EXOD102 Do you really want to help a fellow human being in trouble or need? By all means help him. Deeds of loving – kindness, g'milath hassidim, are one of the pillars on which man's world rests. But make sure your timing is right. Beware of this person's emotional state and your own true intentions, and let a sense of tact direct you. We can learn this from Moses our Master. The first time he came to Pharaoh to ask for the freedom for the Israelites, Pharaoh responded with cruelty: the Hebrews had to work the harder. Moses complained to the Almighty, "ume'oz, for since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Thy name, he has done evil to these people, and Thou hast not rescued Thy people at all." (this verse]. The core of his plaint lay in the word me'oz, "from the time that": Moses objected that his visit to Pharaoh was mistimed; he was sent to Pharaoh when the monarch was disposed only to cruelty. And perhaps in the response of the Almighty there was an answer to this very point: "attah, now show you see what I will do to Pharaoh…" (Exodus 6:1). He may have meant: Whatever you will see Me do to Pharaoh, it will always be attah, "now," when the right moment comes.
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