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The Book of Deuteronomy – ‫חומש דברים‬ 48

Torah Portion Ki Tavo

In the Torah portion of Ki Tavo, Moshe tells the nation of Israel that they need
to bring to the priest the first fruits of the season and to tell him what occurred to
the nation of Israel in Egypt before it reached the Land of Israel.

In this Torah portion appears the following verse:

"The Egyptians caused evil with us and afflicted us, and they put upon
us hard labor." (26:6)

Rabbi Alsheich asks a question on this verse: according to Hebrew grammar, the
Torah should have written:

"The Egyptians caused evil to us…"

Why does the Torah use the language "they caused evil with us"?

Rabbi Alsheich answers: The Torah used the word "with us" in order to tell that
through the enslavement that the Egyptians cast upon the nation of Israel, they
turned the people in the nation of Israel to evil.

The hard work caused a state where the people in the nation lost their patience
and became evil to each other.

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