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April 4, 2025

Passover and the Challenge of Faith

“We did not begin a journey out of bondage and leap directly into faithful practice, but rather stumbled, complained, and goofed up.”

In the Passover seders of his childhood, Robert Warren recalls carefully monitoring the cup of Elijah for any sign that that the amount of wine had been reduced—seeking proof of the prophet’s visit. This is very much a child’s view of religious belief, and Warren considers how his approach to faith has grown more sophisticated, and what the story of the exodus, and the way it is told, can teach us:

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