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Passover's 4 cups of meaning

JL;DR SUMMARY Jay Michaelson discusses the role of the Passover Seder in addressing the Meaning Crisis, defined by philosopher John Vervaeke as a disconnection from self, society, and the future. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish TraditionPassoverCommunityMythHopeSederFreedomCore ValuesMeaning CrisisNon Rational

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"A glass of wine offered at the Passover Seder. Photo by Carlos Chavez/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images"
New York, United States
"won the 2023 New York Society for Professional Journalists award for opinion writing"
Israel
"or at the ascendant far right in Israel."

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