When we left Egypt, we became free of the societal forces which restrict us to a narrow path of fashion, image and ideas. Freedom means doing the right thing even when it may not be socially popular. I have to live with my own conscience. The reality is liberating. It was at that moment that they were redeemed.
Redemption can be as quick as the blink of an eye.
The Seder is the only one of the 613 mitzvahs that is performed specifically at night, for on Passover, we turn the darkness into light. Song is the expression of an excited soul. It is the way to break out of oneself and reach for freedom. Every synagogue in the world faces Jerusalem. It is the focus of our hopes and aspirations not merely in a geographic sense, but in a conceptual sense as well.