RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT BO PART 3

Translated and abridged by Rabbi Chanan Morrison Parshat Bo "Moses told the people: Remember this day that you have left Egypt, the place of slavery." (Ex. 13:3) The word zachor ('Remember') is not in the imperative tense (z'chor!), but in the infinitive absolute form. This grammatical form indicates that the Torah is not merely commanding us to remember and commemorate the anniversary of the Exodus from Egypt. Rather, zachor implies a state of being. It describes us as a people who always remember this historic date. Why?