Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Nach:

Yeshayahu 

Parsha:

Shemot 

References: Megilla: 25b ,  Sanhedrin: 38b  

Description

A contrast between G-d and avodah zarah, part of a broader Yeshayah theme. Humans carry idols, G-d carries humans. G-d is not limited by distance (spatial or temporal). Also notes on Pharaoh's "heavy heart", and from Perek 47, the enslavement of Babylon vs. the redemption of the Jews.