[Avodah] yishmael v. the mitzri???

[David Riceman]

Micha Berger wrote:
> To me it seems obvious that Moshe was looking at ba'asher hu sham,
> so that as a chakham, he would "ro'eh es hanolad". IOW, he looked into
> the Egyptian's soul to see if any seeds existed within it capable of
> producing something positive.
>   
I had originally thought you meant children, but I see you artfully said 
"seeds".  Am I to deduce that you claim that God had denied the Mitzri 
the possibility of doing tshuva (see H. Tshuva 6:3)?

If you did mean children this raises more problems than it solves.  See 
Nida 16b "v'ilu tzaddik v'rasha lo k'amar", see H. Tshuva 5:1 and (with 
respect to Egyptians in general) the Ra'avad on 6:5.

On counterfactuals in general see KLH Pithei Hochmah #86.
> Koach haTefillah is the power to change baasher hu sham.
I thought that was tshuva.  According to this what's the difference 
between the two?

David Riceman