The document discusses three levels of "Egypt" that must be overcome: 1) materialistic culture, 2) the personal evil inclination, and 3) the world government prior to the coming of the Messiah. It argues that just as the Jewish people had to be redeemed from Egyptian enslavement, individuals must free themselves from inner limitations and worldly control will give way to God's sovereignty. The ultimate redemption will come when all constraints on experiencing God are removed in the Messianic era, transforming even the embodiments of evil and oppression.

1. Pharaoh’s Legacy
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1. Each individual,
2. Materialistic cultures, and
3. The global community with
the Coming of Moshiach.
The story of how to deal with Pharaoh is ever relevant to
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The Exodus from Egypt is a
Pillar of the Jewish Faith.
It's not just a thrilling story of old.
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3. The Exodus story hasn't concluded with the Jews
leaving Egypt.
It just started.
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We're still getting
out of Egypt:
Level 1 The Egyptian culture we haven't left behind
Level 3 The Government that's controlling the world
before the Coming of Moshiach
Level 2 The Pharaoh that's stuck inside us
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Did Pharaoh
drown in the sea?
Of course!
What happened to him is a whole story in itself
(see References).
His survival is what concerns us here.
But he didn't die.
LEVEL 1
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we haven't
finished with him.
Pharaoh's survival means
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In the Desert -
While on their way to the Promised Land, how many
times did the Jewish People want to turn around and
head back to Egypt?
5 Times!
And we can see this
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Materialistic
PerceptionsLike:
There's nature only. No Supernatural.
The Nile is the source of sustenance – worship it!
Follow your hearts desires – immorality (incest, adultery,
etc) in abundance.
Wanting Egypt happens when people have
Such was the lifestyle of Ancient Egypt.
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And so,
those material people in the desert were missing their physical
delights so much... it was even worth to
resume crushing labor
in Egypt!
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Not a Currency
The magical, all-tastes, bread from heaven ("manna") was "nothing" in their eyes.
Heaven is
for the Materialist.
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Animals only look down.
They can choose to look down and see materialism,
or look up and see more heavenly things.
One of the differences between
humans and animals:
Humans stand upright.
What do they see? Physicality.
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1. Mount Sinai where we received the Torah
that will help us with this
journey
Materialistic notions is what we need to get away from.
We do this by
2. Jerusalem where we elevate our material
nature via the sacrificial
offerings in the Temple.
Heading Toward:
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The Exodus will
finally conclude
when the third and ultimate Temple will be rebuilt.
as prophesized at the end of the Song of the Sea
with the Coming of Moshiach,
The Exodus was only the beginning of this process.
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Each Individual
has a personal, preconfigured "Egypt".
Even if he's a spiritual person (no attraction to Materialism).
While society is battling with Materialism,
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How often do we
Once a year -- on Passover?
Twice a day -- when we read the Shema?
All the time!
Commemorate the
Exodus?
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Why are we so obsessed
with the Exodus?
'cause we still need to leave Egypt...
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Your Very Own Pharaoh
Being stuck in Egypt is when the Evil Inclination grabs
hold of the person, and defines the “borders” of his
connection with G-d, like Pharaoh did to the Jews.
Whilst you're in Egypt, Pharaoh's got you covered.
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Willingly?
Sometimes submission to the Evil Inclination is voluntary,
Like it was initially in Egypt when Jews voluntarily recruited
themselves for Pharaoh's "projects".
Soon enough the soul wants out,
However the person just cannot change / rid of Pharaoh.
Either way, Pharaoh's got you covered.
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‫הערף‬ = ‫פרעה‬
Pharaoh makes the person face the wrong
direction (the nape).
Not interested in change.
No eyes in the back of the neck to recognize
reality.
Ha-oref
The nape of the neck
Pharaoh
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‫ִם‬‫י‬‫ְַר‬‫צ‬ִ‫מ‬ = ‫ִַרם‬‫צ‬‫ֵי‬‫מ‬
Not a single slave could escape Egypt
Egypt stands for boundaries and confinements
Whilst in Egypt, you're going nowhere else.
Mitzrayim / Egypt Meytzarim / Boundaries
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‫מצרים‬ ‫ארץ‬
The real problem:
Eretz Mitzrayim / The Land of Egypt
‫ארץ‬ (Land) shares the same root as
‫רץ‬ ("ratz" / to run) and
‫רוצה‬ ("rotze" / to want)
It's wanting to be under Egyptian rule that makes us run back.
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Pharaoh HAD
you covered.
After the original Exodus from Egypt, no one owes
Pharaoh anything anymore.
The way out has been paved.
Exodus (including personal liberation from your own
perceived limits) is always possible.
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Egypt on Every Level
Dealing with Egypt is not a Pass/Fail.
Anything stopping you from uniting with the infinite
G-d is a layer of Egypt.
So the ultimate personal exodus can only be
experienced in Messianic Times, when all limits will be
undone.
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Pharaoh of the
World
Just like in the first Redemption from Egypt,
there's a Pharaoh that stands in the way of the
Redemption that's coming to the World,
with the advent of Moshiach.
LEVEL 3
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Government
The is the
global Pharaoh that stands in the way of the new era
(Redemption)
contemporary Government before Moshiach
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Influential Institutions
are possibly included with "Government".
Like Universities for example.
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27. WORLD
EGYPT
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Take 2:
Moses Vs. Pharaoh
Moshiach Vs. Government
Same story.
Just going global.
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Pharaoh's
Holding the Key
Getting past Pharaoh was the key to the Exodus.
Getting past the Government is the key to Moshiach.
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Transformation
It's not about escaping Pharaoh anymore.
Religious freedom has been well established by the
Coming of Moshiach.
