2.15 Hardening Our Own Hearts--and Pharaoh's, too

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Rabbi Shira and Joshua delve into the final three plagues and the Hebrews' liberation from Egyptian slavery. The story is difficult to digest--the last three plagues are devastating. Does the pursuit of justice require violence? Who really hardened Pharoah's heart? And should the new Chutzpod merch have a slash of lamb's blood on it? Listen now to find out.

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0:50.7	Oh, that's so nice. Yeah. It's our 50th episode. It is our 50th. What's the Jubilee year?
0:59.1	Right. So the Jubilee year comes in the 50th year as a way of reminding humanity that the land that we inhabit doesn't actually belong to us. It in fact belongs to Hashem. It belongs to God,
1:16.0	to all that is greater than us. And in the 50th year, the land reverts back, as it were,
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1:34.1	this idea of private property is a relatively new idea and that land belongs to all of us and more
1:39.9	importantly to God and we are just the stewards of it. But secondarily, 50 is a number in Judaism
1:45.9	that means to start again. That's great for chutzpah. Like, what are we going to do for our next
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