BY ELLEN FELDMAN An old Yiddish joke: Why did Moses wander 40 years in the desert? – Because men don’t ask directions. Johnny Carson rim shot on the drums, please. But I’ve been remembering as story I heard in Sunday school. The Rabbi was talking about why did Moses did wander 40 years in the desert; if God was going to grant the Hebrews the Promised Land, why didn’t he just do it. Why wait 40 years? Because the Hebrews had been slaves and they thought like slaves. It took 2 generations before they thought like a free people. Self-determination does not come overnight.
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