Yom Rishon shel Pesach - 1st Day of Passover

Exodus 12:37-42, 13:3-10

Rabbi Weinreb’s Parsha Column, Shabbat and First Day of Pesach: “Imagine That!”

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, OU

There was a time when I would only go out of my way to listen to speakers who were older and more experienced than I. Recently, however, I have changed my preferences and have begun to seek out speakers, rabbis and teachers, who are young and relatively inexperienced. I find their ideas fresh and often very much on the mark. After all, they are in much better touch with our fast changing world than I am.

Last year, during a visit to Israel, I sat in on a series of lectures which were designed to prepare the audience for the upcoming Passover holiday. The speaker, a brilliant young rabbi, focused upon the Seder night, and particularly upon the text of the Haggadah. He spent most of his opening lecture elaborating upon what he considered the most difficult task with which we are all confronted on the first night of Passover. The task is described in the following famous passage:

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