The following is a brief summary of some of thoughts said over by R' Frand on the parsha this evening. I have attempted to reproduce these vorts to the best of my ability. Any perceived inconsistency is the result of my efforts to transcribe the shiur and should not be attributed to R' Frand.
R' Frand began the vort by noting that the four Leshonos of Geulah are found in Shemos 6:6-8 and that these Leshonos correspond with the four cups of wine at the Seder. R' Frand then highlighted that the first and fourth of the Leshonos are joined with the word סִבְלֹ֣ת although the first time it is mentioned it is spelled סִבְלֹ֣ת it is spelled without a Vuv and the final time its spelled סִבְל֥וֹת with a Vuv.
R' Frand quoted the Sefer Be'er Yosef who explained that when spelled without the Vuv it appears singular and when it is spelled with a Vuv it appears to be multiple sufferings. He then stated that the first suffering that was mentioned was physical - they had pain from the back breaking labor. But at the same time they were suffering spiritually and were losing what it meant to be a descendant of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaa'kov. R' Frand referenced the famous Zohar which states that when the Jews left Egypt they were on the 49th level of Tumah. But while people are aware of their physical pain, they are not aware that they are slipping spiritually, because they don't have the time or bandwidth to be focusing on their spiritual slide.
R' Frand remarked that although there are stories of people in the Holocaust who were Moser Nefesh to observe mitzvos such as lighting Chanukah candles or making Matzos. But these are exceptional people and not the norm.
R' Frand then noted that when the Torah states that the Jews will be taken out - וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָכֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים וִֽידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם הַמּוֹצִ֣יא אֶתְכֶ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת סִבְל֥וֹת מִצְרָֽיִם - it is indicative that Hashem is aware of the spiritual decline and that He will take them out anyway.
R' Frand linked this to Shemos 2:23-24 where the Torah states וַתַּ֧עַל שַׁוְעָתָ֛ם אֶל־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים מִן־הָֽעֲבֹדָֽה followed by וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־נַֽאֲקָתָ֑ם וַיִּזְכֹּ֤ר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־בְּרִית֔וֹ אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶת־יִצְחָ֥ק וְאֶת־יַֽעֲקֹֽב. Hashem was not only thinking about their physical pain, but Hashem knew that they were suffering a physical and spiritual pain and decline. But only after Hashem took them out did they know that they had slipped.
R' Frand said a second vort on the plague of blood. He noted that in Shemos 7:23 the Torah states that וַיִּ֣פֶן פַּרְעֹ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖א אֶל־בֵּית֑וֹ וְלֹא־שָׁ֥ת לִבּ֖וֹ גַּם־לָזֹֽאת . But why was Pharaoh not bothered by the plague?
R' Frand quoted the Meshech Chachma who quoted the Medrash which states that when Jews and Egyptians took water from the same source the Jew had water and the Egyptian had blood. And this repeated itself even if they took water from the same basin or even if they both drank from the same cup at the same time. The Medrash further states that the Egyptians did not get to drink water until they paid the Jews for it.
But why did Pharaoh not have a problem? The Meshech Chachma explains that the plague was not in Pharaoh's house. Why? Because the Egyptians had to pay back the Jews, but not Pharaoh, because the Jews owed him money. He raised Moshe from an infant to a teenager and it costs money to raise a child!
R' Frand gave a parallel to illustrate - a kidnapper takes a child and raises him from an infant until he is rescued 10 years later. Would anyone think that the kidnapper should be released because he paid for diapers and clothes and food for 10 years? Of course not.
Meanwhile, Pharaoh only was raising Moshe because Pharaoh's own decree that the babies would be thrown in the Yam Suf required that Moshe be taken from the home where he was found by Basya. And still he does not have to pay for the water because he raised Moshe.
R' Frand tied this to his thought on last week's parsha that every parsha has an element of HaKaras HaTov, as here we see that even for a kidnapper we have to show HaKaras HaTov.
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