It's about converting Egypt (the world) and Pharaoh
(the Government).
“ Egypt has to know that I am G-d.
'‫ה‬ ‫אני‬ ‫כי‬ ‫מצרים‬ ‫וידעו‬
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Pharaoh's Well Being
That's the deeper meaning of Pharaoh's survival,
And Jacob's blessing of Pharaoh's welfare,
And "One should pray for the welfare of the Government".
Pharaoh is not to be exterminated.
He's to be transformed.
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Survival of the Evil Kingdom
"‫ותכניע‬ ...‫הרשעה‬ ‫"ומלכות‬
In our daily prayers we ask for the Wicked Kingdom to be
1. uprooted
2. broken
3. crushed, and
4. subdued
Ultimately it's not about annihilation (1-3) – but about
subjugation (4) – of the evil reign prior to Moshiach.
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Pharaoh's Heart
It's when we reach the final stages of Levels 1 and 2, that
we need to deal with the toughest / most stubborn
aspects of Pharaoh.
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Stubborn.
Pharaoh was the king of the world, but with Moses
turning up, everything started falling around him.
Pharaoh was
Did he take notice?
Only after 10 plagues.
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The Government is
Stubborn.
Like Pharaoh, the Government's meant to be sovereign,
supreme.
And like Pharaoh, things are falling apart all around them.
On economical level, social level, and national security --
all the unpleasant signs of Moshiach.
Like Pharaoh, their hands are tied.
Like Pharaoh, they are the last to realize that.
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Since the first Lebanon War or thereabouts
The IDF is powerless in the face of Intifadas, Gulf
Wars, suicide bombers
The muscles are all there, but the hands are tied.
Example of Government's Hands are Tied:
Israeli Defense Force
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The Jewish People were in Egypt for 210 years
They served Pharaoh for 116 years
The back-breaking labor went on for 86 years
But only a few verses on all this in the Torah.
Most of the Exodus story is about breaking Pharaoh,
during the last year of their stay.
The End
Gets Most Attention
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The End of Exile is
Key
The Jewish People have been to 3 further exiles
since leaving Egypt
The last one dragging for some 2000 years
But the last episode where Moshiach takes on the
Government is the most critical.
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38. Summary
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Level Egypt Means: Exodus Means:
1. Culture Materialism, limiting the
person's perspectives to
physical ideaologies
Spiritual perspective, and
how to use material
instincts to serve G-d
2. Personal Evil Inclination, limiting
the individual's service of
G-d
Overcoming limitations
from within
3. Before
Moshiach
Government running the
show as "usual"
Moshiach revealing G-d's
sovereignty in the World
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Who Broke
Pharaoh's Heart?
Doing the hard yards for Pharaoh was back-breaking
labor.
At least everyone chipped in.
But breaking Pharaoh's heart was harder.
Everyone pulled out except for Moses and Aharon.
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40. ‫בס"ד‬
Dealing with the
Government
is Moshiach's job.
Coming up
What's it got to do with us?
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References"The Exodus from Egypt is a big foundation and a strong pillar in our Torah and our belief" - Sefer Hachinuch, Mitzvah 21.
Pharaoh didn't die - Pirkei D'Rabbi Elazar, Ch. 43: Pharaoh ended up becoming the king of Ninve who features in the story of Jonah
The Jewish People wanting to return to Egypt - Exodus 16:3, Numbers 11:18, Numbers 14:2, Numbers 20:5, Numbers 21:5.
Preferring physical crushing labor under Pharaoh to serving G-d - Numbers 11:5.
The Manna bread was considered by them as "nothing" - Numbers 11:6: "‫כל‬ ‫"אין‬ -- "There is nothing".
The Exodus will conclude with the Coming of Moshiach - Sefer Hamaamarim 5708 p.159.
Third Temple at the end of the Song of the Sea (‫הים‬ ‫)שירת‬ - Exodus 15:17: "You will bring them and implant them on the mount of Your heritage,
a foundation for Your dwelling place that You, G-d, have made -- a Sanctuary, my L-rd, that Your hands established. G-d shall reign for all
eternity." The "Sanctuary" referred to here is the Temple that will be built (By G-d) in future times (when He will reign forever) - Rashi on this
verse.
Egypt within the person - Torah Or, Shemot 49d.
Remembering the Exodus from Egypt all the time - Deuteronomy 16:3 "All the days of your life" -- literally.
Pharaoh = Evil Inclination - Igeret Hamusar of the Rambam.
Pharaoh = nape of the neck - Ibid.
‫מצרים‬ (Egypt) = confinements - Torah Or, Ibid.
‫מצרים‬ ‫ארץ‬ = wanting Egypt -
Original Exodus from Egypt has enabled religious freedom - Sefer Hamaamarim, ibid.
Egypt on every level - Torah Or, ibid.
All limits will be undone - Talmud, Shabbat 118a.
Synergy between Pharaoh and the Government at the End of Days - based on the general synergy between the Exodus from Egypt and the Final
Redemption that's alluded to in the verse "Like the days of your going out of the land of Egypt, will I show him wonders" (Micha 7:15). Also see
Pharaoh's Tzaraat and Bereshit Rabba 1:26.
Transformation of Egypt/Pharaoh in the Final Redemption - Sefer Hasichot 5752 Parashat Bo Par. 10-11. Also see Talmud Sanhedrin 59b
regarding the Serpent (the embodiment of Evil in this world) which will be an important servant for G-d in the Future Times, noting Pharaoh is
compared to a serpent (Ezekiel 29:3).
Jacob's blessing of Pharaoh's welfare - Genesis 47:7.
One should pray for the well-being of the government - Mishna Avot 3:2
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