Wise Fridays: Once We Were Slaves

Advertisement

“Once we were slaves in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. And if the Holy One Blessed Be He had not taken our ancestors out of Egypt, we, our children, and our children’s children would still be enslaved to Pharaoh in Egypt.”

The Haggadah

Find more Wise Fridays wisdom on MJL.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Discover More

Slaves to Materialism

Readings for the seder table.

An Aramean Destroyed My Father

Commentaries on the Haggadah contrast the evil of Laban with Pharaoh and see Laban as a symbol for political, sociological, and psychological evil.

Passover (Pesach) Themes and Theology

This holiday is all about redemption.

Advertisement