There's a double liberation expressed in the last days of Pesach. A few explanations of the subject.
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We're coming very close to the last days of Passover \u2014 Pesach \u2014 which is part of the broader holiday of liberation. Pesach itself is about liberation from slavery in Egypt, and the last days of Pesach commemorate the splitting of the Red Sea, when the Jewish people passed through and the Egyptians drowned. That too is a form of liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, the question is very simple: if the first days of Pesach already represent liberation, then what do the last days add? Why do we need another commemoration of liberation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I'd like to explain this in a few different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Way number one:<\/strong> Explanation number two:<\/strong> Then there's a third, deeper explanation.<\/strong> Then come the final days of Pesach, where we remember the splitting of the sea. In Psalms and other texts, it says that God opened something called the Nahar<\/em> \u2014 to river. Nobody knows exactly where this river is physically, but that doesn't really matter. In the mysticism of Judaism, the Nahar<\/em> represents something internal. It's about that which is hidden becoming revealed. Our speech \u2014 what we say \u2014 is external and can be heard. But our thoughts \u2014 what's inside \u2014 are hidden. And those inner thoughts also need work. We need to become aware of our thoughts, to discern which are appropriate and which are not. That's the deepest level of liberation: inner liberation, mental and spiritual clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, the first days of Pesach are about liberating the mouth \u2014 what we say. The last days are about liberating the mind \u2014 what we think. It's not a repetition, but a deepening. A second stage. An inner stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n May God help us fulfill all of these levels of liberation, and may it ultimately lead us to the ultimate redemption with the coming of our righteous Mashiach, quickly in our days.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There's a double liberation expressed in the last days of Pesach. A few explanations of the subject.================================================================= We're coming very close to the last days of Passover \u2014 Pesach \u2014 which is part of the broader holiday of liberation. Pesach itself is about liberation from slavery in Egypt, and the last days of Pesach commemorate the\u2026 Read More \u00bbLast days of Pesach: A double liberation<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3176,105],"tags":[3272,3480],"series":[],"class_list":["post-29682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-pesaj","tag-english","tag-liberation"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/00English-1.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/avatar1400.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"castbox":{"key":"castbox","url":"","label":"CastBox","class":"castbox","icon":"castbox.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/rabino-tuvia-serber","embedCode":"
You could say that the Jewish people only truly understood they were free from Egypt when they went through the sea. Why? Because after the sea opened for them, and then closed on the Egyptians, drowning them \u2014 that was the moment it became clear: \u201cWe're really free now.\u201d Egypt no longer had power over them. That's explanation number one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liberation is an ongoing process. It's not that you get freed once and that's it \u2014 you're done, you're free, you've made it. No, not at all. When you leave your first \u201cEgypt\u201d \u2014 meaning the first level in which you were stuck, limited, or trapped \u2014 yes, it's liberating. But then you enter a new level. And at first, that level is expansive. You feel free. But after a while, that new level becomes your new Egypt \u2014 your new limitation. And you need to break free from that too. It's a continuous process of growth. A person can never say, \u201cI've finished.\u201d When is it finished? When your life is over. That's when your work in this world is done \u2014 either because of age, or because you've fulfilled your mission, or for reasons only God knows. But until that moment, you're still alive \u2014 and that means there is more to grow, more to liberate within yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hebrew word Passover<\/em> \u2014 Passover \u2014 can be seen as a combination of two words: Peh Sach<\/em> \u2014 meaning \u201cthe mouth that speaks.\u201d Peh<\/em> means mouth, and Sach<\/em> means speaking. So the first level of liberation during Pesach has to do with what we say. It's about freeing the mouth \u2014 freeing ourselves from negative speech, from gossip, insults, and harmful words.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLast days of Pesach: A double liberation<\/a><\/blockquote>