Hi,
"We have found regarding Pharaoh that he repented, saying, 'Gd is just, and I and my nation are wicked (Shemot 9:27).' However, his repentance did not endure beyond the time when he was struck by a plague, and when his situation eased then he became the old Pharaoh and a new plague was required, and so on.
"So it is with us, if our repentance is only on that day, when the trouble remains with us, and then when the truble passes a person returns to his old traits. This is not full repentance – and, just the opposite, it can increase Divine wrath, Gd-forbid."
(R' Yissachar Teichtel, Em haBanim Smeichah, Perek 3, citing R' Yosef Tzarfati)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
Monday, April 13, 2009
Pharaoh, the unwilling slave-driver?
Hi,
“The sages asked: Why is Pharaoh called a 'new king' in the Torah? It was the same Pharaoh!
"It’s because the Egyptians had said to Pharaoh, ‘Let us deal with this nation [the Jews].’ And Pharaoh had replied, ‘You fools! Until now, we ate of their work, how could we do this to them? If not for Yosef, we wouldn’t even be alive!’
“But when Pharaoh would not listen, they deposed him for three months, until he said, ‘I’m with you in whatever you decide to do,’ and then they restored him to the throne.’”
(Midrash, Sh'mot Rabbah 1:8)
Have a great Moed,
Mordechai
“The sages asked: Why is Pharaoh called a 'new king' in the Torah? It was the same Pharaoh!
"It’s because the Egyptians had said to Pharaoh, ‘Let us deal with this nation [the Jews].’ And Pharaoh had replied, ‘You fools! Until now, we ate of their work, how could we do this to them? If not for Yosef, we wouldn’t even be alive!’
“But when Pharaoh would not listen, they deposed him for three months, until he said, ‘I’m with you in whatever you decide to do,’ and then they restored him to the throne.’”
(Midrash, Sh'mot Rabbah 1:8)
Have a great Moed,
Mordechai
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