Posted on 04/22/2016 10:13:46 AM PDT by Nachum
Barack Obama sent out his final Passover greeting as US president on Friday, recalling his 2009 tradition-making seder — the first ever at the White House, and drawing a parallel between the story of the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt and the battle for civil rights across the globe.
“Mah nishtana halailah hazeh?,” the president wrote, quoting the Four Questions asked during the Jewish service on the first night of Passover. The Hebrew phrase means: “Why is this night different from all other nights?”
The president continued: “For Michelle and me, this Passover is different from all other Passovers because it will mark our last Seder in the White House – a tradition we have looked forward to each year since hosting the first-ever White House Seder in 2009.”
Comparing the Israelites’ desire for freedom to the fight for equality in the modern world, Obama wrote: “One of Passover’s most powerful rituals is its tradition of storytelling – millions of Jewish families, friends, and even strangers sitting together and sharing the inspirational tale of the Exodus. Led by a prophet and chased by an army, sustained by a faith in God and rewarded with deliverance, the Israelites’ journey from bondage to the Promised Land remains one of history’s greatest examples of emancipation. This story of redemption and hope, told and retold over thousands of years, has comforted countless Jewish families during times of oppression, echoing in rallying cries for civil rights around the world.”
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
Answer: Because they won't have it until they get back from their trip, when it is too late for a seder.
I feel freer already.
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To Obama, the promise land is when slaves get better treatment than free people. He thinks the civil rights battle is one for food stamps and benefits.
Obama is an ignoramus.
This guy couldn’t give a speech on a singular topic without trying to compare it to something else.
A happy Pesach!
That makes him sound too smart....
American Blacks sold G-d out sixty years ago. Now the white Trumpsters are doing the same thing. Looks like no one cares about G-d any more.
“Let My people go, that they may serve Me.” (Ex 8:1)
In Obama’s analogy, whom are the people supposed to serve?
You are being quite generous...
Also, the right to invade anyone’s privacy by using the incorrect bathroom.
Dang, why did we bother to run? Why didn’t we stay and just beg Pharoah for reparations?
Rofl!
Chag sameach to all celebrating tonight! Time to kiss yer pizza goodbye for a week!
Was 2009 really the first time a Seder was held in the White House? I don’t trust anything Obama says.
“Was 2009 really the first time a Seder was held in the White House? I don’t trust anything Obama says.”
It seems to be so. -At lease according to Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Passover_Seder
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