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EPISODE · Mar 25, 2026

Passover Removes the Leaven of Despair

from Weekly Torah Commentaries · host Russ Resnik

It may be normal to be anxious as we’re bombarded with reports of antisemitic violence. But the Survivors’ Haggadah (published in 1946 for Jews still in European DP camps observing their first Passover after World War II) declares, “The seder is a protest against despair.”

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