Parashat Va'era: Leadership and New Beginnings
Moses' task was twofold: to overthrow Pharaoh's tyranny, and to make the Israelites worthy of freedom. Rabbi Lewis Eron argues that the second of these tasks was the source of Moses' true greatness.
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