‘Not Four Questions’

Years ago, our awesome Pesach Seder Master SURPRISED all-of-us, amidst our late night fatigue, vocally inflecting ‘Dayenu?’ (¿it would have been sufficient?) – his Questioning Tone arousing everyone’s immediate discussion.

We too Must change Our inflection – to a Statement – in The NOW:

>  Dai!  Dai!  Dayenu!  <

We  Have  seen ‘Enough !!!  Enough !!!’ of these

‘it would have been sufficient’ – Attitudes & Policies.

…of course, much (much) earlier, the youngest child (with a diligently prepared recital) -or- all youngest members (in their families) together -or- Everyone → broke into a merry sing-song (sing-along) of The Four Questions. Really??? Where are the other three? Every Haggadah has only one Question: “Why is this night different from all other nights?” What happened to the other three? How-When-Why did this change occur? Behold, a general audience fragment from ‘my’ ever changing [PG-40] – might even (some day?) be completed – ‘Enlightening Lives Haggadah’ → Come and See:

Maggid (telling The story)

The MOST familiar text to ALL Jews (The Pesach Haggadah) typically ‘suggests’ letting the youngest person [via One Single Solitary: “Why?”] start Seeing & Wondering how “This Night – Is Different – From ALL Other Nights” – by Four Examples ⇒ -or- perhaps – this Honor of ‘Asking’ The Four Answers is to remind us – that virtually everyone at this table has an ancient Neshama: We are all deeply identically ‘timeless’ – even the youngest. (New ‘Ideational-souls’ being quite rare – in Our current Epoch – indeed!) 

There probably were many (lost) traditions, laws, and stories discussed at the First Korban-Pesach Night – in Egypt – and thereafter – until the Last Korban-Pesach Seder Night (before the Second Beit HaMikdash’s ruination). For example, the earlier Jerusalem Haggadah brought – not four – but three examples (needing to be understood in another time & place). Likewise, our Sages (of yore) had knowledge & experience about how Pesach was ‘celebrated’ – during our ‘short’ Forced Dispersion interval (to lands – from Hodu to Kush); where Korban Pesach memories were still alive. However, as this next (Korban Pesach) disconnection extended beyond living memory, the Pesach Seder took on even greater importance! As always, Halacha (“Best Life Practices Advice”) helps to keep us Alive; for example, emerging commentaries (from The Sages of NOW -and- from Everyone at the Table) enhance our Seder’s Haggadah: a nevertheless very-traditional Psycho-Drama script – including immersive “Pesach, Matzah, and Maror” experiences.

⇒ Background: Why must Pesach be celebrated at Spring time? → Beyond the explicit Biblical requirement, there is a practical side → that we no longer pay attention to. Four aspects of Ordinary Life (that no longer Terrify us) were Starvation, Death during pregnancy, Death during childbirth, and Infant mortality. ⇒ In the great expanse of indigenous Israel – Before Air-Conditioning – these Terrifying aspects were extremely dangerous for pregnant women AND for newborn babies; during some very Hot, very Dry, very Dusty Summer intervals. For women, it would be safest to begin pregnancy after this heat-stressful season; however, that would result in their birthing happening at the beginning of Summer – which would result in higher infant mortality. The ‘obvious’ natural solution was for the woman’s first trimester to be in Summer; so that birthing ‘happens’ during Spring time. Consistent with some very earliest Omer-Interval ‘regulations’, and given the important detail that most women (then) would ‘prefer’ giving birth just-before, during or somewhat after Pesach, Let us begin looking at The (so called) ‘Four Questions’ anew:

Now, in order to understand the Four Example Answers (to that singular question), YOU must go Way Back to Empathise with Ordinary Life experience – when: a somewhat different Haggadah (without the Bnei Brak Atic story, etc.) was part of our Korban Pesach Seder. (Certainly, You Always try making these Four Examples symbolic of whatever is worthy of appreciation; but -maybe- You should diligently explain the basic “Why” of these Four Examples too!) Accordingly: In those ancient Seder times, We began discovering answers, in Order of Age, starting with The Youngest – who may have fallen asleep before last year’s Seder -or- might just not remember what happened So Long Ago (last year).

