Summary by Channie Koplowitz Stein
Parshat Voeyrah contains seven of the ten plagues Hashem brought on Egypt. After the first six plagues occurring exactly as predicted, Hashem has Moshe and Aharon warn the Egyptians concerning the imminent plague of hail. Moshe urges the Egyptians to take precautions against the hail, to bring their servants and their livestock indoors and save them from the hail. “Whoever… feared the word of Hashem chased his servants and his livestock to the houses. And whoever did not take the word of God to heart, whoever did not pay attention to the word of God, he left his servants and livestock in the field.” Rabbi Frand here poses the most obvious question. Statistics are usually accurate. After six plagues, why would some Egyptians refuse to heed the warnings about this seventh plague and risk destruction of all their property?
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