A Different Kind of Plague

וַיֵּצֵא בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי וְהִנֵּה שְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים עִבְרִים נִצִּים. וַיֹּאמֶר לָרָשָׁע, "לָמָּה תַכֶּה רֵעֶךָ??"  -שמות ב:יג 

And [Moshe] went about on the second day and, behold, to men were fighting. And he said to the wicked one, "Why do you hit your fellow??" -Exodus 2:13

Tonight, as we commemorate the suffering of our ancestors at the hands of the Egyptians, let us take a moment to remember the makos (blows) being borne to this day by our boys at the hands of (certain) rebbeim in (certain) yeshivos and chadorim. May G-d hear their cries this year as he heard the cries of their fathers long ago.  


Postscript: I understand that this is a sugya that needs to be addressed from a responsible halachic perspective. Be"H, over Pesach I will have more time to write that part up with the thoroughness is deserves. -PsyJew