The Exodus demonstrates that a Jew can be transformed within a short time from one extreme to the other, both materially and spiritually. Therefore, however difficult his condition may appear, he must not be intimidated by limitations or by concern for what his surroundings will say. He must leave his constraints boldly, never resting upon his first achievements, and continue upward toward the acceptance of the Torah and complete freedom.

A spiritual accounting can be accurate only when a person recognizes the full measure of the powers and opportunities granted to him. Man's task to “conquer the world” means first mastering his own material nature and then elevating his surroundings to the service of G-d according to the Torah. The creation of one solitary man teaches that every individual has the power to affect the entire world; failure to fulfill that task is therefore not merely a personal loss.