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#174: God's Door Is Open In Both Directions

#174: God's Door Is Open In Both Directions

Ibn Ezra on Parashat Bo, Shemot/Exodus 10:20

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A painting of Ibn Ezra using an astrolabe, an astronomical measuring device, c. 1235 CE. Public domain image.

Gimme Some Torah #174

Shemot/Exodus 10:20

וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְלֹ֥א שִׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ 
But God stiffened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

Pharaoh begs Moses to pray that God will remove the…

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