The Destructive Force of Anger
In this Parsha we read about the first 7 of the 10 Makkos. By מכת צפרדע, it says “ותעל הצפרדע” which is לשון יחיד-singular. Rashi explains that it was a lone frog that emerged from the Nile. But when the Egyptians saw it, they hit it again and again, causing it to split into swarms and swarms of frogs, until the entire land was inundated. The Steipler in his Sefer on Chumash ברכת פרץ, asks: Once the Egyptians realized that by hitting the frog they are causing it to split into more and more frogs, why did they continue hitting it? Answers the Steipler, this shows us the destructive force of anger. The Egyptians were so infuriated by the frog, that they hit it. And even though it started to multiply as they struck it, they couldn’t control themselves, and continued hitting, to their own detriment. When a person loses himself to anger, he is no longer governed by any sense of rational, and is fully controlled by his emotions. This to often leads a person to actions and words he later regrets, but at the time of heightened emotions, simply cannot control. Acting on impulse ends up harming a person. May we merit to always act with with calmness and rationality.
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