PASSOVER—A TWO-EDGED SWORD

Shabbat ends tomorrow (Saturday) night and Passover begins. The weeklong holiday will bring both joy and distress.   Passover commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and slavery (though not of the Black American sort). What’s more, Pharaoh ordered the deaths of newborn Israelite boys. The story is familiar to most Americans, though not all. Several years…

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