Passover is not about what happened once in history. It is about what is happening inside you right now.

Therefore, the most important thing about Passover is “What has changed in me this Passover?”

Within each of us there is a powerful, demanding, and unquestioning voice that says: “I am the center. Everything exists for me.” This is Pharaoh. In other words, we should not be satisfied with the thought that Pharaoh is some distant ruler that existed a long time ago. Pharaoh is that which controls us inside of us right now. It is a force that urges us to chase egoistic fulfillments such as honor, control, validation, success, and recognition. It makes us measure our lives according to the questions, “How much did I gain? How........

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