Why Is Moses Important In Jewish Religion

Judaism is one of the largest and oldest religion in the world, with 14 million Jews and 3500 years of history. In its history, there have been many individuals who have been important in the Jewish religion. One of the most important is Moses, a Jewish man who was raised as an Egyptian royal, led the Israelites out of Egyptian captivity, and gave the people commandments from God. Moses was born during a time where the Egyptians had decreed that the first borns be of every Jewish family be killed. He laid in a basket and placed in the Nile where later the Pharaoh’s daughter found him. This led him to be raised as Egyptian royalty which is interesting because he is an unlikely person to help the Israelites. In the Tanakh as well as the Bible this is seen a lot, where God will choose an unlikely person to help …show more content…
He was a relative to Pharaoh and probably lived a very lavish lifestyle. After he found out he was an Israelite he accidentally killed someone, and fled. Before he led the people out of Egypt, Moses was not very confident in his abilities and did not believe or trust in God. However, afterwards he was confident and trusted God. One characteristic that was constant throughout his life was doing things out of emotion and not thinking about the consequences. Examples of this would include Moses killing someone and fleeing or striking a rock in the desert instead of talking to it like God commanded. In terms of an epic hero, his doing before thinking would be his tragic flaw. Moses was one of the greatest and most unlikely people in the Jewish history. He turned against everything he believed in order to follow a God he barely knew. Not only that, but he also has some of the most known teachings among Jewish people and Christians. His life could be a lesson to everyone that no matter how you were raised you can still do great things in the world and leave and