Pesach is the story of liberation into covenant. We left Egypt not for anarchy, but for Sinai. Freedom culminated in law.
Tonight, as we sit secure at our tables, we ask: Can we build communities that are lawful and compassionate? Can we remember Egypt without recreating it? Can we uphold order without hardening our hearts?
The Haggadah teaches that in every generation we must see ourselves as if we left Egypt. Perhaps this also means: in every generation we must build societies where strangers are treated with dignity— and where law serves justice, not fear.
Freedom without law dissolves. Law without compassion enslaves. Pesach calls us to hold both.
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