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mosesSource SheetLessons from Moses on becoming an effective actor for social change. Appropriate for adult learners.
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And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening. And when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, “What is this thing that you do to the people? וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַיֵּשֶׁב מֹשֶׁה לִשְׁפֹּט אֶת הָעָם וַיַּעֲמֹד הָעָם עַל מֹשֶׁה מִן הַבֹּקֶר עַד הָעָרֶב: וַיַּרְא חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר הוּא עֹשֶׂה לָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר מָה הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹשֶׂה לָעָם מַדּוּעַ אַתָּה יוֹשֵׁב לְבַדֶּךָ וְכָל הָעָם נִצָּב עָלֶיךָ מִן בֹּקֶר עַד עָרֶב: וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה לְחֹתְנוֹ כִּי יָבֹא אֵלַי הָעָם לִדְרֹשׁ אֱלֹהִים: כִּי יִהְיֶה לָהֶם דָּבָר בָּא אֵלַי וְשָׁפַטְתִּי בֵּין אִישׁ וּבֵין רֵעֵהוּ וְהוֹדַעְתִּי אֶת חֻקֵּי הָאֱלֹהִים וְאֶת תּוֹרֹתָיו: וַיֹּאמֶר חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה אֵלָיו לֹא טוֹב הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה עֹשֶׂה: נָבֹל תִּבֹּל גַּם א
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10 But Moses said to Adonai, "Please, O Lord, I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now that You have spoken to Your servant. I am slow of speech and I am slow of tongue." 11 And Adonai said to him, "Who gives man speech? Who makes him dumb or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, Adonai?" י וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל-יְהוָה, בִּי אֲדֹנָי, לֹא אִישׁ דְּבָרִים אָנֹכִי גַּם מִתְּמוֹל גַּם מִשִּׁלְשֹׁם, גַּם מֵאָז דַּבֶּרְךָ אֶל-עַבְדֶּךָ: כִּי כְבַד-פֶּה וּכְבַד לָשׁוֹן, אָנֹכִי.
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The four actions of Moshe our Leader inform us of his greatness of spirit: full of divine courage, distinguished, who could not bear to see persecution and oppression, and who did all he could to save and redeem others: When he was in the royal palace Moshe went to see with his own eyes the situation of our brothers the house of Israel, גבורתו המוסרית של משה
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One should share the common distress of the community, as we see in the case of Moses, who always shared the troubles of the congregation. [Soncino translation. Edited for gender neutrality] יצער אדם עם הצבור. שכן מצינו במשה רבינו שציער עצמו עם הצבור 
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