20.04.2011                      16.Nisan, 5771                      Pessah 2; Tag 1 des Omer

Geschichte:

Israelites in and out of Egypt

Was there ever an Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt? If so, who was the Pharaoh who oppressed the Israelites and who let them go?

Pessah is the season when the subject of the Exodus looms large. Was there ever an Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and, if so, who was the Pharaoh who oppressed the Israelites and who was the Pharaoh who let them go? 
The account in the Bible is so full of detail, and the celebration of Pessah so universal amongst us Jews, that the temptation to prove the Exodus is great. But, outside the Bible, the evidence just does not exist, so we may try a different tack to see if we can establish an indirect link to the event….