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How to Influence People - Parshas Va'eira - Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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[Music] Theon bombarded the mitz with Maka after Maka after makah and the response of Paro and his cohorts was stubbornness they refused to believe that this was the hand of Hashem par said who is this God this all changed by makad by the seventh has a change of heart and the says says to them now I've sinned the almighty is righteous and I and my nation we are wicked what changed why why did the first six makos not have any impact on par and now the seventh Maka B comes and all of a sudden par has this moment of acknowledgment of the righteousness of God and his wrongdoing why did B change parro's perspective says the r one of the B that the reason why parro had a change of heart is because before B Hashem warned par that if you want to protect your cattle bring them inside and then your animals will be protected the P says go bring in your cattle says now that hasem was now that Hashem has bestowed kindness upon me to warn me how to protect myself so now I recognize Hashem is righteous our great revered rash pointed out from this R we see a great lesson in human Dynamic and the proper way to influence someone parro experienced blow after blow MAA after MAA his water turned into blood he couldn't drink he couldn't bathe there were frogs everywhere Maka after Maka Relentless and yet that that that did not have an impact on parai because man is not deeply affected by punishment human nature is such that even when experience very severe punishment man re retains his stubbornness but when a person experiences personal kindness when a person experiences that causes a change in attitude and you could break down and you could penetrate even the mind in the heart of a pharaoh and when par saw not the punishment ofes but the kindness of aesh that made Paro finally have a moment of recognition and this is a lesson when we're dealing with anyone in our lives that punishment is never as effective as genuine kindness genuine kindness penetrates the heart penetrates the Nish and is an allows us to impact another person in our life wishing everyone a wonderful [Music] week