tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post5650010376342716028..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: 6 in one womb simultaneously, or sequentually?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-12123951901129685472009-01-19T07:33:00.000-05:002009-01-19T07:33:00.000-05:00interesting question. i could imagine it addressed...interesting question. i could imagine it addressed in one of two ways:<BR/>(1) that it was no fib, but along the lines of the midrash about Moshe getting the Israelites a day of rest in Shabbat. that Pharaoh refused, such that the demand increased gradually, is something else that one finds in the rest of the text. e.g. whether they are to take their animals becoming Pharaoh providing all the animals, eventually with the Egyptians providing all the rechush. That this was God's plan all along just reflects a foreknowledge, or His hardening of Pharaoh's heart.<BR/><BR/>(2) The other possibility is that this was indeed a fib, based on the ambiguity of "shalach et ami vayaavduni." And based on how Moshe saw how difficult it was to convince Pharaoh of even the more minor requests, and Moshe's preferred goal was to get the Israelites out earlier, rather than later. This might clash with Hashem's goal.<BR/><BR/>I am not sure who speaks about this issue, and where.<BR/><BR/>KT,<BR/>Joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-54028922543929004232009-01-18T19:19:00.000-05:002009-01-18T19:19:00.000-05:00How about this question Why did Moshe have to tell...How about this question Why did Moshe have to tell a fib "we will go out for a few days"he should have said we need to leave Permanently?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com