Spiritual Practice
Why I Don’t Eat ‘Kitniyot’
The point of Pesakh is not culinary creativity. The point is constraint.
March 19, 2026
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The point of Pesakh is not culinary creativity. The point is constraint.
The plagues give us a model for how to think about liberation struggles.
Freedom can be more frightening than slavery.
Until we are still and present, there is no empty space to which our lost humanity can return.
Every berakhah that we recite is an opportunity to focus our attention mindfully on a blessing that we might otherwise ignore.
It is important to try to draw lessons from our collective past, but historical comparisons are tricky things.
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