SO, we ask him, and He Has Everyone’s Attention, and he looks around, and we are all dressed – just like every Shabbat evening meal; and he sees the tablecloth, and the lit candles. Everything smells uniquely exotic – delicious – yet ‘familiar’ – just like any other Shabbat night. So he looks, and looks, And Looks, until finally, … he … Easily Notices that there is no challa on the table (Of Course He Notices! – because we just showed Him our breaking the middle of three Matzot – but he looks around anyway – because he is Enjoying the attention, AND because he is not used to adults asking him such an obvious question → SO he really contemplates – – – before answering), AND everyone smiles at his remarkable powers of observation, and > HE IS HAPPY < and much (much) more interested…

The First Question

The Youngest Child answered the Pesach Seder Master: 

“On all other nights we eat bread and Matzah, while on this night we eat only Matzah.” 

– and YOU may still be wondering WHY:

Yeast (chametz) is an essential source of Vitamin B. Suddenly: many people are eating almost no-yeast bread (made with preservatives and chemical leavening agents), other people do not even eat bread, and some few actually eat real artisan’s yeast bread. Until recently: some fresh bread was part of Every meal (not day-old or frozen bread). It was wasteful to make too much fresh bread daily; And Matzah was Always available. 

So, Why no fresh bread tonight (like ALL other nights) ? 

Four Reasons: 

first reason – ‘Passover’: recognises every mother risking her own Life when birthing; with ‘Mortality’ B”H skipping (passing over) some doors [wombs], albeit (Lo Aleinu) sometimes ‘visiting’ others. Transmitting the Pesach episode recalls Our going out from Mitzrayim (the narrow place – “historically” : Egypt). This epic scale event reminds men to vicariously Appreciate -and- Respect something so obvious to every woman : The Greatest Miracle – in ALL of human experience – is ‘giving’ Birth. 

second reason – The richest regular dietary source of Vitamin-B – Yeast – was/is typically given to ‘nursing’ mothers (as dilute malt beer) to induce more lactation. Simply, “common-sense: Best Life Practices Advice” (just) before birthing was/is to avoid eating chametz; apparently because a Close-to-Birthing woman should save all her energies for the birthing; and there will B”H be time & energy enough for her to begin her milk ‘production’ thereafter. ⇒ Note: B vitamins are a healthy & important part of the woman’s diet during all other times of her pregnancy; unless (?) her attending physician instructs otherwise. 

third reason – Vitamin-B is actually ‘somewhat’ addictive! Good healthy B Vitamin ‘Niacin’ that everyone needs -and- Bad Tobacco ‘Nicotine’ that everyone should avoid – are chemical ‘first cousins’. Annual failure to rigorously recalibrate Good healthy Vitamin-B consumption ‘typically’ leads to obesity, while prolonged Vitamin-B abstinence ‘may’ lead to anemia; and (is said to – contribute to) depression, paranoia, or dementia. (Thus, Everyone – in Our annual Collective-Support group – Celebrates ‘temporary’ yeasted-products abstinence.) … [Notice: You feel satisfied eating less ‘real’ yeast-bread – After Pesach.]

fourth reason – Maintaining artisan’s live-yeast (long term) Risks propagating toxic molds & bacteria. → Even keeping Halachot-hygiene ‘ultra-cleanliness’ (plus Cohen examination, contemplation, and certification of Challa ‘samples’) was/is not sufficient [according to Our Risk-Avoiding ‘Best Life Practices Advice’ protocols] to guarantee the Torah-Mitzvah threshold ‘To Live By Them’; Thus After Pesach – each year – we Renew our artisan’s (ongoing sourdough ‘Starter’) yeast from fresh ingredients; AND, not surprisingly, Pesach is likewise Our National Festival of Renewal!

[incidentally] ⇒ (After Pesach) IF you bake Artisan Bread (almost) Every Day, THEN         Begin your Complex Yeast culture by Quarter-filling (a glass container) with Whole-Grain Flour-mix (mostly wheat -plus- rye or barley or spelt) stirred with over-hydrating amount of boiled-&–cooled water plus-maybe ‘small-bits’ of raisins & inner-onion or of A ripe (apple, banana, plum, pineapple); Keeping warm (no-sun) with thin-cloth between container & loose cover ⇒ THEN 3-7 days later: (refrigerate or) Daily: use half → then (keeping warm, covering, etc.) ‘feed’ with The Same Flour-mix & pinch of sea-salt → plus Either b&c water OR craft-ale & ‘small-bits’ ⇒ Behold your Happy-Yeast-Starter// …and even by your Perfect cleanliness: if mold starts on the surface-or-container (you did nothing wrong!), just Discard ALL (sorry) -and- (Joyfully!) Start Again…

The Second Question

The Pesach Seder Master now asks the next older child the same question: “Why is this night different from all other nights?” and that child Must Prove to everyone that HE is Bigger than the younger-child who answered the first “Why is this night different from all other nights?” question. Thus, he too begins to examine everyone & everything – very (very) carefully, until – he answers 

“On all other nights we eat all kinds of vegetables and herbs, but on this night we have to eat marror (bitter herbs).” 

