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משך חכמה — שלושת האותות למשה

What is the inner message of each of the three signs given to Moshe — staff-to-snake, healthy hand-to-leper, water-to-blood?

ישראל אשר הם משחתים בדעות, אשר היו עובדי עבודה זרה, יתהוו מאושרים ויזדככו במעלתם כבריאות הבשר המצורע, אשר בשינוי רצון ה' יתעלה יתהוו גוי קדוש עם ה'... כן העם הישראלי ראוי לסגולה במקום מחצבתם, מקום אשר הוא הורתם ומסוגל לנשמתם.

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משך חכמה

משך חכמה, שמות כ״ג

Meshekh Chokhmah, Shemot:23

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Q — What is the inner message of each of the three signs given to Moshe — staff-to-snake, healthy hand-to-leper, water-to-blood?

A — Each is a two-stage act in which the SECOND stage carries the message: (1) snake reverting to a staff — Pharaoh the great serpent will become harmless wood; (2) leprous hand restored — Israel, currently corrupted by Egyptian avodah zarah, will be purified into a "גוי קדוש"; (3) clean water turning to blood when removed from the river — Israel's segulah expresses itself ONLY in their natural place, Eretz Yisrael; in foreign soil their distinctive nature cannot manifest, so the Exodus must include entry to the Land.

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