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b'Shiur from Rabbi Elimelech Kohn Ztl on \\u05e4\\u05e8\\u05e9\\u05ea \\u05d5\\u05d0\\u05e8\\u05d0.\\xa0\\nDiscussed:\\xa0\\n\\n A question on the \\u05e7\\u05dc \\u05d5\\u05d7\\u05d5\\u05de\\u05e8 that Moshe Rabeinu made to Hashem, that if the Bnei Yisrael didn\'t listen to me then certainly Pharoah won\'t listen to me. However, the previous Pasuk states a reason why the Bnei Yisrael didn\'t listen, specifically because they were "short of breath" by being enslaved to Pharoah. So why did Moshe compare Pharoah to the Bnei Yisrael?\\xa0\\n The Orach Chaim explains what the Pasuk means that the Bnei Yisrael were "short of breath" and that it refers to a lack of Torah.\\xa0\\n One explanation given, based on the Even Ha\'ezra in Parshas Naso, that a true king is one who rules over himself and can control his desires. Therefore if the Bnei Yisrael were unable to listen to Moshe because they were enslaved to Pharoah, then Kal V\'chomer Pharoah could not listen to Moshe Rabeinu because Pharaoh was the biggest slave to himself.'