No Rest for the Weary

Passover and Sukkot were my Father's (of blessed memory) most favorite of the moedim. This Passover was difficult for my family, as he died only 2 1/2 months prior to our first Seder. HaShem brought 8 other people to join us at the table in remembering the redemption of our people. You have been helpful in recipes, in teachings of insight, and in fellowship of community. Thank you! Reply

A memorable quote The quote from Daily dose(Chabad.org), which said something to the effect that the moment we stop getting away we're back in Egypt. My slow and tiny steps is not meaningless after-all, but the quote also reminded me to know where I'm headed and not to get lost in detours. I also met my mother who lives overseas, possibly for the last time. I'm sure we'll both cherish this memory. Reply

Them vs Us/We I have often wondered and have asked the question after I read a sentence as in the above article: To be sure, they had witnessed wonders and miracles and G‑dly revelation, and they followed Moses into the desert with a firm faith and commitment to G‑d.
Yet of course during Pesach we are told to remember the Exodus as if we were there. Additionally, we are always reminding the world that although many cultures and peoples have disappeared we have survived these past thousands of years.
Therefore, why is that above paragraph written as follows: To be sure, *we* had witnessed wonders and miracles and G‑dly revelation, and *we* followed Moses into the desert with a firm faith and commitment to G‑d.
For me it will always be "me, we and us" never the 3rd person "they"! Reply

Special Seder This year was bittersweet. My mother passed away on April 15th and there was such a tension of opposite feelings moving from the initial mourning period and then heading into a joyous festival based on freedom and true liberation. There was a special joy and sense of gratitude sitting with my family surrounding and supporting me, my grandkids happily sitting and mostly gallivanting around . A highpoint was when my 4 year old granddaughter recited the Ma Nishtanah with my son, her father, helping and me, her Bubby, on the other side smiling, supporting and kvelling, I sensed in that moment that nothing is sweeter and more fulfilling. Knowing that my children participate and continue living and saturating their lives in Toras Chaim is my legacy and true joy. Now, that is liberating! Reply

A Passover note Most memorable about our Seder: Nothing profound or newsworthy--- just every single member of our family getting along, communicating and laughing together and really liking one another. Reply

Our seder I thank Chabad for being the fire under my feet to find my roots! I feel so sad that my mother left her heritage and that I grew up with none of our traditions. It has been a remarkable journey to find it all. My exodus. This year's pesach is one of reflection that my journey hasn't brought me to a destination, but that the real work lies ahead! I did my best with our home seder--probably fell short, but my children loved it. Reply

Memories from our Seder With Yom HaShoah right around the corner, it was extremely moving to take a few moments in the course of our Temple's Seder to remember and pray for all of those children that we lost in the Holocaust who would never be able to celebrate a Seder. Reply

That is so right! Reply

The worst seder ever First night - the worst seder ever. Utterly traumatic. Three guest children spent the evening teasing each other noisily, distracting everyone else, and constantly demanding when they were going to eat and when they were going home. My daughter got a migraine tummy ache and had to go to bed. And to make matters worse, we were also hosting a geirah for her first experience of a seder night. Reply

Thanks Sasha for the insight. Were they 42 or 49 steps ? Or aren't you alluding to the "42 journeys of life "? Reply

What i have found meaningful is the fact that the halachas are divine and even simple aspects like prayers after meals makes one realise the divinity of the creator who provides everything.Of course it is also the journey whereby one begins to write his own torah and it is like a a person who is in a forest and is asking for where the forest is after seeing only trees is similiar to the fact that G-ds presence is every where and even in the trees and it appears that the quality of relationship i have of the next person is similiar to the relationship with G-d.Finding G-d in everything is helping me as there is freedom from all the negative traits and freedom for doing what is required according to the halachas. Reply

Thank you for your wisdom and teaching. :-) Reply

"Freedom" I really enjoyed feeling guilty and under unbearable obligation during the Seder.. thank you to the chabad team for exacerbating this wonderful "freedom"!! Reply

Matzo is not bland to me. I like the taste of matzo and eat it all year. I like raw horse radish as well. I am also a proud atheist of the Jewish tribe. Reply

Memorable Arrived here a few weeks ago and went to Chabad of Greater Orlando for both nights. Wow. It was a wow experience for me. First of all there was a feeling that we were all mispachah. It didn't matter the level, the background, the age. We were there together to go through leaving Mitzrahim and our own personal mitzrahim. Rabbi Dubov told us many words that inspired. Eating the morar, we were to taste the bitterness we experienced this past year and leave it behind us. This comment was personally meaningful to me. I will remember this Pesach and am thankful that I was here to experience it. Reply

I was happy to share the lesson learned regarding the symbolism of the flat bread relating to the need to keep the ego in check and not puffed up in order to make space for G-d in our lives. Reply

The Seder My father the Cantor passed away in January. We all missed his beautiful voice. We had a new family member at the Seder, our first grandson. Dad used to tell me that in order for new people to have a place in this world other people had to leave. It is sad to think that he was the one who had to leave. The baby reminds me that we have special lights in our lives in every generation. Reply