are no forces of any kind independent of
G-d. Period. G-d not only made the watch,
but His will keeps it ticking, His energy
animates its atoms and molecules, and
His providence decides who will own it
and for how long.
That’s where the Exodus comes in. The
Children of Israel were slaves to the mightiest dynasty on earth. As the Midrash says,
no slave ever escaped from Egypt, surrounded as it was by potent fortifications
and daunting deserts. By the laws of nature, there was no possibility for the Israelite slaves to achieve freedom.
The whole point of the Exodus was for
the Jewish people to see, once and for all,
that G-d runs the show, from the minut-
est detail to the grandest spectacle. Ultimate caring. Ultimate involvement. “So
says G-d: ‘Thus you will know that I am
G-d’.” (Exodus 7:17)
Every component of the Exodus was
meant to reveal another facet of how
G-d is involved in the world. Thus, the
plague of lice, the smallest creatures
perceptible to the naked eye, was intended to show that G-d’s supervision
penetrates to the smallest units of existence. The plague of frogs, where the
normally water-loving amphibians
jumped into the burning ovens of
Egypt, showed that G-d’s will, not brute
instinct, rules the animal kingdom.
This is why the Exodus is repeatedly
EVERY SHABBAT AND HOLIDAY, IN THE MIDDLE
OF KIDDUSH, APROPOS TO NOTHING, THE EXODUS
FROM EGYPT IS THROWN IN.
Wishing you a chag sameach and a joyous Passover
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