Pharoah, Taxation and Population Control

APRPEH ^ | 19 Teves 5770/5 January 2010 | APRPEH

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When Pharoah, king of Egypt wished to oppress Bnei Yisroel, he first chose heavy taxation as a method. It is clear from the text that the priority of Pharoah was not a national building campaign, but to reign in what was perceived as a foreign population for which Egypt felt both compelled to control but afraid to allow to leave.
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Commentary to Parashas Shmos and its relevance to today.

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I would hope that on a site dedicated to Jewish learning they would try to spell pharAOh correctly.