New York, Pesach 5753
Reprinted from Cong Kehilath Jacob News

         Pesach is the most strenuous most energy-demanding
holiday. It's weeks of preparation, everybody knows that one
crumb of chometz (bread) makes ten thousand tons of matza unfit.
There are things that if I have a little of, it's also good. If I'm
hungry and have just one plate of soup it's also good. But when
it comes to freedom, to be Jewish, to believe in G-d, it has to be
total and complete. A little crumb which doesn't belong there
can ruin everything.

          Seder night, we are becoming Jews. Please, please let it
be the holiest night of our lives. It would be sad to waste such a
holy evening with mundane and unimportant things. Believing
is not just something which we don't understand. Believing is
the understanding of the soul - not the mind. Believing is total
trust in G-d. I bless you with the night of all nights. With
totality of all totalities. Seder night is the night when G-d in His
infinite mercy gives us the privilege to show our children how
we love them totally. Seder night I show the poor man how I am
totally devoted to helping another human being. There was a
time when some of us were poor economically. Today most of us
are poor spiritually. For the seder I invite all those who are
poor. I invite all the children of the world. Then I stand by the
open door and wait for Elijah the Prophet. Please G-d, tell him
to come.

         Blessings and love, Brother Me.

