Rav Rice notes that at the beginning of the parsha, Hashem says, “Bo el Pharoh, Come to Pharoah.” Why does it say “Bo” and not lech, go? Additionally, if Hashem planned to harden Paro’s heart, what was the purpose of sending Moshe to him so many times? The Kotzker Rebbe explains that when Hashem said “Bo,” he meant “Come with Me.” He was really saying, “I will be with you on your mission.”
This is a message for all times. Even if we fall into the abyss of evil, Hashem will give us chance after chance to return and He will be with us. “V’ani hichbadti, I will harden.” Hashem himself sends us hardships and difficulties so that in the process of overcoming them, we create a new and deeper relationship with Him. The pain itself is a form of love, just as the very image of thedog, normally a scary apparition, symbolized Hashem’s chesed and compassion.
from Parshat Bo – Hark To The Bark
Based on a Naaleh.com shiur by Mrs. Shira Smiles
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