Chasidut para sa Exodo 11:2

דַּבֶּר־נָ֖א בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וְיִשְׁאֲל֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ ׀ מֵאֵ֣ת רֵעֵ֗הוּ וְאִשָּׁה֙ מֵאֵ֣ת רְעוּתָ֔הּ כְּלֵי־כֶ֖סֶף וּכְלֵ֥י זָהָֽב׃

“Pakiusap, magsalita ka sa pandinig ng bayan, at hilingin ng bawat lalaki sa kanyang kapwa, at ng bawat babae sa kanyang kapwa babae, ang mga kagamitang pilak at mga kagamitang ginto.”

Bnei Machshava Tova

as is possibly alluded to in the Midrash (Tanchuma, Balak 25) that Israel merited redemption from Egypt by virtue of their not "revealing their secrets" (the Hebrew word for "secret," "mistorin," connotes something that was previously hidden). They didn't just keep the secret of "Each woman will ask from her neighbor" (for valuables - the Jewish people were told a year before the exodus that they would be doing this, but didn't speak about it to their Egyptian neighbors); rather, they kept hidden all spiritual matters that are to be kept secret, for it is not appropriate that others should see exposed souls when they are purifying themselves. Contemplate this.
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