Pesach Wishes from Theo Bickel

Dear Friends:

Let us give thanks for the freedom that is ours, and let us never ever take that freedom for granted. Next year, may all who are today denied freedom reach the Jerusalems of their longing, united at last, free at last.

There is hatred to be unlearned and dignity to be restored. There is tolerance to be taught, and new understanding to be planted.

Slaves do become free and tyrants are vanquished. No longer by miracles, as in days of yore, but by dedication — our dedication, our defiance, our devotion.

‘Avadim hayinu’ we once were slaves and we relive our redemption each year at this time. We escaped from Mitzrayim, the ‘narrow place’; yet there is the danger that we ourselves are creating a place of narrow thoughts and narrow minds. If we do that, then we do not deserve to sing the song of freedom.

So much has been achieved but can we really say ‘dayenu’? No we cannot; it is never enough. Only when the last shackles lie broken on the ground, then, only then.

Chag Cherut Sameach,
Theo & Tamara