It's the day following the conclusion of Passover, yet another "new beginning" in the Jewish year.
Just as we *search for leaven* to cleanse the house of not-for-Passover items prior to the festival, the week of the holiday itself reminds us (encourages? demands?) that we are to look for the unclean, old, stale schmutz that is within us, to rid it from ourselves as well - a personal spring cleaning.
Breadcrumbs, half-used cereal boxes and old pasta certainly seem to find their way into every unexpected nook and hiding spot in our homes. Yet often these are much easier to sweep up, set aside or toss out. It's the internal stuff that really clings and needs our continued scrubbing.
We return to bread and beer, to enjoy. May the inner chametz not build up again so fast...
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