{"id":338,"date":"2010-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2010\/03\/finding-freedom-in-passover.html"},"modified":"2010-03-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T00:00:00","slug":"finding-freedom-in-passover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2010\/03\/finding-freedom-in-passover.html","title":{"rendered":"Finding Freedom in Passover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a look at one member’s incredible blog that describes how the Jewish holiday of Passover is a reflection of freedom for all people<\/a>. He writes, “The commandment of Passover is only to the Jewish People but the story and the idea of freedom that the holiday embodies is for all people all the time. What separates the human from the animal is our free will, directing our own lives; when freedom is threatened we turn into animals.”
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Take a look at one member’s incredible blog that describes how the Jewish holiday of Passover is a reflection of freedom for all people. 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