The 15th of Nisan Approaches

Three hundred years ago a ship called the Mayflower set sail to the New World. This was a great event in the history of England. Yet I wonder if there is one Englishman who knows at what time the ship set sail? Do the English know how many people embarked on this voyage? What quality of bread did they eat? Yet more than three thousand years ago, before the Mayflower set sail, the Jews left Egypt. Every Jew in the world, even in America or Soviet Russia, knows on exactly what date they left – the fifteenth of the month of Nisan; everyone knows what kind of bread the Jews ate. Even today the Jews worldwide eat matzah on the 15th of Nisan. They retell the story of the Exodus and all the troubles Jews have endured since being exiled. They conclude this evening with two statements: “This year slaves. Next year, free men. This year here. Next year in Jerusalem, in Zion, in Eretz Yisrael.” That is the nature of the Jews. - David Ben Gurion, 1947

Wishing you and your family a Chag Sameach, a sweet and healthy Passover holiday!