D.A.F.'s Moadim section

1) Pharaoh's motives -

What caused Pharaoh to instigate this extreme decree (to kill the male babies)?

2) Timing -

Why did Pharaoh's decree to kill the babies, come only following the decree of forced labor?

3) Into the Nile -

In what way did Pharaoh's new decree, to throw the babies into the Nile, differ from the previous one (involving the midwives)?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 1:22:1

2. Mafteach to Shemos 1:22:1.1:1

4) Three stages -

Why did this decree (like the decree of forced labor) come in three stages: a. via the midwives, b. throwing the Jewish boys into the Nile, c. for one day, even the Egyptian boys (see Rashi to Shemos 1:22)?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 1:15:3.2:1

5) Why only the boys? -

Why was Pharaoh only concerned to kill the baby boys, and not the girls?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 1:16:1.1

2. Mafteach to Shemos 1:16:1.2

6) Methods -

What scheme did the Egyptians use to catch the newborn babies?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 1:21:1:3

7) Futile efforts -

Just how badly did Pharaoh's plan to get rid of the redeemer, turn out?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 2:10:2:1:1