WHY:

Recall: refined sugar had not yet been invented, and honey was/is a luxury item. Except for dried grains & legumes, food-storage was labor-intensive to prepare, and then required special containers. (For example: -today- that plastic-or-glass bottle or aluminum-can actually costs more than the carbonated sugar-water or fermented grain-water inside.) Happily, no special container was/is needed for dried ‘sweet’ fruits – from the previous harvest (which were regularly & carefully Rationed from storage). However, any not-yet consumed dried-fruits were (mostly) eaten up on Tu-b’Shvat; because thereafter, most would begin to become wormy → with inevitable warming weather events. 

Most of our ‘fresh’ vegetables & herbs ‘come’ from retail shops; some people buy ‘heirloom vegetables’ from a farmer’s stand; and a few people grow their own. Back then (in Ancient Israel), everyone stored dry-grain – that could (always) be ground into flour, and then made into bread or Matzah; and ‘almost’ everyone had a garden. Harvesting their/our garden vegetables & herbs (early in Spring) was/is sort of ‘wasteful’ (counter-productive); since every-day these garden-type vegetables & herbs Grow more Bountiful. However, Early Spring vegetables & herbs were/are an Instant economic Miracle.

Now, The Simplest Answer is to pick wild SPRING greens (that we do not grow in gardens – because they are edible if-somewhat bitter now – but turn too-bitter-to-eat as they mature); and the answer more relevant for women is that before birthing – the woman’s liver is functioning way above-and-beyond any normal level (Her liver is working for Both of them. Her body is trying to keep the yet unborn-baby Free from Any Toxicity.) and this causes her gallbladder to dump extra bile (acid) into her stomach (not just when it might help her digest a meal – but in between meals too) causing her to experience painful acid reflux, burning sensations in her stomach, and often abdominal cramps (especially since her intestines are constrained by her enlarged womb).

SO, One Good Solution, for the pregnant woman (approaching her birthing), is to eat (those wild early Spring) bitter herbs; which neutralize bile & stomach acid, and also provide comforting fiber for her intestinal tract. Of course, these days, modern city folks buy exotic salad greens in supermarkets; mostly because we do not pay attention that these same greens grow wildly in local empty-lots and between buildings (typically in early Spring – when young shoots are most edible). ⇒ SO, I guess it would be quite preferable if we urban dwellers start looking at what ‘wild plants’ grows around us, Begin to Learn (with our children) which are foods (and how to prepare them) and which are medicinal (and what ailments they comfort); and when & how to harvest each.

The Third Question

Turning to the next ‘older’ child, The Pesach Seder Master now asks him the same question: “Why is this night different from all other nights?” – and for some ‘Strange Reason’ he feels that These Questions are getting Harder, that he has to be particularly clever & especially insightful → to validate His maturity, and … eventually (after Much thought) … he answers 

“On all other nights we don’t have to dip our ‘vegetables’ in salt-water (or vinegar), but on this night we must dip them twice.” 

WHY:

Today, our store bought greens (such as lettuce, cabbage, spinach, chard, etc.) are usually grown with chemicals against insects & fungus; alternately, they are sometimes grown in pristine insect-free enclosures; and often these greens are washed & processed, sometimes canned, other times even cooked or frozen or both. Back then, people grew (seasonal ‘heirloom’) greens & vegetables that seemed to be consistently resistant to most local insects and common fungus (even if these might not yield the largest crops, nor get the highest price in the market – At least they gave a reliable harvest). But IF you are eating these bitter sprouting herbs and odd wild Spring vegetables, THEN dip them twice – Just Before eating: (first) dip (wash) it in salt-water (or vinegar) to get rid of any insects that might have arrived since it was harvested, and (then) dip these bitter measured-morsels in something with a nice savor (Charoset!) to give them some pleasant taste → that the mouth can enjoy. Caution: (Without Refrigeration) Pre-washing or Pre-soaking ‘most’ Wild greens (before sitting down for the Seder) will cause them to spoil (or rot) by the time you want to eat them. 

