Rabbi Ari's Sermon: Sharing our Stories (January 31, 2025)

When the Israelites went to leave Egypt, according to the Torah, "erev rav alah itam," "a great multitude of peoples also went out with them." In the quintessential moment of Jewish liberation, we didn’t restrict freedom only to ourselves. We didn’t say "this is a time for Jewish emancipation; see y’all later." Instead, we brought others out of Egypt with us.