In Kohelet there is a line…

… “There is nothing new under the sun.” King Shlomo was right. But there are Chiddushim, new interpretations of past and present events.

In I Am The Witness – Exodus, you will find several thought provoking ideas, some of which may be completely “new”. You will not find them in the Commentaries for one simple reason. The commentators did not have all the information that has become available today. This does not detract from any Holy works or commentaries. On the contrary, it adds meaning that may have been lacking until now.

Why is Romaine Lettuce a “bitter herb?” It took an Amazon video and a Smithsonian link to provide a new concept for this iconic element of our Seder. This Chiddush also reinforces the reason for vegetables in general at the beginning of the Seder and further adds to Hashem’s glory at that first Pesach as our ancestors bravely defied their former Egyptian slave masters. The sheep was an Egyptian god that had to be eaten on a full stomach and the skeleton left intact.

So too was the humble Romaine Lettuce a deity of sorts!

Who was the Pharaoh of the Exodus? Where did the sea split? Where is the real Mount Sinai?