Congregation Kehilath Jacob Newsletter 1985 
Dear Friends,
Seder night we begin with Kadesh. Everybody knows that holiness is the highest level a person can strive for. It takes a whole lifetime to really become holy. Seder night we begin right on top, this is what our holy rabbis teach us, that even in exile we can work our way up. Not to be in exile, to be free, means that I am not afraid to jump on top, on top of the top.
On Seder night, our children feel so close to us, they are asking us all the questions. Why don't our kids talk to us during the year? Because sadly enough, we look at them with exile eyes. First you go to Cheder, then you go to Yeshiva, then you get one Ph.D. and then another. You go slowly, slowly; that is exile behavior. The truth is, every child has it in him to reach right away from the first, for the highest, for the deepest. Anyone who is around children [knows that they] understand more than adults. Children are on the highest level, so Seder night after we call out Kadesh, our kids say, okay, if this is the way you look at life we can talk to you again.
People who think it takes so long to get rich when they see a poor man, they are not inviting him, they think that until this poor fellow will get rich it will take so long, why should I invite him to eat in my home. On Pesach it takes just one second. I say, this poor man, maybe he will become rich in just one second.
Let every poor person come into my house and eat. "Kol dikfin yeise vyeikal." I say to the poor man, "don't despair, maybe you'll be rich tonight, maybe in just five minutes. 
A human being has to work himself up very slowly. It is a gift from heaven that sometimes in just one second I can reach the highest level. 
To be in exile means I believe in G-d, but it depends on me, and I have to work hard to get anywhere. Seder night everybody knows is a different thing. 
Since it is a gift from heaven, why not ask right away for the highest thing? Begin with the highest, begin with Kadesh.
Shlomo
