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Emptying out Mitzrayim [duplicate]
If when the Jews left Egypt it says וינצלו את מצרים, they emptied out Mitzrayim, then where did all the silver and gold that the Egyptians had at the Yam Suf come from? And the spoils at the sea were ...
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Why does מורא גדול and nothing else in the verse refer to גלוי שכינה?
In the Haggadah, we quote the Sifre's exegesis of Deut. 26:8 (in which I've boldfaced quotations from the verse itself):
And God removed us [from Egypt] …
with a strong hand — this refers to the ...
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Is there a connection between each of the four expressions of redemption and the respective four cups?
Chazal tell us that the four cups of wine correspond to the four expressions of redemption (Shemos Rabbah 6:4, Rashi to Pesachim 99b DH Arba Kosos, etc.).
Is there any specific correlation between ...
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Avos vs. the Hagada on plague counts
My son asks:
The Hagada mentions, toward the end of Magid, three opinions on how many plagues the Egyptians suffered in Egypt and on the Red Sea:
R' Yose Haglili: 10 and 50
R' Eliezzer: 40 and 200
R'...
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אצבע אלוקים היא - *how* many? [duplicate]
We all know the part of the seder in which we talk about how many makot were part of an אצבע (10) and how many were part of a ��ד (50).
But wait a minute. The phrase אצבע אלוקים היא was not told at ...
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Yachol merosh chodesh - why not the day of the fifteenth?
We say in the Haggadah, quoted from the Mechilta:
יָכוֹל מֵראשׁ חֹדֶשׁ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא. אִי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יָכוֹל מִבְּעוֹד יוֹם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר בַּעֲבוּר זֶה - בַּעֲבוּר זֶה ...
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What was the Plague of the Sword?
In the Haggadah you will find the following exegesis of part of Deuteronomy 26:8:
וּבִזְרֹעַ נְטוּיָה. זוֹ הַחֶרֶב, כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְחַרְבּוֹ שְׁלוּפ��ה בְּיָדוֹ, נְטוּיָה עַל-יְרוּשָלָיִם..&...
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What were the 300 plagues of the Exodus?
The הגדה says:
במצרים לקו חמשים מכות, ועל הים לקו חמשים ומאתים מכות
In Egypt, they were struck with 50 plagues, and by the Sea [of Reeds], they were struck with 250 plagues
What were ...
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