[Avodah] how to reconcile

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Rich Wolpoe wrote:
> If Par'oh had been a nice guy, a liberal, and HE let us
> go -- then we would be m'shubad to him, just as American
> Slaves became meshubad to Abe Lincoln! While instead we
> became Avdei Hashem because par'oh REFUSED to let us go
> until he was forced to -- kicking and screaming.

My friend Rabbi Joe Oratz, Principal at Bruriah HS, says the same thing, and extends the mashal, linking it to the experience of blacks in recent South Africa:

The emancipation of American blacks was a long arduous process. Note how long it was from Lincoln's day until we got a black President. In contrast, he says, there were no "nice guy, liberal" politicians in South Africa for the blacks to remain meshubad to. Those whites "were forced to -- kicking and screaming" acknowledge the equality of the blacks - and note how *short* it was from then until *they* got a black President.

So it was for us in Mitzrayim - even we today would still be meshubad to Paroh, if he had "let" us go. But he did not "let" us go, and were are not meshubad to him.

Akiva Miller

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