Secrets of The Tenth Plague of Egypt
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0:12So, Hashem sends Moshe to warn Pharaoh about this plague, which is going to be the death of the firstborn. If you don't let My people go, the firstborn of everyone is going to die. Now, the interesting thing here is that in verse 8, when Hashem is telling him what He's going to do, He's telling him that He's going to release you. Regardless of the fact that he doesn't want to, he's going to end up being forced to do it. Sforno, one of Chazal, is teaching us here with the word "kalah," it shall be complete, meaning that once this plague is done, this is going to be complete, all the plagues. Sforno says that from here he's telling you he shall send you as he has sent you in the past, meaning as he kicked you out.
1:35That's the way He's going to kick you out from the country. He kicked you out of His castle when you upset Him. He's going to kick you, the whole nation, meaning let you go. He's going to get you to get out already. He doesn't want you to stay there anymore, just as fast. But here, the sages are learning something very, very interesting from Masechet Avot: someone who neglects the Torah because of wealth... were ultimately neglected in poverty. This means that Hashem gives us mitzvot, and He's telling us that we have two choices. We're either going to follow what He says because we want to or because we have no choice. At one point or another, we won't have a choice. Initially, I'm going to give you the freedom of choice. You can decide to fear me or not. You can decide to listen to my mitzvot or not. You can decide to keep Shabbat or not. You can decide not to drive on Shabbat or not. You can decide to do all these things. But eventually, I'm going to remove that choice from you and force you to do it, whether you like it or not. Can I ask a question? Why, if it's raining,
3:00Why can you not go from your home to the synagogue with an umbrella? No, really. This thing... Okay, I agree. It violates one of the 39 melachot of Shabbat. There are 39 restrictions, 39 things you're not allowed to do on Shabbat. Opening the umbrella and carrying it in the rain violates one of them. I'll go over with you all the melachot after the shiur if you want. Right now, I have to go, but in a minute I will come and be able. Okay? Thank you very much. So, Hashem is telling us that you can listen to me or not. So, meaning, if somebody says, "No, no, I drive on Shabbat," eventually Hashem can put that person into a position where they can't drive anymore. Hashem says, you know, put them into an accident, they can't drive anymore. Or even something less. He could say, just remove their license, but somebody could still violate it anyway. Anyway, the point is that Hashem continues to send us signs. He continues to send us signs, and it's up to us whether we listen to them or not. We're either going to be Pharaoh and not listen to the signs, or we could be Moshe and do teshuva. That's what we have to ask ourselves every day.
4:26You want to be Moshe? Live like Paro. You want to be Moshe? Live like Paro. So, he's telling Moshe whether he wants to or not. Whether he wants to or not, he's going to have to let you go. And this is the last plague. So when Moshe comes to... The last plague. This is the last plague. When Moshe comes to Pharaoh to tell him about this plague, he's saying it's going to happen at about midnight. Not at midnight, but at about midnight. Why at about midnight? Because Moshe knew that the astrologers of Pharaoh were always looking for a way out. Even though they saw nine plagues already, it happened exactly as Moshe said. If he says at midnight, and it happens at 12:20, they would say, "Oh, see? This has nothing to do with this plague. It's not exactly what he said. He said at midnight, but it happened at one o'clock in the morning." So Moshe was smart. He said, "At about midnight." At about midnight.
5:51That's an interesting part. Then, after this, the whole action stops for a second, and Hashem gives us something that we have to learn.
