Thoughts at Parasha Wa’era…

I’m currently busy with the Parasha Wa’era that will be read in the synagogues this week. Moshe doesn’t have an easy time in it, neither with Pharaoh nor with the Israelites, who still want to remain in their ‚Narrow Land‘; but it is Moshe who turns to G‑d and complains about his problems. On the one hand he refers to his difficulties with his own speaking – he was never a good speaker – on the other hand he refers to the behavior of the Israelites. But what he does not do, and this is of great importance, is that he allows Pharaoh to have power over him personally. Moshe takes his mission seriously and his leadership qualities are exactly the opposite of what defines the Pharaoh. Let us choose the Moshe within us and not the Pharaoh; Because only with G-d’s will, even if it is currently hidden, is behavior towards freedom possible.