[Avodah] yishmael v. the mitzri???

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

RSZ
> It's obvious.  The mitzri then was not innocent, he was guilty!

Daniel Israel;
> Looks to me like an issue of din vs. rachamim.

RRW
How about this version of "It's obvious."? How about ko'ach Hatefillah?

By Yishma'el:
Elokim heard Kol hana'ar so Yishmael was granted "ba'asher hu sham"
because he had davened!

While the Mitzri didn't daven to be spared and so he got middas haddin
instead

IOW had Yishma'el not davened and if the Mitzri had davened the converse
might have occured.


KT
RRW
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