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How did these five aspects play a role in each of the Makos?
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Rabbi Yosi ha'Gelili
רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: מִנַּיִן אַתָּה אוֹמֵר שֶׁלָּקוּ הַמִּצְרִים בְּמִצְרַיִם עֶשֶׂר מַכּוֹת, וְעַל הַיָּם לָקוּ חֲמִשִּׁים מַכּוֹת? בְּמִצְרַיִם מַה הוּא אוֹמֵר? וַיֹּאמְרוּ הַחַרְטֻמִּם אֶל פַּרְעֹה, אֶצְבַּע אֱ-לֹקִים הִוא. וְעַל הַיָּם מָה הוּא אוֹמֵר? וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת הַיָּד הַגְּדֹלָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה ה' בְּמִצְרַיִם, וַיִּירְאוּ הָעָם אֶת ה', וַיַּאֲמִינוּ בַּה' וּבְמשֶׁה עַבְדוֹ. כַּמָה לָקוּ בְאֶצְבַּע? עֶשֶׂר מַכּוֹת. אֱמוֹר מֵעַתָּה: בְּמִצְרַים לָקוּ עֶשֶׂר מַכּוֹת, וְעַל הַיָּם לָקוּ חֲמִשִּׁים מַכּוֹת.
Rabbi Yosi Hagelili says, "From where can you [derive] that the Egyptians were struck with ten plagues in Egypt, and struck with fifty plagues at the Sea? In Egypt, what does it state? 'The magicians said unto Pharaoh: ‘This is the finger of G-d' (Exodus 8:15). And at the Sea, what does it state? 'And Israel saw Hashem's great hand that he used upon the Egyptians, and the people feared Hashem; and they believed in Hashem, and in Moshe, His servant' (Exodus 14:31). How many were they struck with with the finger? Ten plagues. You can say from here that in Egypt, they were struck with ten plagues; and at the Sea, they were struck with fifty plagues."
