A recent survey indicates that the Passover Sedar as recently replaces Yom Kippur as the most observed Jewish ritual. More Jews participate in a Sedar (to one extent or another) than fast on Yom Kippur.
How come?
In modern society, the idea of a conscience is going out of style. The idea that people walk around all year thinking that they are sinning, and need one day a year to clear their slate by fasting is not as popular as it once was. Today, we’re told that we can’t live every single day of the year (minus one) thinking that we’re sinning.
The new in thing is to tell yourself that you weren’t born yesterday, that you’ve got ancestors.
Ideally, it would be nice if all the holidays were kept by as many Jews who mark Passover, they do have one thing right. It is Passover, more than any other holiday, which ties us to our past. And it’s that tie to the past that has sustained us for all these years.
That’s probably one of the reasons why we recite Yiskor, the prayer for the memory of the departed, on the last day of Passover.
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