parsha bit: Pesach

[cellio]

Rabbi Sheshet said in the name of Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah: he who despises the festivals (by working on them and not celebrating) is like one who worships idols. This is because the command to have no molten gods is immediately followed by the command to keep the festival of unleavened bread. (Pesachim 118a)

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[hlinspjalda.livejournal.com]

Wow. I was just reading that passage myself this morning! I'd been looking for the reference to Nishmat that's in the same page. (Nishmat is my favorite part of the haggadah.) Was disappointed not to find much, but saw this and thought it was cool.