When you perceive a threat to your wellbeing, fear becomes your primary emotion. In response, your perspective narrows, and you only see the threat causing you to feel afraid. That makes it challenging to act boldly or to perceive your options for avoiding danger. Your challenge lies in reducing your level of fear—even a little—so …
Every year, when the Jewish holiday of Passover rolls around, I think about the places in my life where I feel stuck. I consider how to move through these places to freedom. This year is no different. What is different, though, is the number of people who feel unable to move forward due to the …
I’m sure you’ve found yourself in a “narrow space” now and then. I know I have. I’m reminded of this annually when the Jewish holiday of Passover arrives. But this year as I prepare for my seder, I find myself less focused on the places I feel “squeezed” and more focused on how to …
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Spring brings with it not only flowers, sunshine and warmer weather but two important religious holidays: Easter and Passover. While Passover commemorates the Israelites freedom from slavery in Egypt, Easter commemorates Jesus’ resurrection and ascension. These seem like positive holidays, but the climax of the Biblical stories are preceded by some fairly heavy topics that …
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I’ve started making plans for my Passover seder. As I do, I sense myself contracting, feeling enslaved, as I think about the preparations I need to make for this Jewish holiday, which happens to celebrate freedom. Yet, many women feel enslaved by housework and cooking all year long. They could feel liberated instead. Despite the …
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Last night my husband I hosted two other couples for a Passover seder. In the traditional Jewish tradition, we spent the evening “reliving” the Israelites journey from slavery to freedom. At our table, the theme of our discussions revolved around the passage through the Red Sea. The Hebrew name for Egypt, Mitzrayim, means “narrow place,” …
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I’m about to go downstairs and start our Passover seder. The sun is setting over the ocean. I can see it from my office window. Seder means order. The service we conduct on Passover has a specific order. However, it strikes me that life has an order, too. And that much like the Israelites as …
It’s almost Passover, and for me this always makes me feel squeezed. Actually, it just makes me more aware of the areas of my life that give me that sense of the walls closing in or getting tight. You don’t have to be Jewish to understand this even though Passover is a Jewish holiday. Passover …
Today marked the last day of Passover. I think of the week of Pesach like a seven day birth period during which I have the chance to be reborn free of at least one the things I feel constrain me. We are told that the Israelites left Mitzrayyim, the Hebrew word for Egypt, which all …
Today, I will look at the last seder plate symbol: maror. These are the bitter herbs that represent slavery. Of course, during Passover the issue of slavery comes up big time. We discuss how the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt and how Moses asked the Pharaoh to let free them. When Pharaoh said, “No,” God …
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The first and second night seders are over, but we are still eating matzah and other Pesach foods. I’m still considering the seder plate symbols and answering questions related to them. I invite you to do the same whether you are Jewish or not. The next Passover symbol on the seder plate I’m going to …
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Today I’m considering the Passover symbol of the egg, roasted or otherwise. Called beitzah, it symbolizes rebirth and represents the second sacrificial offerings given at the ancient Temple in Jerusalem on Passover. Here are some questions that come to mind around beitzah. How do I want to be reborn? That’s a hard question to answer. …
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