Today, Passover is a festival of freedom....Passover remains relevant and contemporary, while at the same time a ritual several thousand years old.... The content—at least some of it—is flexible and determined by the participants at specific celebrations. Thus, the holy day is still meaningful to younger generations, because it allows for creative input and participation. It breathes.

Santino frames Passover as a living tradition rather than a fixed relic. By calling it a “festival of freedom,” he emphasizes the holiday’s core narrative—liberation—and suggests that this theme continues to resonate in changing social circumstances. The stress on flexibility highlights how the seder’s structure invites participants to reinterpret symbols, add readings, and connect the Exodus story to contemporary concerns. “It breathes” underscores ritual as dynamic: continuity is maintained not by rigid repetition but by ongoing, participatory renewal. The quote also implies an intergenerational strategy—creative agency helps younger participants experience the ritual as personally meaningful rather than merely inherited.