[Avodah] Should we have returned after 3 days?

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 06:12:27PM -0500, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> Sometimes people ask whether we were wrong for not returning to Mitzrayim
> after three days, given that Moshe Rabeinu never asked Paro for more than
> that.

Why did we have to ask for anything in order for leaving oppression to be
justified?

As for why Hashem had Moshe only ask for 3 days to serve Him... Because
the exercise was to get Par'oh to agree to something closer to his nequdas
habechirah. Par'oh is then punished for not even allowing a single holiday
off.

But it's a totally separate request than leaving permanently. And in truth
Par'oh had not moral grounds to own the right to allow or withhold either.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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