Parsha Shiur Va’era 2024

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Why was Pharoh so astonished when he saw Aaron’s stick swallow the Egyptian sticks? He was worried that the stick would swallow him?!?!

The Midrash compares him at that moment to Achashverosh sitting at his meal in the garments of the Kohen Gadol.

Aaron’s stick didn’t just swallow other Egyptian sticks, it also swallowed the sticks of the other Princes of the tribes of the Jews.

Sources:

Shemos Perek 7 Pesukim 8-12

Commentery of Baal Haturim on Possuk 12

Bamidbar Parshas Korach Perek 17 Pesukim 21 - 24

Midrash Shemos Rabba Parsha 9 Chapter 7

Yalkut Shimoni Parshas Shemos Parsha 247 Chapter 173 ‘V’es Hamateh.’

Biurim L’Pirkei Avos from the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Perek 3 Mishnah 2 (page 180)