Parashas Bo – Rabbi Yaakov Luban
Pharaoh’s behavior during the ten plagues seems incomprehensible. During several plagues, Pharaoh capitulates and agrees to let the Jewish people leave Egypt. Yet as soon as each plague ends Pharaoh recants – even though he knows that his stubbornness will result in further punishment for Egypt. Equally unfathomable is the indifference of the Egyptian population…