Why Did HaShem Make Bnai Yisrael Slaves in Egypt? (surprising answer)

1:10makes you wonder, why are you bringing meshugaim into your mind, your life, and your neighborhood? Why? Why are you bringing all these meshugaim? Why? Avodat Hashem is not easy. The sages explained to us, why did Hashem make Am Yisrael go to Egypt and become slaves? Originally, it was supposed to be 400 years, yet it ended up being 210 years. Regardless, Difficult, why send them? They haven't sinned yet. What did they do? What did they do? They haven't done anything yet. Why sin? It can't be kaparat avonot. You can't say, "Oh no, no, they made sins, so we send them to Egypt." No, they didn't make any sins yet. Why? Because they didn't exist yet. He told Avraham Avinu, "Avraham, by the way, your descendants, they're going to send them to Egypt, they're going to be slaves." But why? They haven't done anything yet. Why are you sending them to be slaves? It's like, you hired a new guy. Oh, by the way, on Friday, I'm going to dock you. I'm not going to pay you for Friday. Why? I'm docking you for being late. But I wasn't late. I'm docking you anyway. And Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, I'm not paying you. Why? Because you weren't there. But I didn't come yet. It's not yet. It's a weekend. I'm not paying you. Why? I'm fining you. Why? Because maybe you're going to say something. It doesn't make any sense. Why are you sending him to Egypt? It cannot be kaparat avonot.

2:36Cannot be that He was punishing them. It's not a punishment. So I heard lubavitcher rebbe say this once. It makes more sense than anything else in the world because it agrees with the sages that I've read in other places. Hashem Yitbarach created Am Yisrael as an am k'shei oref, always a stubborn people. The holy book says they were so stubborn, so difficult, so confident—overconfident. They were unbearable to the people around them. Why wouldn't they be confident? They're related to Yehuda. When he got upset, pieces of metal came out of his chest, and he would chew on it. He would roar and destroy buildings. You're not going to be confident. Just knowing the story makes me confident. I'm related to Yehuda. I'm the best. Why? Yehuda is my cousin. Yehuda is my uncle. Yehuda is my brother. What makes you confident? I remember little kids, little kids, any time somebody did something, hey, don't do that again. I'm going to tell my brother. Who's your brother? Oh, my brother's Amalek. Oh, okay, okay, I'm not going to do it.

3:58I was scared of his brother. His brother's Amalek. He's nine feet tall. No, no, I'm not going to do anything. Scared. So imagine you really believe you're related to Yehuda. Well, it doesn't give you confidence. It doesn't make you arrogant. It doesn't give you extra muscles, even though they don't exist. You're a little scrawny, a little nothing. Well, I always am related to Yehuda. On top of it, I'm related to Yosef HaTzadik. Yosef HaTzadik. Hashem called him Tzadik. Does that make you feel like a Tzadik? Makes me feel like a tzaddik, just knowing that I'm related to Yosef HaTzaddik. Why? Everybody tells you, listen, I don't keep anything, but my grandfather was a rabbi. My grandfather was a rabbi. My great-grandfather was a rabbi. You know how many books he wrote? Good, he's in Gan Eden. But are you in Gan Eden, though? What's the problem? What makes you think that you will follow in their footsteps automatically? Yetzer Hara convinces us that the fact that we're related to these tzaddikim, these kedoshim, these heroes, makes us better. However, that lineage is a merit, not an accomplishment. It must inspire us to act with greater responsibility and strive for holiness. So, you know, I'm related to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov. I'm related to all of them. Doesn't that give you confidence? So, Am Yisrael was created as a stubborn, strong people. It made it unbearable, but a nation like that can become extremely holy, just like their forefathers.

5:23The same power gave Avram the courage and strength to jump into the fire without knowing whether Hashem was going to save him or not, just so as not to go against Him. But maybe you think he should just save his life, pretend to worship their false god for five minutes, and then go back to worshiping God? No, not even for five seconds. It's worth it to die rather than to commit a sin, even for five seconds. Yeah, but nobody else believes it. You're the only one with no proof. You have no sources. There's no Torah in science. There's no mitzvah (commandment) that you're sharing, there's no evidence, there's no proofs for what you're saying. You have no proofs. The whole world's idol worshipers, and you're willing to sacrifice your life? Yes, I am. Yitzchak wouldn't have done what he did and told his father, "Abba, Abba, make sure you tie me really well, so I don't weaken at the last minute. I may try to run away, and I'm younger and stronger than you. I may hit you, and then the whole blessing you did to perform the slaughtering for Hashem is nullified. You're going to make a sin. So, make sure you tie me well with the cords; I tie my hands to my legs and everything, to ensure it's a clean cut, l'shem shamayim."

