Thursday, March 27, 2014

I am finally free!

Finally! By sunrise tomorrow, I'm going to be a free man. I will be free of being a slave to the Egyptians forever. I'm especially happy because now I know that my children won't have to suffer through all of the cruelty that I suffered through and they will be free to make their own choices and do what they want with their lives. I also just can't believe that after we Jews have been here for exactly 210 years and felt like we were never going to get out, we are going to leave. I'm also a little guilty though because so many people live their whole lives here in slavery and eventually died a slave and I'm lucky enough to be part of the generation that finally breaks out of Egypt. I just can't believe that I have this opportunity to never have to be a slave again. I can't even imagine what it's going to be like to be free! Right now, though, we are planning to have a meal and to sacrifice a lamb in celebration. The only thing that I'm nervous about, though, is that the Egyptians will hunt us down when they find out that we have left and punish us very badly. I hope everything goes well and that we get out of Egypt safely!