Although my family started out with the smallest guest list in years last Passover, we ended up with the most well-attended seder we have ever hosted. Thanks to technology, tradition, and trust, we had more people at our seder table than ever before.
Although
I was taught that our Israelite ancestors wandered for forty years in the wilderness as punishment for remaining tied to slavery.
We laughed so hard - at Cantor Doug Cotler's cleverly funny songs, at Rabbi Julia Weisz's ridiculously hysterical costumes, at my inappropriate yet Purimly-acceptable riffs on Megillat Esther, the story of Purim. We laughed out loud, belly laughed. And in between, we reflected on lessons of transcendent importance. We adults, we did.
What does it take to be a positive Jewish role model?
Together, we will champion the lessons of Passover by bringing greater wholeness, justice, and belonging to our world.