SO, help EVERY woman celebrate that She B”H: is, was, or will be going forward to partake in The Absolutely Greatest Miracle of All Human Experiences (birthing); by giving her the cleanest raw ‘vegetables’ (dipped in front of her – into salt-water or vinegar – proving how clean they are) and then Garnished with the Most Festive sauce (that special sweet & happily-spiced dip): Your ultimate – Most ‘wonderous’ Charoset.

[incidentally] ⇒ [Our Family Custom is to dip in ‘cloudy’ salt-water: that has floating chopped scallion & occasional hard-boiled egg fragments (told to us kids as reminiscent of the sea-waters that parted for us) → And OUR First Course – at every Seder-Meal – is this salt-water (diluted with cold water – according to the number of people) and usually adding more pre-chopped hard-boiled eggs, scallion, and others ⇒ Apparently reminding ‘us’ that some time(s) during this recent Long & Horrible GuLooT*       {*Forced ‘Exile’ from Our indigenous territories → *To ‘survive’ Physically AND ‘Culturally!’ *among Hostile Barbarous Anti-Ideational Essentially-Illiterate Populations → *who kill scholars, burn libraries, and even believe in word-magic ⇒ Thus: even *Retarding their own cultural maturation…}       *– when all that OUR Ancestors could get together was a few Matzot AND what was on their Seder Plate – THUS OUR Entire ‘Festive-Meal’ consisted of that cold soup (made from what was on the Seder Plate): salt-water, chopped scallion (and/or any other wild herbs), and The (roasted) Hard Boiled Egg (chopped up)! -sigh-]

The Fourth Question

Then, once again, The Pesach Seder Master asks the next older child the same question: “Why is this night different from all other nights?” and THIS question might be passed up the line (by age) as one after another can not find a more profound answer (although many of these interim candidate answers are Interesting or Amusing or Extremely Curious) – until comes the answer 

“On all other nights we typically eat while sitting formally (upright), but on this night we should eat while sitting leisurely (reclining)”. 

WHY:

Men will NEVER be able accomplish that which most women can do (giving birth); SO, on this night, when we celebrate the ‘Virtue of Women’ (who risk their lives to perpetuate the immortality of The most celebrated event in Jewish Belief, that we hold sacred: LIFE), let us all eat reclining; so that she will not feel awkward (reclining), and do what needs to be done to let her feel Her most Royal place in the maturing eternity that She is (always) experiencing.

The Questions Continue

I do not intend to include more than a few extracts from my ongoing Pesach Haggadah [PG-40] commentary. It may be enough to simply observe that the ‘Order’ of the entire “Seder” strictly follows development & maturation steps – which we go through in the course of our lives. Simply, after The Four (??) Questions, and as each & every subsequent item in the Haggadah is ‘Up for Discussion’ ⇒ we re-discover (under The Pesach Seder Master’s ‘invitations’) that each person has their own special idea -or- novel opinion. Those contributed by the younger members remind older members of who they once were, how similar these young people are to still older members (A”H) no longer present, and Also how Unique each young person is; while younger members, trying to understand the progressively more-esoteric discussions of their elders, accumulate many themes & ideations for further consideration (from this year to the next ⇒ B”H in Jerusalem).

What is Special Significance ? of 

“(the) Pesach (sacrifice), Matzah, and Maror” 

⇒ Rabban Gamliel used to say: “Anyone who has not said these three things on Pesach has Not fulfilled his obligation, and these are them: Pesach, Matzah, and Maror.” → So NOW, however ‘spiritually’ accurate Rabban Gamliel certainly is (to which I am not anywhere near the level to appreciate), Clinically, as we may come to understand, these three apparently constitute an optimal diet for the end of pregnancy’s final trimester. Anyway, rather than giving yet another symbolic interpretation, and far be it for me to give a scholarly explanation according to Halacha (in compliance with sources: Talmud, Mishnah, Tanach, Midrash, etc.), Here is my fleeting attempt to explain these three – as Technology: 

PESACH (special Roasted meat)

For simple health reasons, in Eretz Yisroel, we (should) stop eating dairy products after Shavuot – by reason that the calcium load (on our kidneys) will be very problematic during extra hot-dry desert wind ‘sharav’ intervals; THUS we ‘gorge’ on our remaining dairy products on Shavuot -AND- (normally – would likewise) STOP milking our sheep & goats (which are much more desert-grazing adaptable than cattle). 

