Although all the
Jewish holidays commemorate events in our national history, they are far more
than mere recollections of our past.
Every holiday provides us with the
opportunity to relive, as well as to remember, past events. Every year, the same
spiritual forces which brought about the event commemorated by a holiday are
expressed again at those times.
This the fifteenth of Nissan, the
date of our exodus from Egypt, is eternally fixed as "the season of our
freedom," and the Tenth of Tishrei, the day on which G-d forgave the sin of
the Golden Calf, is established for all time as "the Day of
Atonement".
The essays in these volumes are
adaptations of the works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, which focus on the respective
spiritual messages of the holidays. They endeavor to show how the historic
symbolism associated with these days produces eternally relevant lessons that
are applicable in our current divine service, infusing energy and vitality into
our observance of the festivals.
