[...] f we are living through a chapter of that same unfolding story (yetzias mitzrayim), we may be closer to the turning point than we think. The signs are there: a world order that feels increasingly unstable; an enemy under mounting pressure that still refuses to yield; a surge of hostility that defies reason. But all that will be over in a moment, as the Divine Will changes it in one stroke.
And so, this year, when we sit at the Seder and say, “In every generation, a person is obligated to see themselves as if they personally left Egypt," we don’t need to stretch our imagination quite so far. For the first time in a long time, it doesn’t feel like ancient history-it feels immediate.
And one day-soon, and all at once-the shift will come. And when it does, those who held their nerve, who stared into the darkness and still believed in the dawn, will simply nod and say: of course. The Exodus never really ended. It has been unfolding all along-until we finally learn to recognize it while we are still inside the story.
Rabbi Dunner is the Senior Rabbi of Beverly Hills Synagogue in California
[excerpt from a longer article https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/424741]
1 comment:
Dear Neshama Happy and Kosher Pesach !
Since Corona Pesach feels different. Reading of Hagadah story becomes personal more and more.
I believe Rabbi Dunner is right the darkness will vanish in an instant. May we be worth seeing the redemption and coming of Mashiach and rebuilding of Beit HaMigdash this Pesach, be ezrat Hashem !
Victoria
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