“My father Rabbi Shalom DovBer, the fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch.
once told me: ‘Yosef Yitzchak, during the Seder one must concentrate on
becoming a mensch, and
then G‑d will help. Especially when the door is opened for Elijah – don’t pray
for the physical, pray for the spiritual.’” – Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak
of Lubavitch
On Passover eve, hundreds of thousands of Jews the world over
will usher in the holiday. And while its observance is closely tied to the
Seder and its many rituals, its foundational, underlying message is perhaps the
most powerful, life-changing, universal Torah teaching one can hope to learn in
the course of one’s lifetime. It is the
resonant, deeply human tenet of social justice, of the unequivocal right of
every individual to live in dignity, embraced by society because of who he or
she is.
As we will sit down around the Seder table, we will raise
our voices in unis
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