Torah.org Drasha Balance of Power Parshas Shemos
Torah.org Drasha Balance of Power Parshas Shemos Balance of Power Parshas Shemos Posted on December 26, 2018 (5779) By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky | Series: Drasha | Level: Beginner “If nominated I shall not accept, if elected I shall not serve.” The words of Civil War general George Tecumseh Sherman ring clear in American history as a tribute to a man’s obstinate unwillingness to commit to further service to a shattered country. It seems that Moshe responds in almost the same manner, not to a nominating committee but to G-d Almighty. When Moshe is approached by Hashem to speak to Pharaoh, he defers. First he ponders, “Who am I to go to Pharaoh?” (Exodus 3:11) After Hashem exhorts him, Moshe tries a different tactic. “I am not a man of words… for I am a man heavy of mouth and speech.” (Exodus 4:10) Again G-d refutes his extenuation and chides Moshe that, after all, “who makes a mouth for man if not the Almighty?” And once again He urges Moshe to ...