Spiritual Gems from the parsha Bo

There was light in their dwellings of all the Children of Israel (Ex. 10:23)

This unique light not only illuminated their own homes, but accompanied the Jews wherever they went - even when visiting their neighboring Egyptians. Exile is a time of spiritual darkness that intensifies the closer we get to Moshiach's revelation. Nonetheless, just as our ancestors enjoyed "light in their dwellings" even before their redemption from exile, so too does every Jew possess an aura of holiness now, just prior to the Final Redemption, which accompanies him wherever he goes.

(The Lubavitcher Rebbe, 5751)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
With our young and with our old we will go... we are to hold a feast unto G-d (Ex. 10:9)

For in truth, what kind of a holiday would it be without our children? Any holy celebration that does not include the younger generation is no celebration at all...

(Shem MiShmuel)