of Wine During Passover?

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One of the many facets I find fascinating about Judaism is the stance it takes on alcohol. Views in Christianity vary , but a number of deno...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Spiritual Lessons from Breaking the Middle Matzah During a Seder

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The Passover seder is an intricate ritual feast that has multiple steps, each of which could be analyzed separately. The fact that each phas...
Monday, April 6, 2015

The Shema as a Portal Between the Mezuzah and Passover

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The idea that a mitzvah can be construed as an action-based meditation fascinates me. During the Passover seder, we are supposed to relive t...