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Episode 7: Defying Gravity
Moshe is finally ready to return to Pharaoh, but God throws another wrench in Moshe’s plans. God tells Moshe that despite all of Moshe’s best efforts, Pharaoh will not listen. Instead, God will harden Pharaoh’s heart.
“Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said” (7:13).
How could God take away someone’s free will? Free will is an essential tenet of Judaism. There are many different explanations given about this question.
One is that God does not take away Pharoah’s free will. We once had a guest speaker in Mevaseret who usedthe following analogy. If…
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