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Shabbat Shalom

(10:27) 'H' hardened Paroh's heart' and he did not send the Jews out again. Kind of like the teacher, Rabbi Gornstein, in the back of shule over there, who kept in the kids from recess last week...We all heard about the situation and we are dealing with this, as we will not enslave our children with this educational system which makes them do homework...The parents of this congregation have enough work of their own. They should not have to be doing elementary school math for their kids as well....

When things are bad for an evil person, they promise the world. Once they get better, they forget the bad that happened to them. Their promises are gone. We all remember the Aliyah that was promised to Bernie a good three weeks ago. The one he did not get from the gabbai...We also haven't received the check from the last one Bernie...The gabbai was not at fault this time. But he usually is.

This is what makes for evil, the selfishness of decisions. The 'me.'...You have to give back a little Bernie...

(10:28) And Paroh has the audacity to threaten Moshe by saying that the day you see my face again, you will die. It is not as if the threat of not seeing Bernie's money is that hard to take...Because you aren't giving it anyways, Bernie...A lot of audacity involved in that threat. I think we understand how evil people act. They want, and they say they will do, but they don't once they have gotten it. It is the 'I,' the 'me.' And the shule still doesn't see the money, nor do the children see their recess.

Right before the last plague, we see that Moshe became great in the eyes of the people of Egypt, and even Paroh's servants saw this (11:3). At some point, people are able to see good and commitment to others, at some point. A good this congregation has not seen in their rabbi....

The greatness of the good hear shines, but only threw force. Now, I do not want to inflict on this congregation, the plague of dairy kiddushes without cheesecake. Nor do I want to inflict the plague of huge hats in the front row of the women's section, nor the plague of long sermons. We have suffered threw the plague of a Chazan, to which your rabbi said, 'Let our people go.' And you were all able to make it home for lunch by one in the afternoon...Let those kids have their recess...