The Talmudic rabbis teach that the Jewish sojourn in Egypt set the pattern for all future exiles. At first, with Joseph at the helm of political power, the Jews enjoyed a "protected minority" status in Egypt, but in the final 80 years, Egypt turned against them, conscripting them into slavery and attempting genocide against them. With heartrending details of Jewish suffering before the Exodus, Rabbi Wein draws a chillingly accurate parallel between Ancient Egypt and Nazi Germany.