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Offline kyel

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Why were Jews ok with going back to Egypt?
« on: December 21, 2013, 11:45:04 PM »
Why were there such huge Jewish communities in egypt when the Torah warns against this? Why was RamBam ok with settling in Egypt when he even wrote in Mishneh Torah not to?

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Re: Why were Jews ok with going back to Egypt?
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2013, 01:43:24 AM »
Rabbi Rosner deals with this issue in his audio lecture Commandment #500 of Sefer Hachinuch dealing with the prohibition of living in Egypt (Mitzrayim)
http://www.ou.org/torah/article/mitzvah_500_living_in_mitzrayim#.UraJcdIW01I