Happy Passover.

About 3500 years ago, according to the story, plagues descended on Egypt. And at the same time, Moses said they were punishment for not freeing the Jews. And he proposed a solution: Walk away. En masse.

The strange part of the story, to me, is that most did. They lived there for something like 5 generations. Do you know your ancestry? I was born and bred in the US. My parents were not. My identity, while a bit Jewish, is 100% American. In fact, 200 years is almost the age of America. If your ancestors were in America in the 1816, you’d feel as American as the Jews felt Egyptian. Yes, they were Egyptian slaves. But they were Egyptian.

Moses told the people, too, not just Pharaoh. And over eight days some weird things happened. Rumors and stories were flying. But no one prepared!  When the Pharaoh capitulated, there was not even time to bake bread! If they had listened, they would have had eight days to prepare.

Today’s Plagues are Upon Us

Today, raining on us are the plagues of global warming, Greenland melting at record temperatures, the bleaching (dying) of coral reefs, plus wars based on religious stupidity, as well as the usual stupidity of tyranny, plus new diseases! It’s once again time to be thankful that the worst of it has passed over us. (At least, for those that have escaped the worst of it.)

And the plagues of the candidates are upon us. We’ve had the debacle of the debates, the pathos of the primaries and looming ahead are the cataclysms of the conventions. Heed the message.

Passover’s message: End slavery!

Passover comes with a message. End slavery. We can free ourselves from all these plagues and more, if we heed the words to escape.

Will you recognize those words when they come? Probably not. They’re already circulating, but you haven’t been listening.

Most Jews didn’t. Moses was delivering the message for eight days. But people didn’t believe him. Not until Pharaoh announced they should leave! By then there was no time to prepare. Today, we still have to eat chalky matzoh for eight days every year as a result. To remind us to heed prophecy early.

The plagues are upon us. Within the next month, you’ll have the opportunity to end slavery. Worldwide. This time it won’t be so easy. You’ll have to take responsibility for it. The plagues are upon us, but there’ll be no decree from Pharaoh.

Do the right thing. Listen up. Get ready. Put your name on our mailing list.