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Podcast: The Weekly Parsha - With Michoel Brooke
Episode: Parshas Vaera: How Hashem Taught Moshe the Secret to Getting Anyone to Listen
Description: Fire and ice fall from the sky, frogs flood the palace, and yet the most surprising instruction isn’t a plague—it’s a posture: speak to Pharaoh as Melech Mitzrayim. We dig into Vaera’s high drama and ask the hard question: why would Moshe be told to honor a tyrant? Drawing on Rashi’s breakdown of Moshe’s three objections, a striking Zohar about illegitimate kings, and Rav Moshe Sternbuch’s powerful thesis, we explore how public honor reframes Pharaoh’s downfall as an unmistakable act of God rather than a political stumble.From there, we pivot to a pr...