The meaning of Passover comes down to a fundamental idea:

ּעֲבָדִים הָיִינוּ הָיִינו. עַתָּה בְּנֵי חוֹרִין

Avadim hayinu hayinu. Ata b’nei chorin.

We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt. Now we are free.

We sometimes find ourselves in a tight space (the hebrew word for Egypt, Mitzráyim, translates to boundaries, limits, restrictions, or narrow place). Passover is about acknowledging the sufferring, and finding a way out of the tight space. Finding freedom.


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu