When the plague of frogs was brought on the Egyptians the Torah says VATA’AL HATZVARDE’A, “…the frog ascended…”(Shemos 8,2)
Rashi brings the Midrash that tells us it was only one frog that came up from the Nile since the singular is used. As the Egyptians beat it, it kept multiplying. Why then did the Egyptians beat it? Had they left it alone, one frog could not have done much damage!
The fact is that it is human nature to start opposing frantically that which is not to our liking. It would be more affective if we would let some of these ideas and movements die out without publicity. When we start raising objections we are actually giving them greater recognition and publicizing their propaganda. This, of course, does not mean that we should sit back and ignore when moral issues are involved. It does mean that we should use an intelligent response and not just come out shouting.
In our personal lives we could also use this advice. If someone says something to our disliking, if we ignore it, it could dissolve in thin air. If we start shouting and objecting, we are giving it greater importance.
I don't know about everyone else, but I would really like to know whose yartzheits are this week. I haven't known whose graves to daven at in a long while, so I've just had to make due with davening in a regular old shul.
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