Now, from Shavout onward – no longer milking our sheep & goats – they again become fertile & pregnant (their gestation period being 4.54 to 5.23 months – unlike cattle’s 8.51-9.60 months), thus our flock’s sheep & goats were/are ‘naturally’ birthing around Hanukkah time. All shepherds know that one Ram per 50-150 Ewes is the accepted ratio for ‘normally inseminated’ domesticated flocks. According to my best understanding, the primary ‘humane’ reason (among many) for our Prohibition Against causing pain to sentient animals is Reflexive (psycho-spiritual damage that it causes among us); THUS – even for extra wool & meat production – we do Not castrate these extra Rams → as ALL other ‘even Modern’ shepards do. Thus, from the Previous year’s Hanukkah time, there was an abundance of one year old sheep & goat Rams ‘by design’ → for Korban Pesach.

Especially for women – in their last trimester of pregnancy (such as before or during Pesach) – who must not eat any fat (given their already over-stressed Liver function) – such one year old (tender – easiest of all meats to digest) one year old Rams, (which by Halacha are used for Korban Pesach) are Required to be Roasted on Fire → thus All their fats melt off, and drip onto the fire; and of course, we are not allowed to break their bones – since the only remaining fat is in bone marrow. 

MATZAH (an Unleavened ‘bread’)

[NOTE: When we were in Mitzrayim, THEY used Many Different ‘bizarre-longstanding’ yeast-toxic starters (for Their ‘nutrition’ -and- for ‘medicinal’ purposes) – and their consuming specific breads & wines was Strictly Permitted according to Social Caste. The famous Ministers of Bread & of Wine (to Pharaoh) were trying to balance His digestion & His moods; they were NOT managing the supply & distribution of grains & wines – to the general population. Thus, not only is Matzah ‘The Bread of The Poor’ – it was also the only bread allowed for enslaved ‘castes’ of Mitzrayim.      Another Note: In the ancient world of Mitzrayim (and others), in addition to gifts (bribes), Taxation was paid with grain or with wine or with Forced Labor; THUS foreigners (B’nai Yisroel, and the ‘mixed multitudes’) were always oppressed with much higher ‘taxes’ than even the very lowest caste of ‘native Egyptians’.] 

Our Matzah (today – Ignoring the Price) is Really much more ‘The Bread of The Poor’ than was the Matzah of our ancestors – since Modern wheat (and other grains too) are grown from specially hybridized species (or GMO) that produce maximum ultra-starchy grain yields (not particularly-nutritional) – having absolutely minimum bran (fibre) -and- minimum wheat-germ (which are ultra-high in proteins & various fat-soluble nutritional components – Not found in the starchy parts); THEN modern factories-sift the flour (to be free of bran & wheat-germ), giving it a much longer shelf-life than whole-grain flour. Our ancestor’s ancient wheat (as ‘recently’ as before mass urbanization) was stored as dry-grain, and ground into whole-grain flour → on an as-needed basis. When their dough was Properly Yeasted, having much higher percentages of bran & wheat-germ, that bread was Nutritionally Complete; – so – a person ‘could’ successfully live on a ‘Healthy’ diet of bread (with salt) to eat – and rationed water to drink (‘Best Served’ with copious amounts of Torah – Avot 6:4).

Those of ‘longer’ memory will readily recall that women – at the end of their pregnancy – were discouraged from eating (yeasty) bread or drinking watery (yeasty) malt-beer – since they should be saving their energy for the birthing; and not storing it for post-birth breast-feeding. Simply stated, bran & wheat-germ ‘rich’ whole-wheat Matzah was/is the best thing for her -and- for all of us To Eat (with the Pesach, and the Maror…). 

MAROR ‘Bitter Herbs’ (not sour)

Easy to find – native to Eretz Yisroel – Maror (identified in the Mishnah) are wild-growing: lettuce, endive/chicory, another bitter root, sowthistle, and a few others (of now uncertain identity). More ‘recent’ non-native traditions use ‘Chreyn’ (shredded raw Horse-Radish – often ‘diluted’ with chopped-or-ground raw or roasted or cooked Beet-Root); or use (your local Rabbi’s ‘recommended’?) Cilantro, Parsley, Kale, Mustard Greens, Collards, Turnip Greens, Broccoli Rabe, Radicchio, Nettles, Dandelion, Watercress, Radish, Milk Thistle, Aloe, Gentian, Goldenseal, Arugula, Wasabi, -or- Bitter Melon.

