Why is Passover the Most Celebrated Jewish Holiday?
Passover is the holiday when we became G‑d’s chosen people. In those crucial, first years as a nation, G‑d tangibly conveyed His love for us. We had no mitzvot, nor any merits and we didn’t deserve to be redeemed. Yet, G‑d showed us unconditional love that was not dependent on our spiritual strengths, talents or stamina. He chose us not because of what we would accomplish in the years and millennia to come. Not because we would accept His covenant, His rules, and His laws. Not because of our dedication, self-sacrifice or commitment. Not because we were to become a light unto all the nations and teach morality and goodness in every country where we would sojourn. On many other Jewish holidays, we commemorate, celebrate and rejoice in these particular aspects of our relationship and development as G‑d’s chosen nation. But on Passover, in our youthful years as a nation, just as our self-image was being forged, G‑d wanted to convey to us His infinite love for us. Just because we are His.
