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Pharaoh sent his daughter Hagar to Avraham, reasoning that she would be
better off being a maidservant in the house of Avraham than a queen
somewhere else. Why did Pharaoh only think of benefitting his daughter
and not bettering himself? Why didn’t he himself change his evil ways?
The Yetzer Hara persuades us to preach, but only at others. When it comes
to personal practice, he slyly convinces us that it is unnecessary to
respond. After spouting words of mussar and inspiring others to change
