Why was slavery decreed upon the descendants of Avraham Avinu, at the Bris Bein ha'Besarim (the Covenant between the Parts - Bereishis 15:13)?
What does the doubled expression, "Yado'a Teida," teach us?
Why did Hashem specify that it would be Avraham's offspring who would be strangers and enslaved - excluding Avraham himself?
Why was the entire Jewish people to be punished for the sin of Avraham? Is it possible that for his small shortcoming, our entire nation would be exiled for 400 years?!
Why does the Torah write, "in a land that is not theirs" - without specifying "in Egypt"?
This verse describes three stages of exile - "Geirus" (being a stranger), "Avdus" (slavery), and "Inuy" (suffering). What do these terms mean? Why would they come gradually?
If Hashem informed Avraham of an exile of 400 years; why does the Torah (Shemos 12:40) record a stay of 430 years?
How long did our sojourn in Egypt actually last?
How long did the actual slavery in Egypt last?
How can the count of 400 years, include the years when Yitzchak and Yaakov lived in the Land of Canaan? Were they considered "strangers in a land not theirs," in the very Land that had already been promised to them?
Why did Hashem harden Pharaoh's heart? And once He did, how could He then continue to punish him?
Seeing as the nation in question would merely be fulfilling Hashem's decree to enslave Bnei Yisrael, why would they deserve punishment?
What punishment against the Egyptians came in fulfillment of this verse? What wealth does this verse refer to ?
Why is the detail of leaving with great wealth so important, that Hashem told Avraham Avinu about it in advance?
