[Avodah] yishmael v. the mitzri???

[David Riceman]

Micha Berger wrote:
> I would deduce from the Pesikhta (40 "bachodesh hashevi'i")
The section is quite long.  Could you give a more detailed reference 
(and tell me which edition - -  I imagine Friedmann=Ish Shalom).
>  and as is
> discussed at length by the Rambam and Briskers since, that teshuvah
> creates a beryah chadashah.
I don't see how to harmonize this with either zdonos na'asim lo 
kishgagos or kizchuyos.  Either way he's got the same history.  It's not 
like his past was erased and replaced with something different.
>  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".
>   
David Riceman