New Class Time for Spring Semester: Tuesdays 6:00 - 7:00PM in W11
Board Room


Exodus 15:1 - "Moses leading the Jews in song - a profound
leader-nation relationship"


Also, an update on last week's class from Rabbi Posner:


"A couple of questions were raised at last week's class: 

1. Why did G-d tell Moses to ask Pharaoh for permission for the Jews
to leave for three days when the intention was to leave permanently?

2. Why did G-d tell Moses to tell the Jews to "borrow" gold and silver
when they never intended to return the stuff?


These questions are discussed in " The Torah Anthology" by Rabbi
Yaakov Culi (interested in who he
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Book #5 page 25- 27.


Briefly: G-d didn't want the Egyptians to think that by giving the
gold and silver they were done with the Jews. He wanted the Egyptians
to chase after the Jews so that they would drown in the Red Sea (a
punishment for drowning the Jewish boys). This is also why He told
Moses to ask for a three day leave, for if he asked for the Jews to
leave completely they would not have lent them the gold and silver
(fearing they would not get it back) and then they would have no
reason to chase after them and they would wouldn't be drowned....

Was it a lie? No, he said "we will go for three days" no mention was
made of returning!

 

I will bring the book on Tuesday night , IYH, so you can get the full
explanation."