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Free will? Really? Do we have it and what does it really mean? Through our recent Daily Dvar readings and as exquisitely expanded upon by last Shabbat’s sermon, we have been hearing of Pharaoh’s choices when it came to letting our people leave Egypt. And we’ve seen the consequences of the delay of his decision to finally do so. Pharaoh had the choice to free the slaves and avoid the dire results, and yet he chose not to over and over again. At our virtual oneg we discussed the possible reasons Pharaoh exercised his free will in this way. A possibility we explored was that he didn’t have the mental or emotional capacity to do otherwise. So Pharaoh had free will but... Read More →