This year, many Israelis find themselves in an unfamiliar and unsettling reality. Travel is restricted. Flights are limited or unavailable. The option of “getting away” for Pesach—so common in recent years—has suddenly disappeared. For some, this evokes disappointment, even a sense of confinement. Yet perhaps this moment invites us to rediscover something essential about Pesach—its deep and enduring connection to the home.

For the first Pesach was not only a festival of redemption; it was an experience of safety, protection, and intimacy within the home.

As described in Exodus (chapter 12), the Korban Pesach is defined by the household. Each offering is assigned to a family unit, with neighbors joining only when necessary. The blood is placed upon the doorposts, marking the home itself. There is no movement from place to place, no wandering beyond its boundaries. The meal is eaten at night, in haste, within the family home, as preparations for departure quietly unfold.

In this way, the home determines everything:........

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