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"The decision to follow God"

 

 
"The essence of the Exodus
 
is in the initial, faith-motivated decision
 
to leave the ordinary, the routine life, and
 
to follow God.

This is the all-inclusive point of departure.

Prior to that, there is nothing."
 
 
–Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

From Pebbles of Wisdom from Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz,  p, 3.