Passover meditation

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“Let all who are hungry come and eat…” is the ethical command for our Passover meal. Why on this night are we required to invite people who are hungry into our homes?"

Read more from Rabbi Yitzak Miller here.

I'm struck by the commonality between Judaism, Islam and Christianity on the issue of joyful, compassionate giving. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the "peoples of the Book" treated one another this way?

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That's something I will be praying for, at least.

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What can we do to make this a reality? Not much, on a global scale. But every day we can try our best in our own lives.

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My mother would say 'Fairness': she has spent her life challenging stereotypes when she hears them and doing her best to help people.

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Amen.

Tomorrow night my friend Loie, who is considering converting from "I think I was baptised. I must have been, right?" to some form of Judaism, is cooking her first Passover dinner. I will share this with her.

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What a lovely gift for Pesach. If she likes this kind of spirituality, she might enjoy following Yitz's blog on Mussar, Jewish spiritual development.