Rabbi Pinchas Taylor of Florida shared faith-filled insights on Passover and how people are today, just as the Jews of Egypt were — today, outside forces such as Hollywood and politics are in play.
teaches that the Passover seder"allows us to reexperience the exodus on a personal level in the present day," Pincher also said.
This is emphasized, he said, by the fact that the Hebrew word for Egypt, Mitzrayim, also means"limitations." Symbolic of Jewish holiday Passover or"Pesach," certain foods, including bitter herbs and unleavened bread, are served. He continued,"Deeper still, we are emotionally and psychologically enslaved in how we look at ourselves and the world around us."
"It’s almost like the giant circus elephants who are fastened in their place by an insubstantial rope. When the elephants are small and cannot break these ropes, the [ropes] are fastened to the elephants' leg during their training," he said. "As the elephant grows," Pincher said,"it never realizes that it can now easily break the rope. Instead, it remains shackled only by its previous notion that it cannot break free from the cord that holds it back.
At left, Rabbi Pinchas Taylor of Florida. On right, a rendering of Moses, who led the Jews out of Egypt.
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