Celebrating the Festival of Freedom at a Time of Suffering

Passover is a symbol of hope that the redemption from slavery in Egypt prefigures the full redemption still to come.

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Rabbi Elisha Friedman reflects on how we can celebrate Passover in a moment of intense human suffering.

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