[Avodah] yishmael v. the mitzri???

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 08:13:36AM -0500, David Riceman wrote:
: 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)?

I would deduce from the Pesikhta (40 "bachodesh hashevi'i") and as is
discussed at length by the Rambam and Briskers since, that teshuvah
creates a beryah chadashah. There was nothing in the Mitzri then,
"baasher hu sham" to warrant saving him. The greatness of teshuvah is
its ability to create a new "hu".

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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