B’chol Dor Vador: Boundless Freedom / Feat. Joey Newcomb
בכל דור ודור חייב אדם לראות את עצמו כאילו הוא יצא ממצרים
“B’chol dor vador chayav adam liros es atzmo k’ilu hu yatza miMitzrayim.”
“In every generation, a person is obligated to see themselves as if they personally left Egypt.”
(Pesachim 116b / Haggadah shel Pesach)
The Tanya famously states that a person must see themselves every single day as if they personally left Mitzrayim, Egypt. It explains that the true concept of Yetzias Mitzrayim, the Exodus, is the ability to break out of any limitation—to transcend any menia, obstacle, constraint, or self-imposed ceiling. It counters the limiting beliefs that tell a Jew, “You are restricted; you are only capable of this much in your avodas Hashem, service of God, or you can only reach that far.”
By taking us out of Mitzrayim, Hashem showed that a Jew is inherently boundless and possesses infinite kochos, powers. We are capable of tapping into that essential cheirus, freedom, on any given day to break through every barrier.
Ultimately, as the Rambam writes in Hilchos Teshuva, every individual has the potential to become as great as Moshe Rabbeinu. We must truly believe that this is what Yetzias Mitzrayim empowers us to do: it allows every single Jew to access the infinite strength within themselves to become the greatest tzaddik, righteous man, or tzadekes, righteous woman, the world has ever seen.
