In this series of lectures, Rabbi Fohrman addresses several intriguing questions, among them: Did God really need to engage Pharaoh in protracted bargaining sessions over who could leave Egypt? Why, both morally and tactically, would God work to "harden" Pharaoh's heart once the Egyptian king finally consented to allow the Jews to go? And how do we understand God's sudden insistence on the use of particular names for Himself - YHVH and "I Will Be That Which I Will Be" - within the context of the Exodus?
