{Part 1 – 10/04/2017} Channuka is like Pesach Channuka is the story of a defeated nation which manages to rebuild its army and rebel against its conquerors. Pesach is the story of an enslaved nation which is emancipated against all odds. Both these holidays are about freedom. On Pesach, we are meant to discuss freedom. In my own life, I have become more free by the addition of a custom...
Shimini and Pesach or; Freedom and Matzah Pesach is the holiday of freedom Freedom is constructed (cf. Mishkan) Pei–samech–chet: The understanding (like the genetic code in an embryo) which brings about a paradigm (like a city wall) of construction (like a rope). Mem-tzaddik-hei: Bringing out potential (like a river into an ocean) for getting to a further goal (like bread from...
I started by asking myself, “How is the story of Egypt abstracted?” There are many ways this can be done, some of them deeply personal or mystical. But in the spirit of the assignment, I decided to look at the story as the myth of a community repressed to its core and finding a spiritual liberation which allows them to externalize their identity into expression. I browsed randomly until I came...
