Dental Message of Pesach

While sitting in my dentist’s chair, getting my teeth cleaned for Pesach, I was asked to come up with a good explanation as to what is special about the upcoming holiday. I had about thirty minutes to come up with an answer to my dentist friend.

I said that Pesach represented the beginning of the Jewish nation. It is our proof that Judaism is the one and only true religion.

When we celebrate שבת הגדול this week, we are commemorating the beginning of our redemption from Egypt. We took lambs, the symbol of idol worship of Egypt, that was the superpower of the world, and tied it to our bed posts, and they were silent.

This was the culmination of the devastation of this once great nation. There was more to come with the splitting of the Red Sea, and the revelation on הר סיני.

If we consider how our religion began as opposed to the other great religions of the world, that did not have much in the way of miraculous events, Judaism clearly has so much more validation.

This is the message of Pesach. It reinforces the truth of Judaism, and makes us appreciate how lucky we are to be Jewish.

I think my dentist was as satisfied as I was, with my shiny teeth all ready for Pesach!