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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Shemos

Shemos: in this Parsha Paroh demanded Moshe and Aron to stop distracting the people, mind their own business, and give them more work.

5. But the king of Egypt said to them, "Why, Moses and Aaron, do you disturb the people from their work? Go to your own work

(Essentially mind your own business)

6 So, on that day, Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,  
7 You shall not continue to give stubble to the people to make the bricks like yesterday and the day before yesterday. Let them go and gather stubble for themselves. 
8 But the number of bricks they have been making yesterday and the day before yesterday you shall impose upon them; you shall not reduce it, for they are lazy. Therefore they cry out, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
(Basically if they are bored he Will give them something to do)

And so we learn a few lessons.
1. In general to fix oneself before fixing others, but not when lives are at stake.
2. Keep yourself constructively occupied, then you won't have issues. Paroh meant it in the negative which we can learn from the positive. The Kotzker Rebbe said about his chasidim: he doesn't want them not to do anything wrong, he wants them to have no TIME to do anything wrong.

Pesach

Pesach: the Egyptians threw the Jews into the Nile physically and spiritually
with an outlook and  lifestyle contrary to Judaism and normalcy.However immersing in the physical Nile however purifies one from the spiritual effects because the Nile is a kosher mikva. That's what Basya was doing when she pulled out Moshe