Beginning with Moshe's voicelessness and the stuck communication system in Egypt-- Pharaoh won't listen, Moses can't speak and the Israelites can't hear the message of freedom -- Rabbi Cohler-Esses focuses in on the experience of shame that is at the heart of slavery. She ends with an invitation to all of us to create a spiritual community that accepts human fallibility. It is only through embodying a spirit of collective forgiveness that we can move past our sins and failures.