Let My People Go

As Iranians have taken to the streets in some of the largest protests in recent years—and as the brutal Iranian regime responds with ruthless crackdowns on its own citizens—it is difficult not to reflect on this week’s Torah portion. In Parshat Va’eira, G-d sends Moses to confront Pharaoh with a simple yet revolutionary demand: “Let My people go.”

Pharaoh refuses. What follows are the Ten Plagues.