There Are None So Blind as Those Who Do Not Wish to See — A Message from Parshat Bo

It is a hard truth, but one that is often ignored: there is something people do not want to see or speak about.

A blindness is spreading through the world—among nations, among leaders, and even inside families. Societies are falling apart while saying that everything is fine. Countries are running toward ruin while calling it honor. Homes are breaking while people pretend nothing is wrong. The signs are everywhere, but many refuse to look.

There are none so blind as those who do not wish to see.

We live in a time when whole societies walk straight into disaster. Countries enter wars they cannot win. They send their young people to die. They let their cities be destroyed and give up their future—all for ideas and slogans. They convince themselves that this destruction is holy. They call it a mitzvah, a jihad, a sacred mission. Reality no longer matters. Results no longer matter. Human life no longer matters.

This is not new. We have seen it before. It is the story of Egypt.

Every Shabbos in Pesukei Dezimra we say in Hallel:

“למכה מצרים בבכוריהם” — “To Him Who struck Egypt through their firstborn.”

Chazal explain that these words mean far more than the simple reading. Midrash Tehillim (136) describes a frightening scene at the end of the plagues. When Hashem sent makkas bechoros and Moshe warned that at........

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