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וַיּוֹצִאֵנוּ ה' מִמִּצְרַיִם
Va'Yotzi'enu Hashem mi'Mitzrayim

וַיּוֹצִאֵנוּ ה' מִמִצְרַיִם בְּיָד חֲזָקָה, וּבִזְרֹעַ נְטוּיָה, וּבְמֹרָא גָּדֹל, וּבְאֹתוֹת וּבְמֹפְתִים.

"And Hashem took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with great awe, and with signs and with wonders" (Deuteronomy 26:8).

וַיּוֹצִאֵנוּ ה' מִמִּצְרַיִם. לֹא עַל יְדֵי מַלְאָךְ, וְלֹא עַל יְדֵי שָׂרָף, וְלֹא עַל יְדֵי שָׁלִיחַ, אֶלָּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בִּכְבוֹדוֹ וּבְעַצְמוֹ. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְעָבַרְתִּי בְאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה, וְהִכֵּיתִי כָּל בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מֵאָדָם וְעַד בְּהֵמָה, וּבְכָל אֱלֹהֵי מִצְרַיִם אֶעֱשֶׂה שְׁפָטִים, אֲנִי ה'. וְעָבַרְתִּי בְאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה - אֲנִי וְלֹא מַלְאָך. וְהִכֵּיתִי כָל בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַים - אֲנִי וְלֹא שָׂרָף. וּבְכָל אֱלֹהֵי מִצְרַיִם אֶעֱשֶׂה שְׁפָטִים (אֲנִי ה') - אֲנִי הוּא וְלֹא הַשָּׁלִיחַ. אֲנִי ה' - אֲנִי הוּא וְלֹא אַחֵר.

"And Hashem took us out of Egypt" - Not through an angel and not through a seraph and not through a messenger, but [directly] the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself, as it is stated (Exodus 12:12); "And I will pass through the Land of Egypt on that night, and I will smite every firstborn in the Land of Egypt, from men to animals; and against all the gods of Egypt, I shall make judgments, I am Hashem." 'And I will pass through the Land of Egypt' - I and not an angel. 'And I will smite every firstborn' - I and not a seraph. 'And against all the gods of Egypt, I will make judgments" - I and not a messenger. 'I am Hashem' - I am He, and none other.

MAKAS BECHOROS

1) ועברתי בארץ מצרים -

How did the firstborn die simply because Hashem "passed by"?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 11:5:0.1:1

2) בלילה הזה -

Conceptually speaking, why did Makas Bechoros take place specifically at night? The Exodus itself took place by day!

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:2

3) Even their slaves -

Why did the firstborn among the (Egyptian) slaves die (Shemos 11:5)?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 11:5:1:1

2. Mafteach to Shemos 11:5:1.1:1

4) Their captives -

Why did the firstborn of the captives die (Shemos 12:29)?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 11:5:2

2. Mafteach to Shemos 12:29:5.1:1

5) Their animals -

Why were the firstborn animals hit as well?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 11:5:4:1

6) Their idols -

What are "Elohei Mitzrayim"? What were the "judgements" that Hashem carried out upon them?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:5

2. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:5.3

7) Order of punishment -

Seeing as Hashem destroyed the Egyptian gods before slaying their firstborn - as is evident from 'Dayeinu' that we recite later - why does the Torah invert the order here?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:5.1:1

HASHEM ALONE

8) אני ה' -

What is being added by the verse's conclusion, "I am Hashem"?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:7:2

9) אני ולא מלאך -

Yet the Torah says in Parshas Chukas, "He sent a messenger (a Mal'ach), and brought us out of Egypt" (Bamidbar 20:16)!

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:7.2:1

10) אני ולא מלאך -

The Hagadah emphasizes that Hashem alone carried out Makas Bechoros. Yet Rashi (to Shemos 12:29) interprets the word "Va'Shem [Hikah Kol Bechor]" to mean that 'Hashem and His [Heavenly] court' were involved in Makas Bechoros! How so?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:7.3

2. Mafteach to Shemos 12:29:151

11) אני ולא מלאך... ולא שרף... ולא השליח -

According to Maharal, what is the distinction between these terms?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:7.4

12) Why? -

Why was it necessary for Hashem Himself to kill the firstborn?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:7.6

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