I am celebrating the holiday of Passover (Pesach בעברית) tonight. I am celebrating Pesach in the Free Land.
Pesach is a celebration from the Jews transforming from a people of slavery, to a people of freedom. Of Egyptian slavery, to a free people wandering in the desert, who eventually experience revelation at Har Sinai.
But for me Pesach is not just a holiday to reflect on my people's history, per se. I also try to look at this holiday as a opportunity to come to terms with what I am personally enslaved with and how I can walk the path to freedom. Also, I try to meditate on people around the world who are still enslaved. Whether that be true slavery, human trafficking, captured soilders, or refugees around the world.
For all of you Southern Jews who read this and know how hard it is to find Kosher LPesach food in the grocery stores. MAN I almost had a culture shock going shopping for food for Passover. So on the States (at least from my experience in the South) when you go shopping for Pesach food, your only option is about 2 shelves of kosher l'Pesach food. You know when you walk into the store, that your food options will be sectioned off from all other foods. It makes it quite easy to find what you are looking for. NOT so much when you are in Jerusalem..When I went shopping, there was no section of the grocery store sectioned off specifically for Kosher L'Pesach food. The Kosher L'Pesach food was just mixed in with all of the other regular food. There existed no specific shelf of proper food. This means that it takes 2ce as long to find what you are looking for, because you have to check to make sure what you pick up has a label that says Kosher LPesach (כשר לפסח).
I'm really excited to continue keeping Kashrut when I return to the States. I have mixed feelings about going back to the States. This has been one incredible year. Wow. Words cannot even begin to express my thoughts. I'm really, really, really going to miss Israel (ארץ ישראל)...
Chag Sameach LKulam! חג שמח לכולם!
אני אוהבת לכם. שלום והצלכה מירושלים.
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