Moses, raised in Pharaoh's house, finally grows up. He goes to out see his brothers, and the very first thing he sees is an Egyptian overseer striking a Hebrew slave. Turning this way and that, Moses strikes the Egyptian dead and buries him in the sand.

The very next day he goes out again. He sees two Hebrews fighting this time and he challenges them, "Why do you strike your neighbour?" The Hebrew replies, "Who set you as a man-chief, a judge over us, will you kill me like you killed the Egyptian?"

We hear challenge after challenge in this simple sentence. Moses may no longer meet violence with violence. This marks an end to a historic right, the right of princes and overseers, of the strong over the weak. It is also a challenge to Moses's impulsiveness and perhaps his sense of impunity. "We saw you, we know who you are, we know what you did." These words, essentially, limit his power.

And of course these words are pure irony. Who are you to be a chief and judge over us? Moses, who will become the absolute model of leadership. Not only a judge, he will transmit and teach the very paradigm of justice and law. At the beginning of a truly great journey, Moses begins with failure. He of all people has to start with nothing. The young man who grew up as a prince must begin to learn how little he knows.

Moses is the beginning of a true revolution; it begins with him. Knowing nothing at all about justice, nothing of how to lead. And his very first teacher? The Hebrew slave, his brother.