TORAH → PARSHAH Issue 646 · February 1, 2017

Willing and Able

As Rav Nosson Tzvi said, “I can’t do it. But I do it anyway”

Willing    and    Able

P arshas Bo

“And Hashem said ‘Come to Pharaoh for I have hardened his heart.’” (Shemos 10:1)

After Makkas Shechin Pharaoh was ready to set Bnei Yisrael free. However Hashem hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he persevered in enslaving the Jews (Sforno).

What was it about Makkas Shechin more than any other makkah that finally broke Pharaoh?

There were many miracles involved in Makkas Shechin: Moshe took two fistfuls of ashes in one hand threw them forcefully upward the ashes reached the heavens and then spread over all Mitzrayim.

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