[Avodah] What really happened just before leaving Egypt?

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 09:27:02PM -0400, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
> Even stronger question.  We left Egypt at high noon.  Had everyone really
> been up all night, sitting at the ready since midnight, and davka at 11:50
> AM they suddenly decided to start baking?!   What did they do for 12 hours?

Armchair psychoanalysis:

Hope that they weren't going to be disappointed, maybe?

After all, the first time they put faith in Moshe, things ended up just
gettin worse -- get your own straw, and stick to the quota! Then many
of Benei Ephraim leave and that failed.

Okay, the makkos. But did they actually get permission to leave during
any of that? Not before this.

Maybe BY just weren't ready to get their hopes up. The process has been
going on for a year, did they know it would wrap up in hours rather
than days, months, or even a year or two? Would they have been ready to
believe it?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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