Hitting the Mitzri on a Weekday

Hitting the Mitzri on a Weekday:

A group of residents of a certain city once came to Rav Boruch of Mezhibuzh zy”a and cried to him that they were suffering terribly under the ruler of their town, who was a thoroughly evil man who did horrible things to them. Rav Boruch answered by quoting this verse. He said, “’And he saw that there was no man” – this is a hint to the ruler of your city, who is not a ‘mentch’ (man). ‘And he hit the Egyptian, and he hid him in the chol’ – this means that the wicked man doesn’t have to be hit through the merits of our avodah on Shabbos; rather, he can even be brought down on a weekday (chol).