שַׁלַּח אֶת עַמִּי
"Let my people go" is central to the story of the liberation of the Hebrews from the injustice of slavery and oppression under the Egyptian empire. The GOD of the Hebrews, the Only True GOD, orders the empire to do justice, to let the people free from all type of oppression. The outcome of this story: the freedom of the Hebrews and many other nations. The Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt was not the only act of liberation. The same GOD brought forth liberation to the Ethiopians, Philistines, and Arameans (cf. Amos 9:7). Even today the GOD of the Hebrews is still speaking to the oppressors in every nation saying: Let my people go. The greatest freedom is found in been servants of the GOD of the Hebrews.
This week we will celebrate Pesach (Passover). Many Jewish thinkers, scholars and sages, have said that we are not free until everyone is free. Free from injustice and any form of bigotry in the world. Let us be free from prejudices, racism, sexual immorality, materialism, violence, verbal and physical abuses at homes, etc. Let worship, serve, as free men and women, the GOD of Israel.
| וַיֹּאמֶר יי אֶל מֹשֶׁה בֹּא אֶל פַּרְעֹה וְדִבַּרְתָּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר יי אֱלֹהֵי הָעִבְרִים שַׁלַּח אֶת עַמִּי וְיַעַבְדֻנִי | Then the LORD said to Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus 9:1
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