For many who managed to get a winter break—or, if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, a summer break—this week, it’s back to work. It doesn’t take too many days at work to forget all the wonderful vacation adventures, which become but a distant memory in no time at all.
How providential indeed that this week’s Torah portion, Shemot, begins with the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt. Somehow, all that Joseph did for the Egyptian economy is quickly forgotten; and so, the Jews are deemed a threat to national security and a potential fifth column, and are subjugated into bondage.
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