Bs”d
Parshas Voairah (5769)
by Mordechai Dolinsky
What was the lesson of the staff turning into a snake that Moshe was commanded to demonstrate to Pharoh? The staff symbolizes the erect spine which in turn is pride. We work to make our spine flexible like a snake which is the crucial prerequisite to seeing and understanding the truth. Arrogance is indeed blinding; understanding is not purely dependent on intellect.
Have a wonderful Shabbos and a month of fulfillment and redemption.