Pesach prep is in full swing. If you’re not actively preparing, you are definitely preparing in your mind, or you are at least wondering why you haven’t started preparing yet.
This is a quick reminder for all of us. We are the chosen nation. We are the firstborn nation of all other nations. We are the guideposts for all others and the light to shine upon the world. What makes us glorious is our connection to Divinity and our relationship with Torah and its commandments.
Pesach is a renewal of life, from both a spiritual and a physical standpoint. Whether it’s the intense cleaning or the regal hotel experience, it’s an entirely different change of pace from what we were used to just a month earlier. It clearly requires some sort of alteration for most of us.
We are part of something bigger. We live beyond time. What we do reinforces the link in our multigenerational chain all the way back to Sinai, and helps it connect all the way to future days. Imagine a scene from a superhero movie, where the train is zooming down the tracks, only the track is broken over the bridge just a few thousand yards away. And the superhero rushes in place to create a makeshift track with his body, so the train can safely pass over the bridge.
We are the superhero. The bridge is our generation. The train is the entirety of the world. What we do, bridges the past to the future. Our cleaning, our cooking, our Seders, our mitzvos, and our Torah, are all opportunities for us to enhance ourselves, our families, and the entire world.