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VaChomer a fortiori arguments that appear in the Torah. Rav Leib Chasman, lambs? ZT”L, questions the nature of this Kal Vachomer. How does Moshe Rabbeinu 17. Why didn’t the wild beasts die as the frogs had? compare Paroh to Klal Yisroel? The reason why Klal Yisroel did not heed Moshe 18. The dever killed “all the cattle of Egypt.” Later, boils afflicted their cattle. was vae vsucgnu jur rmen because of shortness of breath and hard work (6:9). Their response was not due to lack of faith but because of the terrible physical ordeal and How can this be? emotional stress they experienced through their subjugation. Paroh simply did not 19. Why did Moshe pray only after leaving the city? believe in Hashem. There were no external factors forcing his decision. How, then, 20. What was miraculous about the way the hail stopped falling? do we understand this Kal V’Chomer? Additionally, how can we consider the nation to lack faith when the Torah previously explicitly states in Parshas Shemos: iugnahu ogv inthu . And the people believed and they heard (4:31) In recognition of their faith, they bowed their heads in subservience to Hashem. How could they be compared to Paroh? How can this be one of the ten kal V’Chomers of the Torah? Parshas Va'era Parsha Thoughts Rav Leib ZT”L derives an important insight into the human condition. It is conceiv- Rabbi Yechezkel Greenberg G-d tells Moshe to inform the Jewish People that He is going to take them out of able that every person has two contradictory forces within themselves. On the one Egypt. However, the Jewish People do not listen. G-d commands Moshe to go to The Possuk (6:26) states “this was Aharon and Moshe.” In the very next hand, , and the people believed. On the other hand, . And they v inthu van kt ugna tku Pharaoh and ask him to free the Jewish People. Although Aharon shows Pharaoh a sign Possuk it says “this was Moshe and Aharon,” reversing the order of their did not heed Moshe. Believers and non believers. In the very same person. by turning a staff into a snake, Pharaoh's magicians copy the sign, emboldening Pharaoh names. Rashi says this teaches that they were both equal. Asks R’ Moshe to refuse the request. G-d punishes the Egyptians and sends plagues of blood and frogs, Feinstein, how can we possibly say this? Moshe was the master of all Shlomo HaMelech when describing man declares rej iht ohfkn cku lngk .rtu ourk ohna but the magicians copy these miracles on a smaller scale, again encouraging Pharaoh to prophets, the one who taught Torah to all of Klal Yisroel and through The heavens for heights, the earth for depth, and the heart of kings cannot be be obstinate. After the plague of lice, Pharaoh's magicians concede that only G-d could fathomed. Mishlei 25:3. Within the heart of every human being there are infinite whom the Torah was given. It doesn’t seem correct to say that he was be performing these miracles. Only the Egyptians, and not the Jews in Goshen, suffer pathways and directions both straight and correct. As such there is room in every equal to Moshe. The answer is that all his life Aharon did everything that during the plagues. The onslaught continues with wild animals, pestilence, boils and heart for every type of understanding as well as every type of emotion. Though Hashem wanted of him and he fulfilled his purpose in life in its entirety. fiery hail. However, despite Moshe's offers to end the plagues if Pharaoh will let the these thoughts and emotions may be hidden from each other and differ from one end Being that he used his abilities to the fullest, he is considered an equal to Jewish People leave, Pharaoh continues to harden his heart and refuses. of the spectrum to the other, they still coincide within each person. Moshe. No one is expected to do more than he is able, but one is expected to reach his full potential. The Sforno defines the shortness of breath afflicting Klal Yisroel as ibuc,vk ck ub,b tk Parsha Questions not giving or allowing them the time or ability to think, to understand. The reason Food For Thought: In verse 6:12 Moshe says a Kal V’chomer. Rashi points why they could not listen to Moshe was because of shortness of thought -- an out there are ten Kal V’chomers in all of Tanach. Only four are in the inability to process what Moshe told them. This is a spiritual malaise that most 1. Did G-d ever appear to Avraham and say “I am G-d?” people suffer from generation after generation. 2. What cause did the forefathers have to question G-d? Torah. What are the other three? 3. How was Moshe commanded to act towards Pharaoh? Paroh also suffered from these inner conflicts. He arose every morning and took care 4. How long did Levi live? Last Week’s FFT: How many names do we find that Miriam had? Answer: of his bodily functions at the Nile. He then returned home, sat on his throne and 5. Who was Aharon’s wife? Who was her father? Who was her brother? Pu’ah (Rashi 1:15), Efras, Achrachel (Midrash 1:17), Azuva, Yerios, Chalah, proclaimed, hb,hag hbtu hruth hk/ The Nile is mine for I created it. 6. Why are Yitro and Yosef both referred to as “Putiel?” Na’ara (Sota 12a). 7. After which plague did G-d begin to “harden Pharaoh’s heart?” Every individual no matter how spiritually great can suffer from the disease of 8. Why did Pharaoh go to the Nile every morning? jur rmue shortness of spirit, shortness of thought. This then was the Kal V’achomer 9. Give two reasons why the blood was chosen as the first plague. Moshe Rabbeinu proposed. If the children of Israel, the sacred progeny of Avrahom 10. How long did the plague of blood last? Yitzchok and Yaakov, hkt ugna tk -- if they have not listened to me because of 1. 6:9 - Yes. 2. 6:9 — Although G-d swore to give them the land, they never actually had control over it. 3. 6:13 - With 11. Why did the frogs affect Pharaoh’s house first? the respect due a king. 4. 6:16 - 137 years. 5. 6:23 - Elisheva, daughter of Aminadav, sister of Nachshon. 6. 6:25 - Yitro contracting the jur rmue disease that afflicts and impairs their judgement causing fattened (pitem) cows for idol worship. Yosef scoffed (pitpet) at his evil inclination. 7. 7:3 - After the sixth plague — them a shortness of spirit, of thought then kal v'chomer, it is a fortiori that Paroh the 12. What did Moshe mean when he told Pharaoh that the frogs would be “in shechin. 8. 7:15 - To relieve himself. Pharaoh pretended to be a god who did not need to attend to his bodily functions. Therefore, he secretly used the Nile for this purpose. 9. (a) 7:17 - Because the Nile was an Egyptian god. (b) 8:17 - rosha a despot for decades, who has suffered kotzer ruach for the longest time, to you and in your nation?” Because an invading army first attacks the enemy’s water supply, and G-d did the same. 10. 7:25 - Seven days. 11. 7:28 the extent that he not only fools others but himself as well, he most certainly will 13. What are “chamarim?” - Pharaoh himself advised the enslavement of the Jewish People. 12. 7:29 - He warned that the frogs would enter their intestines and croak. 13. 8:10 - Piles. 14. 8:12 - Because the dust protected Moshe by hiding the body of the Egyptian that not listen to me. 14. Why didn’t Moshe strike the dust to initiate the plague of lice? Moshe killed. 15. 8:14 - The Egyptian sorcerers’ magic had no power over anything smaller than a barley kernel. 16. 8:22 15. Why were the Egyptian sorcerers unable to bring lice? - Stone the Jews. 17. 8:27 - So the Egyptians would not benefit from their hides. 18. 9:10 - In the plague of dever only The key to success in Yiddishkeit, therefore, is to enhance your belief in Hashem the cattle in the fields died. The plague of shechin affected the surviving cattle. 19. 9:29 - Because the city was full of 16. What were the Egyptians likely to do if they saw the Jews slaughtering idols. 20. 9:33 - The hailstones stopped Yisborach by allowing yourself time to think

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