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Q: Why can't Jews return to Egypt using the same path the ancient Israelites took?

The Torah prohibits returning to Egypt (Deuteronomy 17:16, Sefer HaMitzvos Lo Sa'aseh § 46). The Sefer HaChinuch § 500 explains the reason for the prohibition is because the Egyptians are bad people, and Hashem doesn't want us to learn from their ways, considering He took us out from there in the...

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Kazi bácsi

7:37 PM

@IsaacMoses There was a kind of "rollback war," where I asked a slightly boorish new user why he kept rolling back the constructive edits of his question. Out of curiosity, what happened after having flagged his comment? I see that he doesn't have an account anymore.

Isaac Moses

7:56 PM

@Kazibácsi Your edits were clear improvements, so I rolled the post back to include them. I can't comment on the user.

Kazi bácsi

@IsaacMoses I also checked the meta post about Codidact. I have quite mixed feelings, and I am not really shure what to do.

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