<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class="">It is brought down that the place where the Burning Bush occurred </span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class="">was Har Sinai. The talmud asks why did it occur in a thorn bush and</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class="">the answer: God says "when the Jews are suffering, I am suffering, too."</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class="">A midrash relates that taking the Jews out of Egypt was nowhere near as difficult</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class="">as taking “Egypt” out of the Jews.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class=""><a href="http://Aish.com" class="">Aish.com</a> Mayanot Wellsprings bring out:</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class="">The longest private conversation recorded in the Torah between God and a human individual takes place in our parsha. It takes God 39 long verses (from Exodus 3:1 to 4:17) to persuade Moses to accept the mission of serving as the savior of the Jewish people. In a wide-ranging conversation that covers many topics, God patiently responds to Moses' many objections and queries before Moses finally caves in to the Divine will and accepts.<br class=""><br class="">It reminds me that the Shulchan Aruch says if you are asked to be a ba'al tefilla, you should first politely refuse (out of modesty). If you are asked a second time, you should still refuse. But if you are asked a third time, you must accept. <br class=""><br class="">It's a not such a well known minhag and is just another example of menschlechkeit, sensitivity and humility for the time it was written.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class="">“<i class="">The Bible is meant to be OUR critic, not we, ITS critic!</i>"</span></div></body></html>