Darkness
49: Ozer Yisrael BiGevura - Part I - אוזר ישראל בגבורה: “G” is for Gevura, “G” is for Growing
in Brachos
Hold fast to this promise: that no matter how hard times are, it is only an expression of our being held tighter. It grows us up, not out, and makes us different people.
“You hold me tight, God; I’ll hold tight to You.”
48: Holding Fast in Times of Pain
in Fundamentals
״הוֹי כִּי גָדוֹל הַיּוֹם הַהוּא מֵאַיִן כָּמֹהוּ וְעֵת צָרָה הִיא לְיַעֲקֹב וּמִמֶּנָּה יִוָּשֵׁעַ.״ --ירמיהו ל:ז
"Alas! for that day is great, such that none is like it; And it is a time of pain for Jacob, and out of it shall he be saved"
“Look down from Heaven and see how we have become a mockery to and cursed by the nations. We are considered sheep to be dragged to slaughter; to be killed, destroyed, beaten and humiliated. And with all this, Your Name we have never forgotten — do not You forget us.” (Morning prayers, Tachanun).
36: Freedom of the Day, Freedom of the Night: Mattir Assurim מתיר אסורים Part III
in Fundamentals, Brachos
It's time you looked forward to all that Haggadah text before the songs start!
Freedom of the Night; Freedom of the Day — Yosef, Yetzias Mitzrayim, and bringing the Seder into real life.