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The mitzvah of tzitzit has the power to bring a person closer to mitzvah
performance, while distancing him from sin. This is learned from the
juxtaposition of the words, “That you may see it and remember” and,
immediately afterward, “and not explore after your heart and after your
eyes after which you stray.”

Chazal state that the following things granted Bnei Yisrael the geulah.
One was the merit of the righteous women, who, with great self-sacrifice,
concerned themselves over the continuation of our nation. In addition,
Bnei Yisrael did not change their names, language, or dress. These aspects
of Judaism protected them from defilement by the Egyptian nation.

What did Batya, the daughter of Pharaoh, see in the Jewish nation which
drew her to join them, a wretched, broken people? She noticed how they
staunchly maintained their Jewish identity, not breaking their connection
with Hashem, in spite of all their suffering. She realized they are a unique,
unparalleled people, and therefore wished to be a part of them.

The pasuk states, “A youth was crying.” Why is Moshe called a youth –
he was a tiny newborn! This teaches us the lesson that a person is
obligated to educate his children in the ways of Torah and mitzvot from
infanthood, as though they were older children. Our Torah leaders go so