Beautiful Passover column by Jeff Jacoby:Which son are you, Caleb?
MY BELOVED Caleb,Passover, the Jewish festival of freedom, begins tonight at sundown, and together with loved ones we will gather for what has been called the oldest surviving ritual in the Western world: the Passover Seder. Once again we will recall and retell the story of the Exodus, when our ancestors were liberated from enslavement in Egypt and the long journey of Jewish nationhood began.The Seder is drenched, as you know, in tradition and symbolism. We eat matzo, the unleavened “bread of affliction” that the Israelites ate in bondage, and a bitter herb - horseradish in our family - to evoke the bitterness of servitude. We drink four cups of wine, corresponding to God’s four expressions of redemption in Exodus 6:6-7: “I will bring you out,” “I will deliver you,” “I will redeem you,” and “I will take you.”And of course we recite the Haggadah, the narrative that fulfills the Bible’s command that Jewish fathers tell their children the story of the Passover deliverance. Since your brother Micah will be[…]