Temple Beth-El has been highlighted by the Associated Press! For some, Passover Seder will address global refugee crisis Read the full article here.
Temple Beth-El has been highlighted by the Associated Press! For some, Passover Seder will address global refugee crisis Read the full article here.
a message fromRabbi Knopf
Temple Beth-El has been highlighted by the Associated Press! For some, Passover Seder will address global refugee crisis Read the full article here.
The Talmud teaches that 30 days before Passover, we should start learning about the holiday and its meaning. In that spirit, I humbly offer "30 Days of Liberation." For each of the next 30 days, I will offer a brief message drawn from the wisdom Passover imparts. I hope you find these messages meaningful and inspiring. Feel free to share/forward.
30 Days of Liberation: Day 18 - It may seem strange that the holiday celebrating freedom has the most rigid, stringent, and restrictive set of rules. Even its central ritual is called a "seder," the Hebrew word for order. But liberty and law are opponents, not adversaries. Both are necessary for a moral society. Without liberty, there is no agency or progress. Without law, there are no shared expectations or values. In the absence of either, there is only oppression. Passover invites us to embrace the creative tension between liberty and law, for only in that embrace can we flourish.
