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What Does It Mean To Be Chosen?

What Does It Mean To Be Chosen?

If God wanted to free us from slavery, why not just take us out? Why the plagues, the blood on the doorposts, the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart—why all the extra steps? Rabbi Fohrman uncovers how these puzzling details reveal something much deeper: what it truly means to be God’s ‘firstborn.’

  1. What It Means To Be Chosen By God
  2. With a Heavy Heart
  3. Power v. Precision
  4. What's In a Name?
  5. God Against the "Gods"
  6. Educating Pharaoh
  7. Through Pharaoh's Eyes
  8. What Does It Mean to Be Chosen?