The Most Fundamental Quality of a Jewish Person, Resulting in Proper Submission to G-d
A New King Arose in Mitzrayim Who Did Not Know Yoseif | Parashas Shemos | Rabbi Yitzchak Goldstein
The Rosh Yeshiva speaks about the shortness of spirit of the Jewish people in Mitzrayim (Egypt) when Moshe (Moses) spoke to them in Parashas Vaeira (Shemos / Exodus 6:9), and the amazing Or HaChaim that provides the cure for the pain.
Hashem was ready to forgive His own honor, but not that of Klal Yisrael—a lesson for all generations, to uphold the honor of the Klal.
“The situation was already so dire, and now, when the redemption was promised, their persecution is only increased? Where is Hashem’s mercy?”