# <![CDATA[The Bitter Exile. How Long?]]>

From **Online Torah Classes with Rabbi Mendy Goldberg** by R Mendy Goldberg.

- **Published:** Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:50:25 GMT
- **Duration:** 00:42:49
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<![CDATA[<p>After a long and bitter exile, the unimaginable miracle occurred and the walls of Egypt collapsed before the Jews. A vast people went out to eternal freedom, on its way back to the inheritance of its forefathers.</p><p>The Torah looks back and summarizes the number of years during which we left the Land of Israel and suffered in Egypt: 430.</p><p>But there is a problem: it is impossible that we were in Egypt for 430 years. A simple calculation of the ages of the members of Moshe’s family, brings us to the obvious conclusion that the Jews were there at most 350?</p><p>Why shorten or extend it? Eliminate it.</p>
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