04/01/2026
Pesach (פֶּסַח)
For an entire year our family has been anticipating Pesach in our Land of Promise — Western NC
I made “plans”
I had expectations
The funny thing about HaShem is that there is only one plan —His.
Our entire family has been hit with the worst flu yet — only days before this monumental Appointed Time begins.
While brothers and sisters around the world have been cleaning their homes, ridding the shelves of chametz, and organizing Haggadah…
We’ve quite literally felt as if we’re withering away.
Consoling screaming-miserable children while we’re on the verge of passing out from fever — tripping over a mountain of soiled linens — waiting for the light to pierce through the darkness.
This year our Seder will be in our bedroom — all 6 of us awaiting the touch from HaShem to restore our health.
*** the photos posted are from two years ago while we were still living in a small mountain town in South Carolina, awaiting our promised land.
If YOU have made it this far reading a post on Instagram (which I’m not sure if anyone even does anymore) then I hope that I can pause and encourage you.
Everything we thought and hoped would happen has not happened… YET.
The story of Passover (Pesach) has become incredibly precious to us because I can’t help but think about the fathers / mothers / daughters / and sons that for thousands of years have been in our exact position.
Lonely. Exhausted. Broken.
But never, and I mean never hopeless.
however you are spending your passover this year - may it be in a crowded room with laughing, dancing, and delight — or — pent up in a feverish bedroom as you pray for your children with tears in your eyes — Baruch HaShem — Thank G-d
Your life is precious.
The God of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya’akov, decided to form you for such a time as this, and he will carry out his plan.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הַעוֹלָם שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה׃
Blessed are You, L-rd our G‑d, King of the
Universe, who has granted us life, sustained us and
enabled us to reach THIS occasion.