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Does Chassidism discuss the Egyptian bondage and Exodus?

by Rabbi DovBer Pinson

  

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It does. In short, Pharaoh represents the ego; Moses, the transcendent part within the soul. The struggle between Pharaoh and Moses is to train our ego to be sensitive to our souls, to let us be free without the limitations of an ego's perceptions.

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[Hebrew pronunciation: Moshe] Greatest prophet to ever live. Led the Jews out of Egyptian bondage amidst awesome miracles; brought down the Tablets from Mount Sinai; and transmitted to us word-for-word the Torah he heard from G-d's mouth. Died in the year 1272 BCE.