tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post4187725775539287006..comments2024-03-28T21:21:02.777-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: talking to the walls makes a differenceChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-8755406657713715382012-01-26T01:41:15.402-05:002012-01-26T01:41:15.402-05:00>>> nothing to do with revolutionary caus...>>> nothing to do with revolutionary cause(comment 4)<br /><br />as when Hashem's initial commitment to favor<br />Avra(ha)m reverberates in unqualified isolation-- He will bless those who bless Avraham (even if A. deserves it not, or deserves it less than another); & those who (even justifiably) curse Avraham, He will curse!<br />...as far as Pharoah is concerned, the Hebrew god is simply showing favor to His devotees-- why should he listen to this alien god's sudden, even impudent challenge to Egypt's royal pride & prerogative?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-38157780993565206742012-01-25T00:25:11.558-05:002012-01-25T00:25:11.558-05:00otoh, why should Pharoah "get the
message&quo...otoh, why should Pharoah "get the<br />message" at all? indeed, what<br />message was there, other than that<br />this people had a deity more mighty than Egypt's? Hashem was not clearly a Champion of 'the oppressed' as such, but merely the late-arriving god of the Hebrews,<br />Who'd finally seen enough of commonplace persecution of His worshipers, Whose intervention had nothing to do with revolutionary <br />cause...<br /><br />(of course Pharoah might've asked,<br />'why has this particular people this terribly powerful god?', but <br />with Bnei Yisrael at the 49th<br />level of impurity, how could he be<br />blamed for want of eternal answer?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-85062545553897594322012-01-22T03:48:24.825-05:002012-01-22T03:48:24.825-05:00should the powerful speech that left a deep impres...should the powerful speech that left a deep impression in the Jew leave only a shallow impression on Pharoah, it might yet begin to have a practical effect on him (as in, the tzedakah of the nations is sin: Jews hear tzedakah inwardly, while the kings hear it only enough to act shelo lishmah-- for fame, to prolong dominion, to reproach Israel etc., bava basra 10b)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-61471572685411409562012-01-21T20:52:48.576-05:002012-01-21T20:52:48.576-05:00>>>if a #2 "impression" was lef...>>>if a #2 "impression" was left in the hearts of Bnei Yisrael, then an<br />impression could conceivably have<br />been left on Pharoah <br /><br />Ah, but there's a difference between a jewish heart and Pharoah's heart.Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-78133772924857398692012-01-20T00:45:42.764-05:002012-01-20T00:45:42.764-05:00if a #2 "impression" was left in the hea...if a #2 "impression" was left in the hearts of Bnei Yisrael, then an<br />impression could conceivably have<br />been left on Pharoah (point #1), an impact on the Egyptian king<br />'better than nothing'<br />(it seems that Hashem alone foresaw & that He alone detected the hidden effect on His people of the message of immanent redemption,<br />though in time Moshe stressedly, blessedly rose to where he too could search the people's soul)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com