Dear Friend,
To one degree or another, weāve gotten used to interacting with robots. Not too long ago, if you needed cash, you had to go the bank, say āgood morningā to the teller and show your ID. Nowadays you face a machine, press a few buttons and the cash is right thereāno human interaction necessary.
Things have gone so far that we have even started talking to those robots as if they were human. āHey Alexa,ā we say before asking āherā to supply information or purchase something. Itās fun, but it can also be frustrating. You know the polite response you receive is not the result of care or even decencyāitās just a computer algorithm.
The antidote to our automated ills is found in the Passover Haggadah.
We read about four childrenāthe wise, the wicked, the simpleton and the one who doesnāt know to ask; they all have questions, yet we are told to give each one a different answer, each as unique as they are.
This Passover, letās take this lesson to heart. Letās remember to be inclusiveāto invite everyone to the Seder table, and once they are there, to be mindful of their individual needs (here is a great article with tips on how to do that).
When we all sit together, now thatās true celebration.
