What Are Some Of My Thoughts On The Passover holiday? By Cheryl Freier, author and illustrator

                What Are Some Of My Own Thoughts On The Passover Holiday? 

Written by Cheryl Freier, author of The Grayling Hidden truth Poems and The Wild Grasses Hidden Truth Poems (books which were written on real experiences that happened in WWII—the significance for this holiday is that they found out on Passover that the war was over.)

                The story of Passover is a timeless classic story about the conflict between evil and goodness even though the story was written in the Bible.  What adds to the story’s uniqueness and depth is that even though the Egyptian Pharaoh is punished for his sins, he nevertheless never relents his hatred and desire to hold the Jews as his captives.  What is most captivating and real about the crisis between good and evil is that the Pharaoh unremittingly thinks of and admires himself as a G-d.  Had he had just a little bit of maturity, he would have realized his main limitation—that he was mortal just like the rest of us.

                What is strikingly captivating about the story, however, is that for many years Moses is thought of as a King, and he was raised from infancy by the Pharaoh’s sister to be a king.  Moses, however, never succumbs to pride and never deifies himself.  He is honest and forthright throughout his life.  What makes him a powerful leader of the enslaved people, the Jews, is that he thinks like a mortal and wants to be a mortal, thereby raising the hopes of G-d for mankind and its goodness.

                There are many lessons to be learned from the story of Passover, but one must hope that in any crisis that good surfaces and that evil dissipates.  Above all else, we must be honest to ourselves and then we can be honest and forthright to people.  Wishing you a healthy and hearty Passover holiday, I am the wife of Martin Freier, a man whose truth shined always throughout his life, even though he was exposed to the Nazi terror as a child.