We must feed the hungry, house the homeless, and clothe the naked. You shall observe all My laws and all My rules to do them: I am the Lord.”īecause God brought us out of Egypt, we may not defraud anyone or steal from anyone, mislead anyone, or lie about anyone. Says Leviticus 19:36-37, “I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. That is true even if a specific law does not directly reference the Exodus. It is because everything we are supposed to be is built around it.Īt Mount Sinai, we were told: “I, the Lord, am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.” Because of that, the Torah tells us over and again in almost those exact words that we have to follow God’s laws. Why is it so important that the Exodus really happened? Get The Jewish Standard Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories And why did we go through all the painstaking work of preparing to celebrate what so many biblical scholars and others insist was a fictional event? Why do we even need a special ritual - the seder - to mark a made-up story?
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