Our Eliyahu Hanavi
The soldiers who gave up their seders so the rest of us could have ours. You stand. The kids watch the wine to see if the level drops. It’s a tradition built on hope, on the idea that redemption is close enough to knock. This year, Eliyahu didn’t come to the door. He was already […]
Flour, Water, Fire, Eighteen Minutes
IDF soldiers in Syria made matzah by hand on base. The same way Jews have done it for 3,000 years. You can move Pesach off the calendar. You can reschedule meetings, delay shipments, push back a deployment timeline by 48 hours if the logistics allow it. But you cannot move Pesach out of the bones […]
Two Weeks Before Passover, the Phone Rang
The call-up came for thousands of reservists heading North. I sat in Modiin and felt it pull at me from both directions. I started a new job last week. Monday morning. New desk, new team, new ID badge that still smells like plastic. The kind of fresh start you plan for and look forward to […]