Episode 55: Setting a Baseline - Exodus 13:1-20

Darash Chai Experiment

English - March 12, 2020 14:45 - 56.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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In the midst of this epic story about the escape of Israel from the clutches of their Egyptian Overlords, comes a curious example of two instructions that break up the flow of the story. Why are these instructions, one or the festival of unleavened bread and the other for the sanctification of the firstborn, inserted here? What can we learn from these commands that means anything at all for us today?