This morning, using a technique from Dr. Viktor Frankl, we explore the transcendent meaning of exerting ourselves in these days to clean and remove every trace of Chometz (the leavened products we do not eat or even own on Passover). Taught to me by my friend Benji Friedman, and loosely based on the writing of Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, we explain why becoming God's partner, our life's mission, does not apply at Exodus, which is why Moshe's name is absent from the Haggadah narrative.

Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship.

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