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Va’eira begins with the patriarchal connection to Hashem, charging Moshe to convey the message of redemption and freedom to slaves lacking retrospection and anticipation. To them, the present wasn’t the prism through which the future becomes the brilliantly colorful past. It was the dull inexorable medium through which a bleak future blurred into a miserable past. Past, present and future were indistinguishably hopeless. The link with their glorious past was obscured. The future of Pakod Yifkod, Vhotzaysi, Vhitzalti Vgalti, Vlakachti, Vhayvaysi was unimaginable. Moshe and Aaron were commanded to convince them that redemption was near. May we merit it speedily in our days.
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