<HTML>I am interested in any ideas on the difference between chazak and kaved as
used in the eser makos section of sefer shemos. On some occasions paroh's
heart is hardened as in vayechezak lev paroh and in other instances
vayachbed.
Also, is there significance as to when each form is used as opposed to the
other.
Finally, there seems to be a pattern in the last 5 makkos in which chazak
is used in all except after the plague of shehin ?
Sincerely,
Etan Tokayer with Mark Smilowitz
Torah academy of Bergen County</HTML>
