For Friday Night

How is this possible? Surely G-d grants free will? Is it fair to punish Pharaoh if his refusal to recognize G-d is forced upon him -- by G-d Himself?

The Jewish people had light wherever they lived. Does it mean that the darkness did not affect the specific area where they dwelt? Or does it mean, more mysteriously that even in the Egyptian areas, there was light in the darkness?

Time and place are two fundamental coordinates of life, and, in particular, of Jewish life and teaching. The unity of the Jewish calendar is a remarkable expression of the unity of the Jewish people.