Seder Handbook

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The Shomre Hadas Seder Handbook
today it stands in the square ignored. Everyone passes it by without
even giving it a second glance.”
“My dear friend, the problem is that your horse is too perfect,” his
friend answered. “People think it is a real horse – and who is going to
stop to look at a horse!”
“So what should I do?” exclaimed the exasperated sculptor.
“I will tell you,” replied his friend. “Make a crack in it, and then people
will realize that it is not a real horse, but a grand piece of art.”
And so, with a heavy heart, the sculptor did indeed chisel a split
across one side of the horse. The result was immediate; people
stopped everyday to marvel at the work of art that had been there –
taken for granted – all along.
This same scenario occurred when God took the Jewish people out
of slavery in Egypt. For centuries the world had witnessed the
phenomena of nature. Grass grew, cows grazed, brooks flowed, and
seas surged – and mankind forgot that it was only by the grace of
God that nature took its course every day. And so He made a
tumultuous split in the Sea of Reeds, which reverberated around the
world. (Rabbi Paysach Krohn, The Maggid Speaks, ArtScroll
Publications.)
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