“When Pharaoh sent the people …” (Shemos 13:17)
It says in the Midrash: Whenever it uses the word “send” it means to send with accompaniment. Pharaoh accompanied Bnei Yisrael when he sent them. What reward did he receive? That is says in the Torah “Don’t hate a Mitzri.”
The words of the Midrash need a lot of explanation. Did Pharaoh even want to send them out? It was only after he received ten plagues that he capitulated to set them free. So how can the Midrash tell us that for this accompaniment he got a reward forever? (Midrash Emunah from a drashah of Rav Shach in Yeshivas Ponivezh 29 Shvat 5738)
I was at the Kosel pouring out my heart in a private conversation with Hashem. The cooing of the doves seemed to accompany my tear-filled tefillah.
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