A most profound and inspiring consideration of the meanings of 'Pesach' ( Passover):
Rabbi Josef Dov Baer Solevetchik Z"ts"l is one of the great Jewish teachers and thinkers. In this posthumously collected book of essays on the Festival of Freedom ( Passover) (Pesach) he explores the meaning of the Haggadah and the Festival as a whole.
He opens with a report on his childhood experience of wonder and spiritual exaltation on two nights of the year, the night of the Seder Pesach and the night of Kol Nidre, Yom Kippur. He goes on to expand on the meaning of Pesach and of Seder night in... more info
mostly interesting:
This book includes essays on the seder itself, the plague of the firstborn, the counting of the Omer, and a variety of related topics. Generally, the essays are not for beginners, and some of them presuppose a higher level of Hebrew and/or cultural literacy that I have (something the editors could have mitigated through occasional use of footnotes or endnotes). Nevertheless, I found this book to be useful pre-Pesach reading. A few points that grabbed me: 1. Discussion of why the Pesach seder is a... more info
An outstanding collection essays, studies and documentation of the great author's interpretation of Passover and the Haggadah:
Festival Of Freedom: Essays On Pesah And The Haggadah from the deftly written works of the late Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903-1993) is an outstanding collection essays, studies and documentation of the great author's interpretation of Passover and the Haggadah. Consisting of ten knowledgeably written essays: An Exalted Evening; The Seder Night; Slavery and Freedom; The Symbolism of Matzah; The Inner Transformation on Pesah Night; Seders of Denigration and Praise; Arami Oved Avi; Jewish History and... more info
