[Avodah] Fwd: VA’EIRA “Too Much Dust Clouds the Mind with Lust”

[Richard Wolberg]

  Rabbenu Bachya explains why the monarch of Egypt was called "Pharaoh.” 
> He says that the letters spelling "afar" (dust/earth) are contained in the name "Pharaoh.” 
> Meaning that the Egyptians only believed in the earthiness of existence. For the Egyptians, spirituality did not exist. 
> Pharaoh believed that the magicians in his court were able to perform wonders only by manipulating physicality within the context of nature. 
> The natural order could not be overcome, overridden, or transcended in any way.
> 
>  Par'o is described as a great crocodile, which fits with what the Staff turned into when cast before Par'o by Aharon, at Moshe's instruction (from God).
> 
>  (Adapted from Rabbi Yosef Kalatsky and Torah Tidbits)

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