{ "clip_details": { "clip": { "is_admin": 0, "is_owner": 0, "handle": "exodus-story-55", "title": "The Exodus Story", "author": "Adam Sanford", "author_handle": "agsanford74433", "author_initials": "AS", "covertext": "The story of our people is not one story. It could begin with any number of people in the Torah. Some people feel our st...", "user_image": "", "user_image_original": "", "body": "<p>The story of our people is not one story. It could begin with any number of people in the Torah. Some people feel our story starts with Abraham, who left his father’s idolatry to follow the Eternal, on the promise that he would become the father of a great nation, after many troubles and afflictions. 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Some feel our story is that of the descent into slavery that began with Joseph's captivity by Pharaoh, and realizing we can never again take our freedom for granted, as Joseph himself had to learn.</p>\n\n<p>But most of our stories on Passover begin with Moses and our exit from slavery in Egypt, because that is the story of our people - of the Eternal bringing us out of Mitzrayim. Many feel that this is the heart of our story - that we have suffered when we were strangers, so we must always reach out to the stranger and the sufferer, and welcome them in.</p>\n\n<p>It is a familiar story, so why should we tell it? If we all know this story, why bother retelling it?</p>\n\n<p>One reason is because we are commanded to do so. In Exodus 10:2, we are told “And in order that you should tell into the ears of your children and grandchildren, and you will all know that I am your God.”</p>\n\n<p>Another reason is that as Jews, we are not satisfied with only the literal words of the story. We tell midrashim - attempts to explain what is <em>not</em> said - to understand better these people who came before us and suffered through slavery to come out as free persons on the other side.</p>\n\n<p>Finally, whenever we are grateful for something, it is proper to tell others why we are grateful. By retelling this story, we remind ourselves of what we have to be thankful for - our freedom and our survival, often against overwhelming odds; our community and peoplehood, which have continued for five thousand, seven hundred, and ______ years; and our lives, of which every moment is precious. It would be remiss not to tell the story of our exodus from Egypt in this time of remembrance and gratitude.</p>\n\n<p>Just as the Eternal promised Abraham, his family became a great nation. And just as the Eternal promised Abraham, we were a people who were enslaved and afflicted for four hundred years. 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