God brought the world into being through the articulation of words and we sustain it by resting. Language makes us soulmates of God, changing the space we inhabit through the power of words. And finally, the key to the sacred theater of the Seder is giving voice to words. We are asked to imagine ourselves as part of that generation which witnessed God's presence in the birth of a new nation driven by a sense of mission. Telling the story bridges the chasm opened by time, transporting us back into the midst of that foundational experience.
Memory makes of the past a beacon for the years that lie ahead.
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