Parshas Bo is not just the story of leaving Egypt. It’s the inner blueprint of freedom.

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David opens an Even Shlomo that sounds “insane” at first: why does the Torah say “וישאלו איש מאת רעהו” — “ask from your friend” — when it’s describing Egyptians who enslaved us? Why call them re’ehu at all?

Because the night of Yetzias Mitzrayim wasn’t only an exit from suffering. It was a flash of Mashiach reality: a moment where Hashem’s light was so clear that no human being could be anyone’s master. Not Pharoah over Egypt. Not fear over your heart. Not people, not pressure, not addiction, not the invisible “dominions” that run our moods and reactions.

From the Alter Rebbe fainting at his Seder table, to what freedom looked like in the tunnels of Gaza, to what it means to carry da’as Hashem until it spreads outward, this shiur reframes geulah as the deepest kind of relationship: Hashem shining into us, and us shining back.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro and Sponsor Shoutouts
01:31 Choosing a Torah Topic for Parshas Bo
03:26 Who Is the “Re’ehu” in the Commandment?
04:40 Lenny Solomon Story and Cultural References
07:14 Flipping the Traditional Pshat
08:37 The Alter Rebbe’s Leil Seder
12:51 Modern Freedom and the Possibility of Geula
20:45 Egyptians’ View of the Night of Exodus
24:17 Moshiach and the Filling of Daas
25:59 Daas of Hashem Required for Global Peace
27:40 Egyptians Recognized Hashem as Their Master
28:42 Understanding “Re’ehu” — Asking an Equal
30:55 One Night of Moshiach-Like Equality
32:28 Breslover Chassid’s Tears and Dance
36:24 Filling Ourselves with Daas to Bring Redemption