{"id":50020,"date":"2019-02-23T21:47:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T19:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=50020"},"modified":"2022-09-14T12:44:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:44:29","slug":"freedom-and-forgetfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/freedom-and-forgetfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom And Forgetfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Early on in the Pesach Haggada, we read: \u201cGo and learn what Laban the Aramean sought to do to our father Jacob: Pharaoh condemned only the boys to death, but Laban sought to uproot everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pharaoh and his people afflicted the Israelites, but \u201cThe more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread\u201d (Ex. 1:12). Laban did not afflict Jacob. To the contrary, while he was with Laban, Jacob grew rich. The danger was that he would remain with Laban and forget who he was. So it has been throughout Jewish history. The more Jews suffered, the more they prayed, studied, and kept the commands. The paradox is that the danger to Jewish continuity has been not slavery and suffering, but affluence and freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n

So Moses warned at the end of his life: \u201cBe careful that you do not forget the Lord your God\u2026. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery\u201d (Deut. 8:11-14).<\/span><\/p>\n

Interpreted this way the passage contains a powerful message: Do not think that the story of Pesach ends with the Exodus. It only begins there. It is one thing to believe in God when you need His help. It is another when you have already received it. Affluence, no less than slavery, can make us forget who we are and why.<\/span><\/p>\n

Excerpted from The Jonathan Sacks Haggada<\/span>, p.46<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Freedom And Forgetfulness","main_caption":"It is one thing to believe in God when you need His help. It is another when you have already received it. Affluence, no less than slavery, can make us forget who we are and why","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":false,"preview_video":"","external_link":"","link_for_pay":false,"tile_gallery_items":false,"credits":""},"alternate_tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","hide_media":false},"tile_group":{"preview_image_url":false,"main_caption":"","sub_caption":"","":null,"popup_package_extra_content":"","read_time":""},"home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo":{"seo_title":"","seo_description":"","seo_default_title":"","seo_default_description":""},"links":false,"send_noty":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107989,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50020\/revisions\/107989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}