{"id":5213539,"date":"2026-03-02T17:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breslev.co.il\/?p=5213539"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:48:03","slug":"knowing-what-time-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/5213539\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowing What Time It Is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0A Faith Column for the Daily Grind\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

We\u2019re commanded to remember Hashem taking us out of Egypt every day.\u00a0We are tempted to\u00a0fulfill this with a quick line, half-whispered, somewhere between coffee and traffic. But the Torah hints at something deeper. Not just remembering\u2014but\u00a0reliving<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hashem starts the Ten Commandments with:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\u201cI am the L-rd\u00a0your G-d,\u00a0Who\u00a0brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.\u201d\u00a0<\/b>(Shemot\u00a020:2)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hashem is telling us:\u00a0Know Who runs the world. Know Who runs your time. Know Who carries you every single day.<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

And then:\u00a0No idols. No substitutes. No spiritual middle-management.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To a mixed observant crowd like ours\u2014professionals, academics, tired parents\u2014\u201cidolatry\u201d sounds ancient. Something carved in stone, sitting in a museum gift shop next to the coffee mugs. But real idolatry is much more modern and much more subtle.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0anything that pulls your attention away from Hashem and convinces you that life runs on human rules alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Time Trap\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

We talk about Egypt like a place we left. But the children of Egypt live on\u2014in\u00a0our\u00a0ideas, in\u00a0our culture, and yes, even in\u00a0our calendar. Ancient Egypt influenced Greece. Greece influenced Rome. Rome influenced\u2026pretty much everyone, including us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Skeptics\u00a0would say:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cCome on. Days of the week? Names of months? Who cares?\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0just language.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s where they\u2019re wrong. Language shapes mindset. Mindset shapes\u00a0 behavior. Behavior shapes destiny.\u00a0 Just ask any psychologist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Days, Their Days\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

When we say \u201cSunday,\u201d \u201cMonday,\u201d or \u201cTuesday,\u201d\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0repeating Roman names\u00a0honoring\u00a0pagan gods\u2014many of which Rome inherited from Greece, which inherited from Egypt1<\/b><\/sup><\/span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n