cherrybim, you wrote, “Also, how can you compare the enjoyment you derive when you’ve worked for something as compared to when it’s just handed to you? Freedom here does not mean freedom from work or mitzvos, it means freedom to serve Hashem.”
Are you saying that unless one works to prepare for pesach, he can’t appreciate it? My husband doesn’t spend much time on pesach preparations, and even less time preparing for other yomim tovim. Does this mean he can’t appreciate yom tov as much as I do? This year my mother is coming to stay with us for all of pesach; does this mean she’ll appreciate pesach less than she did during the many years she prepared for pesach by herself, with minimal or no cleaning help?