Leaving Mitzrayim — The Night We Break What Holds Us

What if leaving Mitzrayim was never only about Egypt? What if the Haggadah is not only asking you to remember a story—but to confront your own? In this powerful and deeply personal class, we explore the uncomfortable truth that many of us are no longer held back by chains… but by beliefs, habits, fears, and identities we have quietly accepted as permanent. Through timeless Torah sources and striking real-life stories—from the breaking of the four-minute mile to the man who chose his prison over freedom—we begin to uncover what it really means to walk out of our own Mitzrayim. This is not a history lesson. It is a call to movement. A call to stop explaining redemption and start living it. As we approach Leil Pesaḥ, this episode challenges each of us to ask the one question the night is truly asking: what still owns me? And more importantly—what would be my first step into the sea? Honest, direct, and deeply relevant, this is a conversation about fear, identity, and the quiet courage it takes to begin again.