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The fact is it worked. The people of Ninve did amazingly immediate
teshuva. <br>
Doing teshuva because of "so what happened to them won't happen to me"
is in keeping with the theme of the Torah reading of Yom Kippur as in
the first Rashi in Achrei Mot.<br>
(I think this might be hinted to in the beginning of the kria for
mincha (kemaaseh eretz mitzraim.....)<br>
menucha<br>
<br>
Cantor Wolberg wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid7331E37C-41A9-4162-895A-2BEB01F0D72A@cox.net"
type="cite">The following Midrash from Yalkut Shimoni Exodus 176 is
somewhat troubling:
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style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">"Though Pharaoh
accompanied his army when they went after Bnai Yisroel, he </span></div>
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not go into the sea and drown, but instead <span
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his way to <span onclick="Page_Glossary.complete_show(this);"
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he became king—the same king who when hearing the prophet <span
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message </span></span></div>
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God foretelling Nineveh's destruction, encouraged all his subjects to
repent in order </span></span></div>
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avert the divine decree."</span></span></div>
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