This morning we discuss Moshe's stubbornness in resisting (for seven days, according to Rashi!) God's instruction to go to Paro and lead the Jews out of Egypt. Based on an approach of Rabbi JJ Schachter, we quote Rabbi Yosef Soloveitchik on the deeper, altruistic reason for Moshe's intransigence. Which leads us to quote John Ortberg, Winston Churchill, and Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, on the nature of national and personal redemption.

Michael Whitman is the senior rabbi of ADATH Congregation in Hampstead, Quebec, and an adjunct professor at McGill University Faculty of Law. ADATH is a modern orthodox synagogue community in suburban Montreal, providing Judaism for the next generation. We take great pleasure in welcoming everyone with a warm smile, while sharing inspiration through prayer, study, and friendship.

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