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January 14, 2016

The Passover Sacrifice, Soviet Refuseniks, and the Promise of a National Future

During two exoduses, defiance proved better than comfort.

In this week’s Torah reading (Exodus 10:1–13:16), the Israelites are still enslaved in Egypt, waiting for the tenth and final plague to strike Pharaoh and his people. But before God smites the Egyptian firstborn, Moses instructs the Jews about the paschal sacrifice and commands them to place its blood on their doorposts lest they, too, become victims of the plague. Recalling the experience of Soviet refuseniks who, when finally allowed to emigrate, were first forced to make a public display of their officially disloyal intentions, Natan Sharansky and Rachel Sharansky Danziger write:

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January 14, 2016

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    And gave his detractors opportunity to distort the truth.

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