Seeing the Light, When It's Dark

Seeing the Light, When It's Dark PESACH Jews are no strangers to persecution; its stories fills the pages of our history books from the very dawn of our people’s existence. But what makes us unique, is that unlike others, we get ‘better’ with each passing tragedy. The worse the persecution the stronger and harder we become. Counterintuitive. Like the egg of the Seder plate, which the hotter it is boiled, the more it hardens, defying the regular process. Which brings us to a puzzling story in the Haggadah: how and why did several saintly rabbis, trek all the way to Bnei Barak to discuss the Exodus, and had to be reminded by their students that the night was over? The key word is precisely that. Night.