The Kabbalists, when they talk about the exile in Egypt, talk about it as galut hada’at, the exile of the mind. When we talk about going out of Egypt, it’s not going out of physical work, out of physical difficulties. Most importantly, at its core, it’s about going out of limited consciousness. Galut Hada’at, lack of understanding, lack of vision, lack of seeing.

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