Rabbi Dovid S. Polter, Community Chaplain
Pledge to Polish Your Soul
Passover is upon us. Most are familiar with the Passover Seder ceremony. With family and friends gathered at the table, unique dishes and symbolic foods served, we joyfully chant the story of our Exodus from Egypt.
Let us examine the less popular night before Passover. With a wooden spoon, a feather, a candle and paper bag we search our homes for anything considered leavened (non-Passover provisions.) We also search our inner hearts to rid ourselves from any trait that resembles the nature of leavened products.
Leavening products rise and puffs up. In our daily conduct, this translates into arrogance and callousness. These negative traits must be absolved before celebrating Passover, the holiday of liberation.
So, now days before Passover is a most fitting time to pledge to polish your soul, to subdue the negative and to grow the positive.
You will find your soul to be a most magnificent piece of furniture requiring the pledge to polish to perfection.
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