Manna Pt. 2 | Exodus 16 [Beshalach] | BLNO S7E2

In this episode Rabbi Fohrman puts the bitter herbs - maror - under a microscope. Why do we need to hold onto a reminder of our slavery, during a Passover seder that represents freedom? Drawing from a principle of teshuvah - repentance - our hosts carve out an incredible principle in human psychology and what it takes to heal from trauma. Can't Skip the Bitter (to Get to the Sweet) (Verse 1) In Egypt the bread held the taste of our tears Sourdough—you couldn't tell where it stopped The sourness baked into four hundred years Until the whole batch was bitter and locked But God didn't hand us the honey that night Didn't say: forget it, here's something new He gave us flat bread with bitter alongside— Separated. Still there. Still true. (Chorus) You can't skip the bitter to get to the sweet You can't leave the sorrow behind The only way forward is going back through it One morning at a time (Verse 2) The manna came later, the honey came slow Forty years of daily bread Each day God was asking: do you believe now that you’re more than the tears that you’ve shed? And every spring we sit down at the table Flat bread and bitter, side by side Not because we're still slave