Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, March 31, 2023
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April 20, 2023
| Dear Friends, While a professor at Harvard, Michael Walzer wrote a book “Exodus and Revolution” about the message of Passover. “So pharaonic oppression, deliverance, Sinai, and Canaan are still with us, powerful memories shaping our perceptions of the political world. The “door of hope” is still open; things are not what they might be – even when what they might be isn’t totally different from what they are…We still believe, or many of us do, what the Exodus first taught, or what it has commonly been taken to teach, about the meaning and possibility of politics and about its proper form: First, that wherever you live, it is probably Egypt; Second, that there is a better place, a world more attractive, a promised land; And third, that “the way to the land is through the wilderness.” There is no way to get from here to there except by joining together and marching.” (continues here.) Passover is our holiday of hope. It reminds us liberation is possible. It teaches us about the power of community when it gathers to promote respect for human dignity and to create a culture of kindness and inclusion of even the weakest and most vulnerable, even the slaves. May we treasure our freedoms. May we liberate ourselves from whatever enslaves us. And may we generously share our blessings with other. May we all enjoy a happy and healthy Passover, Rabbi David Wilfond |
