Still at Home with G-d
Rabbi Yosef Levin | This is the second Pesach under unusual circumstances. Although many people have, thank G-d, been vaccinated, and people are starting to relax, there are still a lot of limits and most people are having their Seder at home. Even the public Seders (we are having one) are being held outside and the number of people is limited by the safety rules. Last year we were all like deer in the headlights, not sure how we would be able to have Pesach, feeling as if the Seder would not happen. We scrambled and managed the best we could. This year we have had lots of time to plan for a quiet Seder, but are we ready to really experience the Seder spiritually? While it is certainly more exciting and celebratory to have a Seder with lots of family, friends and community, the essence of the Seder is the spiritual uplift that it provides, and that can be accomplished even alone. Rabbi Yosef Ginsburg, a great chassid and Kabbalist, writes in his Haggadah “The Secrets of the ...