The Midway Opportunity - Rabbi Reuven Taragin | Parshas Bo

as we read maca after maca we start getting used to a certain pattern and getting lulled into that continuous repetitive pattern sometimes causes us to miss some of the unique nuances of each and the first one in parashitpo makat arba has these unique nuances parsha of course begins with omar hashem come to paro because i want to make more miracles god doesn't tell him to warn pyro god doesn't tell him what the makkah is going to be yet moshe our own warn pyro and specify this whole makat arbeit and the question is how do they know they were going to warn him and how do they know what the makko would be in fact this is truly unique because there's no mention of arab at any point earlier if you look later in the parsha of course hashem says it's time for the last makkah doesn't say what it is moshe goes and talks about makat baharud but he has the basis for that because hashem had mentioned makat baharud in parashat shimoda already so when hashem said it's time for the last maka moshe could realize that he meant mahaprakhur but aruba has never been mentioned what's also interesting is to see how strong moshe is in presenting what's going to happen now moshe naron say the paro koama hashem how long are you going to refuse to answer send my people out so they can serve me the last three words is what moshe has been asking for all along but the first words how long are you going to refuse to follow that is totally new where did moshe get that from and moshe continues why is this a note of refusing of being a refuse nick so significant i think we get the answer to the question in the very next puzzle plus okay moshe continues and says that the arab are going to cover the land no one will be able to see anything and they're going to eat what's left from the hell moshe here is referencing the fact that by makkah and bharad torah mentions not clear from hashem if it was moshe that the kita and the kusamet were not struck during makkah borrowed and this the morale explains is how moshe knew that the next makkah was arab because moshe understood from the fact that god had spared the wheat that he was saving that for the next makkah if paro would not reverse his ways and the ramban develops this idea that moshe was telling paro and maca barod that god is leaving over something on the one hand to give you a chance to do chuva to have it salvaged the other hand as parole waiting to kick in if pyro does not give in moshe sees arab as a continuation of baron it's the second part to complete the process if paro doesn't take advantage of the window that was opened to him of the salvage that was given to him the brisker of emphasizes this concept of ad matai mayanta makat arba was a double punishment like the other makot a punishment for not freeing the jewish people but in a unique way a punishment for pyro refusing to take advantage of the opportunity god had given him by sparing the wheat on the one hand it's a salvation on the other hand it's a hanging threat if the proper path isn't taken and this the griz says is always important and a hate in and of itself if we're insensitive to the message god is sending us the grizz explains when god punishes us based on the rambam sukkam in parashat for something we do wrong he starts off with a punishment on one level and the goal is to get us to wake up if we do not wake up the punishment intensifies not just because of the your initial sin but because of the insensitivity to the message god is sending us it's moshe's sensitivity to the message god is sending even though god isn't specifying it and its power is insensitivity to the opportunity given to him which leads to the continuation of makbarad in the form of makkah and this of course is a big lesson for all of us about our seeing god's messages and taking advantage of the doorways he gives us to exit in the middle of something before things get worse because we don't take advantage let's all make sure to do this and learn from makkah arabe as a continuation of makkah bar