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About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of maintaining faith and perseverance during difficult times, using the story of the Jewish people's redemption from Egypt as a backdrop.

One of the lessons we learn from Yitziat Mitzrayim is never to despair no matter how bad things seem to get. When Moshe Rabbenu first informed the Jewish People that they were going to be redeemed from their torturous slavery, things only got much worse. And even when the makot finally began, the Jewish People still had to wait an entire year to be freed. Sometimes the process of salvation takes time but we must consider the fact that the wheels may already be in motion to salvation and our emunah to keep going and do the best we can in our avodat Hashem will only hasten that process. Sometimes it is precisely our ability to move forward during the hard times that ultimately proves to be our merit to gaining salvation. There was an 8 th grade girl with exceptional middot but had very poor grades. And because her grades were so bad, she had a very hard time getting accepted into a high school. The high school that all her friends were going to rejected her and no matter how hard her parents tried to get the school to change its mind, they were adamant about their decision. When the new school year came around, this girl had nowhere to go. Her parents felt dejected and their…

Topics covered

• despair
• salvation
• emunah
• avodat Hashem

Keywords

• Yitziat Mitzrayim
• Moshe Rabbenu
• Jewish People
• hard times
• merit

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Elad, Israel, France

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