[incidentally] ⇒ [NOTE: In international demographic studies of local-groups exhibiting higher numbers of centennial age persons, ALL of their respective traditional diets include regular consumption of bitter herbs, bitter vegetables, and/or bitter roots. Furthermore, intensely bitter tasting leaves, in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine, are used to reduce fever, inflammation, blood sugar, and high blood pressure, while Western Medicine ‘only’ recommends these to boost healthy digestive microbiome.]

So Now, as The Pesach Seder Master draws our participation Deeper into ‘THE Great Escape’ (Psycho-Drama), each Haggadah section evoking successively higher levels of maturation & consideration (including relevance to later and still-later in-life experiences) Except we are in a HURRY – not just to eat – but To Compete the entire Haggadah by Midnight ⇒ just as we Intently Pray that: B”H Every birthing shall be in a Good & Successful moment – Free of any prolonged birthing ‘pangs’ >Awe’Main< ⇒ ‘as if’ to Always Joyfully ‘conclude’ in an interval not-longer-than Our Seder’s Haggadah.

 Thus, when you (youngsters) will be old enough to make it that far -and- to continue, you will realize that > Just Like The New Mother Begins To Teach Her NewBorn Infant < The Most sublime profound adult conversations begin – after-or-between the after-Haggadah metaphorical songs are sung & discussed. THEN our earlier-life Pesach Seder recollections are awakened & combined into a single life-time Psycho-Drama … going back … back … back to include our ancestors’ entire sentience – YES they are here – ALIVE and with us at this table – embodied in our musings – now supervised by none other than Eliyahu HaNavi – who has returned to Our Table – to guide this unwritten Post-Production part of The Seder… (and that – my dear friends – is but one version of why-and-how The Seder parts have been arranged in this Order — which is much more elucidating than the omnipresent sarcastic suggestion that we should eat first.) 

What can i (this author) contribute?

(Kindly: Study Mishnah Rosh HaShanna 1-1 – and then consider the following.)

Looking at Our antecedents, Notice – while discussing when (in our Current calendar ‘system’) we should continue to ‘celebrate’ the New Years beginnings from Four ‘post-Noahide’ Epochs – Mishnah–Rosh HaShanna 1-1 elaborates Mitzvot that we (still) carry forward from those prior time-keeping ‘systems’. Thereafter, (in Our ‘current’ Epoch) that emerging paradigm-shifting sequence-of-awareness ‘created’ an environment into which Avrahum Avinu (Peace be unto Him) ‘spontaneously awakened’ to catalyze Our transcending

‘Life of Ideation’ (Torah) &

(Halacha) ‘Ideation of Life’

– with Dedication – to Enlightening Our collective-consciousness; and [incidentally] to an ongoing maturation of mankind → → → by Example! 

Anthropology should sincerely acknowledge – That Mishnah’s Portrayal of Our FOUR earlier Epoch ‘technology stage’ memories – as pre-Bronze Age (perhaps including ? Levant – Upper Paleolithic). Sequentially – they were (1) our nomadic-foraging; -thereafter- (2) our shepherding; then came (3) our quasi-private real-property agriculture (including food security via multi-year whole-grain storage – the Larger than Life benefit of The Original agricultural revolution); and (4) ‘eventual’ regulatory-resolution of our quasi-private agricultural-lands’ Infrastructure Maintenance – during seventh-year public access/use. 

Our earliest pre-cultural memory – The Seven Noahide Laws – describes Minimum Standards for Humanity (obviously – not yet ‘achieved’ – among Recent-Millennia ‘cultures’). From my vantage (seeking a larger context), to arrive at this current NOW, Our Respect for Life was already Primordial. Later, becoming Aboriginal, Our orientation flourished to appreciate ‘Mental Health’ Freedoms. Eventually, (arriving at OUR Epoch) ‘Redemption’ (from Egyptian Slavery) provided the ‘collective enhancements’ necessary to Receive & Accept THE politely worded Compendium Guidebook – combining Law, Tranquility, and Maturation → which have been (Consistently) Exemplified & Updated by overwhelming ongoing generations of Our Ethical-Best & Intellectual-Brightest. 

Given such context, Visualize (Long before Our current Epoch) grain-agriculture eventually diversified nutritional-wealth into various yeasting ‘technology ventures’; including – ‘Passover’ (our current favorite) – like ALL Our ​​other annual National Consciousness re-calibrations & re-synchronizations – is Celebrating: 

Our Spiritual & Physical (re)Birthing, 

Our Many common Ancestors’ journeys, 

Our Renewals & Re-unifications, -and-

Our Living-Thinking Together as ONE…