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"And Moses grew up, and he
went out to his brothers and saw
their burdens." (Ex. 2:11).
Moses had grown up in the
palace of Pharoah, and could have
lived as an Egyptian prince,
enjoying the security, the pleas-
ures and the prerogatives of the
royal palace. But Moses went
forth from the privileged circle of
his mansion. He left his comfort,
his exalted class and his congenial
group to express concern and as-
sume responsibility for the least
of his brethren. Moses could not
forget his origins, nor could he ig-
nore his brothers' suffering. The
whole course of human events was
radically altered because in a de-
cisive moment, the foundling of a
slave people left his palace and
"went out to his brothers and saw
their burdens."
From that day to our own, the

sign of Jewish maturity is the
ability to go out to our brothers,
and to become sensitive to their

Shemot: Exodus
1:1-6:1. Isaiah
27:6-28:13;
29:22-23.

burdens. The moral person finds
the richest values of his life not so
much in what belongs to him as in
the persons and interests to which
he belongs.
Jewish folklore assigned to the
inhabitants of Chelm the role of
being a mirror image of society,
helping us to understand our own
foolishness. It seems that two
"philosophers" from Chelm were

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Rabbi Elchonon B. Freedman, center, administrative director of
Yeshivath Beth Yehudah, received Agudath Israel of America's
community service award at the organization's recent national
convention. Pictured are, from left: Rabbi Moshe Sherer, president,
Agudath Israel of America, Rabbi Freedman and Rabbi Shmuel
Bloom, national administrative director.