We Didn't Start the Fire
We didn’t start the fire/It was always burning/Since the world’s been turning/We didn’t start the fire/No we didn’t light it/But we tried to fight it ~Billy Joel
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We didn’t start the fire/It was always burning/Since the world’s been turning/We didn’t start the fire/No we didn’t light it/But we tried to fight it ~Billy Joel
This past week, the Israeli people (along with Jews around the world) commemorated Yom HaZikaron, the Day of Remembrance for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism.
Last week, for the last days of Passover, my family visited my sister’s family in Chicago (it was their spring break). We had a wonderful time as the temperatures were warmer and the sun was shining.
I hope that you and your family are enjoying the Passover holiday. Tomorrow the Jewish Federation office will be closed for the holiday, thus the reason for my weekly email coming today.
Nothing in the Passover seder is as it appears. Each symbol, midrash, vignette, poem, and song evokes layers of meaning that help fashion the Jewish heart, mind and soul.