Exodus Story

Our story starts in ancient times, with Abraham, the first person acknowledge a monotheistic God. He said, “My one, when all is said and done. You'll believe God is a woman.”

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God made Abraham a promise that his family would become a great nation, but this promise came with a frightening vision of the troubles along the way. Generations later, Abraham’s descendents lived in Egypt. Pharaoh and the leaders of Egypt were alarmed, so they enslaved them. But that was not enough to quell their fears, so Pharaoh ordered that Jewish baby boys be drowned in the Nile, to prevent the Israelites from overthrowing the Egyptians.

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Moses was one of these baby boys who was ordered to be drowned. But a kind woman saved him, and he was adopted by the Pharaoh’s daughter and raised in the palace. One day, Moses saw an Egyptian overseer beating a Jewish slave. He was so enraged he killed the Egyptian and was forced to flee to the desert. There God appeared in the form of a burning bush and told Moses to lead the Jews to freedom. Moses returned to Egypt and urged Pharaoh to free his people. Pharaoh refused, so God was forced to send the ten terrible plagues.


haggadah Section: -- Exodus Story