Rashi explains Moshe’s entreaty to Hashem. Moshe angrily said that he had never once benefitted materially from his position as leader of Klal Yisrael. Indeed, when he brought his wife and sons from Midyan to Egypt, he did not allow himself to utilize a donkey belonging to the people to transport them. Although he could have justified taking a “communal” means of transportation, he used only his own means of travel. This is vexing. What difference would it have made if he had used one of the people’s donkeys to carry out his mission? Is it not perfectly acceptable today…
