Chag Sameach, YMJA! Wow! Another Pesach in a pandemic. While most of us can’t gather with our wider congregational mishpocha (family), I cannot help but think that this Passover will be special.
One of my favorite blessings for Holy Days is the Shechechiyanu; “Blessed are You, ADONAI our God, King of the universe, Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this season.” Another favorite Passover tradition is reading Psalm 136, where God’s lovingkindness isn’t just stated once or twice, but 26 times!! Yet another favorite part of the Seder is singing Dayenu, recounting God’s faithfulness throughout every generation. Even had God stopped with giving us Yeshua our Messiah, “Dayenu!” “It would have been enough!” But we know that He did so much more….
What do these things have in common? God’s peace is found throughout Pesach. His goodness is found everywhere. God created us, sent Yeshua as our final Pesach lamb to redeem us, and sustains us by His Ruach HaKodesh fifty days later on Shavuot. Through Yeshua, our final Pesach lamb, we can have peace with God. We are celebrating an Exodus that happened, but we’re celebrating an Exodus to come from sin and death, into God’s eternal Shalom.
This Passover season, eat your matzah and make the most of it. Know that God is with us, as He was with B’nai Yisrael.
Chag Sameach!
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By: Joe
March 27, 2021
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