Maggid Discussion on Our Narrow Places
I’m feeling like my narrow place is uncertainty. It makes me feel constricted, despite all that I have and I am deeply and truly grateful for.
What do you wish to be free from?
For Discussion - Part 1 of the Passover Story
God had made a promise to Abraham that his family would become a great nation, but this promise came with a frightening vision of the troubles along the way: “Your descendants will dwell for a time in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and afflicted for four hundred years; however, I will punish the nation that enslaved them, and afterwards they shall leave with great wealth.ʺ
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Questions for Discussion
How do you think the notion in the paragraph above came to be?
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What are some of the trials and tribulations you recall from the stories of the slavery of the Jews?
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Who are the characters who come to mind from the time Jews came from Canaan to Egypt?
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What role did Shifra and Puah play during the Israelites enslavement? How do you feel about their disobedience?