6:43You're not excited about getting slaughtered without being strong and confident in your connection with Hashem. Any parent that loses a child, unless they're glued to Hashem, it could destroy them both physically and spiritually. When Yaakov found out that his favorite son, Yosef, was presumed dead, all that he had to show was a piece of clothing given as a gift, stained with blood. He was overwhelmed with sorrow. This tragedy could have easily destroyed him in every aspect possible, including spiritually, but it didn't. He still stayed on the path, holding firm in his emunah. You cannot be like that unless you're truly connected to Hashem. And all he has to show is that he has a piece of his clothing that he gave him as a gift with blood on it, and he cannot get over the sorrow. This could have easily destroyed him in every aspect, including spiritually, but it didn't. He still stayed in the covenant. You cannot be like that without being glued to Him. But if there's no Torah... If there's no glue-ness to Hashem, there's no devekut to Hashem, you become a danger to yourself and society. And that's why the biggest enemies of Israel are Israel. Historically speaking, we have been our own biggest enemies. We shouldn't be scared of the Arab terrorists. We shouldn't be scared of the Christians, the ones that are really Christians. They're not Jews pretending to be Christians.

8:12We should be scared of ourselves. This is why, Rabotai Ikarim, Hashem sent us to Mitzrayim. Before we sinned. He said, first and foremost, the holy books say, you have to soften them. Soften this abundance of confidence. Show you who really runs the world. Why? get you used to your real job in this world, your real purpose in this world. What is your real purpose in this world? To be an eved Hashem, to be the servant of Hashem, like... Rabbeinu numerous times in the Torah is called Moshe Avdi, Moshe my servant. What does it mean? Moshe Avdi, Moshe my servant, my slave. What does it mean? Moshe my slave, my servant. What does it mean? Well, you can call him a Moshe Tzadik.

9:16Moshe Rabbeinu, Moshe Kadosh, Moshe Tzadik Ba'ir. I don't know. There are so many nice names you can give Moshe. Greatest prophet ever. That's what you say to him, Hashem? Moshe, my slave, my servant? Doesn't sound so nice. Doesn't sound so nice. You say you love him, but you call him a servant? Doesn't sound so nice. That's because our definition of nice is demented. That's because our definition of "nice" is demented. It's wrong. Hashem gives Moshe Rabbeinu the biggest compliment in the entire Torah. He says, "Moshe is My servant." What does it mean, "Moshe, My servant?" Moshe has gotten to such a high level of connecting to Me, of serving Me. He's eliminated his own choice. He's eliminated his own will. He's eliminated his own desire. All he wants is what I want. He has nothing that he wants personally. There's no "I want" in Moshe. There's no "I". What does Hashem want? Yeah, but Moshe, what do you think? What do you think, Moshe? What do you say? What do you say, Hashem? What should we do? What should we do, Hashem? Don't you have a choice? You! Moshe Avdi. What's the significance of being a servant? Why can't he just be a tzaddik?

10:42Why can't it be really righteous? Why? Because a servant, Rabotai, if you have a servant, you're a rich person, you have a servant in your house, one of these live-in slaves, maids, whatever you want to call them. They live in your house, you pay them a salary, and they often send it to their country if they come from a different country; usually, they're foreigners. No disrespect, it's just a job that most Americans are... arrogant to take, but the point is they live in your house. You give them a room, and they clean, they cook, and they do all these wonderful things, and you pay them. Now, if the ba'al habayit, the owner of the house, wakes up at three o'clock in the morning and feels like having coffee with a little bit of something on top of it, like a little ice cream on top maybe, maybe a little nice little cake or

11:43Fresh-made, maybe some grapes too. Wash them really nicely to make sure all the bacteria they put on it to make it look fresh from the store is removed. Maybe a few slices of apple, maybe some ananas, some pineapple. It has to look good and sound good to serve. He wants it at 3:15 in the morning. The master says to the servant, the slave, the maids, or whatever you want to call it, "Hey, make me all this stuff on the menu. I want all of this stuff." And she says, "I'm tired." "You're tired? I'll give you something else. If you're so tired, you're fired. You're tired, you're fired. Why? Because you're not a real servant. A true servant does not say 'I'm tired.' A true servant does not say 'it's hard.'" Servant says, "Yes, sir, of course. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you." This is our mission in life as Jews. If you're looking for your purpose, this is your purpose. In a few minutes, Moshe...

13:07...that purpose, we are supposed to achieve that purpose or at the very least strive for it our whole life, however long it is. This is the reason why Hashem sent us to Mitzrayim - to learn what it means to be a servant, what it means to be a slave. Why? Because if you're not a slave to Hashem... a slave to the goyim, you're a slave to problems, you're a slave to everything else but Hashem. Either way, you're a slave. Only the one who's a good servant to Hashem gets paid at the end. You get paid for eternity.

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