The Talmud teaches that 30 days before Passover, we should start learning about the holiday and its meaning. In that spirit, I humbly offer "30 Days of Liberation." For each of the next 30 days, I will offer a brief message drawn from the wisdom of Passover. I hope you find these messages meaningful and inspiring. Feel free to share/forward.
30 Days of Liberation: Day 24 After centuries of brutal oppression, with a government unresponsive to outcry and with conditions only seeming to worsen over time, one could understand if the Israelites saw their situation as hopeless. Indeed, even when Moses arrives in Egypt and begins agitating for the people’s freedom, they demand he stop. Moses would never succeed, they believed. On the contrary, they insist that he would only make matters worse. And yet Moses’ strategic plan and persistence ultimately break through Pharaoh’s recalcitrance, forcing him to change course. The Exodus story is history’s most powerful argument against hopelessness. The stubborn persistence of a state of affairs and the intractability of those responsible may present the illusion of inevitability. Yet the Exodus teaches that no movement for change is futile, and that which we see as impossible is usually just a thing that has not happened yet.
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