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he first days of Passover are
them.
by now behind us, we have
Until the seventh day of Passover,
completed our sederim, lis-
when the Red Sea split for the Jewish
tened to our children reciting the fo ur People, and Pharaoh and his army
questions of the "Mah Nishtanah,"
were drowned, the fear of their
discussed the significance
oppressors remained; one
of the four sons, eaten a
might say that the first
lion's share of matzah with
days of Passover commem-
bitter herbs and drunk
orate the freedom from
plenty of dessert wine!
Egypt and the last days the
At this point, one might
freedom from Pharaoh.
be asking oneself why we
The first days celebrate
are still "doing Passover?'
freedom from bondage and
What more is there to this
the last days, freedom from
holiday?
oppression.
The first of the 10
Matzah is bread made
Commandments tells us to
of flour and water that has
remember God who took
not been given the oppor-
us out of the land of Egypt,
tunity to rise; it represents
even though in the scale of things the subordination. When left to rise, that
fact that God created the world would same matzah could become the fluffy
seem to be a more significant reason
bread that we crave. The only differ-
for us to worship Him.
ence between the two is the hot air
It seems that the Exodus experi-
that fills the dough!
ence is the cornerstone of our belief
During the first seven days of the
in God. That God created the world
Exodus, despite having left Egypt,
is profound, but does not demand
the Jewish People were subordinate
a drastic change in our actions;
to Pharaoh; even though they had
acknowledging that God plays a part
left the land of bondage, they were
in our lives, on the other hand, does.
still wary of their taskmasters and of
Let us consider what it is that we
Pharaoh. It was only when Pharaoh
are commemorating on Passover. The
and his henchmen were drowned that
first days of Passover correspond, of
they were liberated. Perhaps for this
course, to the Exodus of the Jewish
reason we eat matzah for these seven
people from Egypt. It begins with the
days.
evening that the people ate the pascal
The commemorating of our free-
lamb in their homes in Egypt, and
dom from Pharaoh, in addition to our
the angel of death "passed over" the
freedom from Egypt, demands that
homes that had blood on the door-
we look not only at the concept of
post.
physical slavery but also at the con-
The Jewish People had left Egypt
cept of our worries.
and they were free; they were' nev-
The liberation from Egypt and
ertheless' still fearful of Pharaoh. He
from Pharaoh led to a new experience
was still alive, still the ruler of Egypt
for the Jewish People, the experience
and still had an army.
of being in the hands of a different
They traveled for only three days
master, once we realize that we are
before Pharaoh began his mission to
in His hands we will be ready to eat
recapture his slaves. On the seventh
bread again! I 1
day, Pharaoh's army confronted the
Jewish people. At this point there was
Michael Cohen is rabbi of Young Israel of
nowhere for the Jewish people to turn; Oak Park.
they were surrounded on three sides;
on the fourth side was the Red Sea.
We mentioned in the Haggadah
Conversations
that the miracle that followed — and
What event took place on the
that brought the Jewish people's sal-
seventh day of Passover?
vation — was even greater than the
What did the Jewish People
miracles that they had witnessed in
eat when the matzah that they
Egypt. The sea split allowing the Jews
brought out from Egypt ran out?
to go on dry land, and the Egyptians
Why did the Jewish People not
to be led to their end when the walls
go directly to Israel from Egypt?
of water came crashing down upon