Va’era: Hitting the Frog – Intentional Blindness

Thesis: We ignore important details that are in front of us all too often.

Question: How could the Egyptians keep hitting the frog? How could the Jews ignore Moshe?

Answer: They were intentionally blind to the obvious facts in front of them.

In 1979, Johann Wolfgand wrote a famous ballad called The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. It was famously filmed in Disney’s Fantasia with Mickey Mouse as the Apprentice – and there are many other versions of the story. The story starts