Shnayim Yomi - Shemot - Sh'vi'i - #7- Rabbi Shlomo Landau

[Music] this say Rabbi Shalom oando the sth AL there was an uncanny almost frightening parallel in a small episode in this Aliyah and modern-day current events after mosa and Aon go to par and they request to let my people go not only do things not get easier they get more intensely difficult because par takes away the straw one of the most basic components necessary to make bricks and he still keeps the quotas and the medage teaches us that the Jewish people panicked they needed to come up with the quotas or else faced very drastic consequences and they didn't have straw so they went to their Egyptian neighbors those that they knew the ones they grew up alongside and they asked them please give us straw and the Egyptians had an abundance of straw they would feed it to their animals they used it in their home for different things there was straw everywhere and not only did they not give it to them but they chased them away from their homes amidst kicks and blows why is that says the why did that have to happen and the says because you can ask a simple question the makas were terrible and it punished the collective Egyptian people why why did they deserve to be punished they were not part of par decree the answer is you had the ability to show the Jewish people mercy and compassion and you did not then you are part of the evil and wickedness and when there's punishment you're going to get your fair share my friends it's a frightening thing to think about this in the entire episode post October 7th and October 7th itself there's not one recorded incident of a single gozin of anyone in that neighborhood showing Mercy or compassion to the Jewish people to the hostages to anyone letting people go it's just cruelty and barbarism and you know what in the broader world it's not much better on the college campuses in the media Outlets it's challenging it's difficult it's frightening because you see Messiah is coming and when Messiah comes the Jewish people are going to get a different reality and those around us will be demoted and some them will say what did I do wrong I wasn't part of it why is this Collective punishment the answer is because you were part of it you could have done something you could have spoken up and you didn't so you are just as much part of the problem as those people that are making it happen my friends Gula is on the doorstep the footsteps of mhia can be clearly heard Hashem is setting the stage for Redemption to a time when Hashem will be the king and we will be his princes and nobody will be able to say why are we not part of it why were we demoted my friends it's too late [Music]