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Between Matzah and Chometz


There’s really only one difference between Matzah and Chometz.

They’re both made from flour and water, both baked in an oven and both provide nourishment.

But one stays flat and humble while the other fills itself with hot air.

That’s why Matzah is a key ingredient for leaving your personal Egypt: As long as we are full of delusions of self-importance, there’s no way to break out and grow to a new level. Once we make ourselves small, we can fit through any bars and fly past any cloud.

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Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson   More articles...  |   RSS Listing of Newest Articles by this Author


From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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Posted: Apr 24, 2011
Hashe lifts the lowly and brings down the haughty.
BRILLIANT AS USUAL! YASHER KOACH!
Posted By Anne Lanzarone, Accord, Accord

Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Chometz can be flat too
There are many crackers that are just as airless and flat as Matzvah, but are not Kosher for Passover.

And there are foods that are more airy than regular bread that are Kosher for Passover (they use potato flour instead of grain and eggs instead of yeast, so they are technically not leavened, but they rise more than regular bread).
Posted By Stephen Weinstein, Camarillo, CA

Posted: Apr 21, 2011
Make ourselves small?
There is no need to make ourselves small.
W e a r e s m a l l .
when we stand in the presence of G-d.

Im spite of that we have to leave our personal Egypt.
(The "big ones" together with the "small ones")
Posted By Anonymous, Germany



 


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