It Would Have Been Enough It would have been enough for God to take us out of Egypt. It would have been enough to bring us through the Red Sea, enough to  give us the Torah and Shabbat, enough to bring us into the land of  Israel. While we count each of these blessings as if it would have been enough  on its own, we know that more was given, and more is promised. From singing Dayeinu we learn to celebrate...

We lift the middle matzah and break it in two. Hear the sound of glass broken at the end of every Jewish wedding. Hear the echo of stone tablets cast down and shattered at the foot of the  mountain. Hear the crack of the whip on the backs of slaves. We carry our brokenness with us. We lift the middle matzah and break it in two. The larger piece is hidden. To remind us that more is concealed than revealed. To...

Even though the Torah focuses on the acts of G-d, the redemption of the Jews could not have happened without the acts of resistance on the part of the people. When Pharaoh gives the order to kill all male Jewish babies, Shifra and Pu-ah, two midwives, do not follow the orders. Rabbinical commentary interprets Pharaoh’s actions as declaring war against the Jews, and the midwives’ civil disobedience is the first step of the liberation process. We are also reminded that we...