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The Ten Plagues (Eser Ha-Makkot)
Rabbi Bechaye said
At this point in our story, let’s pause and recite the following words: that the plagues
followed one another
over a twelve-month
period, from Nisan
15, when Moses was
Get your first called, until the
wine cups Passover itself.
ready for
this next Why didn’t God
section... deliver Israel all at
Dam va’esh ve’timerot ashan once – with one
great plague - but to
Blood and fire and thick smoke... show the idols of
Egypt to be vain...

These are the plagues that the Holy One, blessed be He, sent
upon the Egyptians in Egypt.

As each plague is named in our retelling, we spill a drop of wine from our cups, signifying
that the suffering of the Egyptians lessens our joy. Wait for the seder leader’s call!

Reader 1: So Moses and Aaron met Pharaoh in the morning, while he was washing
himself. ‘So far, you have refused to let my people go,’ they said. ‘Now thus
says the Lord, “By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, with the
staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall
turn into blood. The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the
Egyptians will grow weary of drinking water from the Nile.”

Reader 2: Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in
the sight of his servants Aaron lifted up the staff and struck the water in the
Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood.

All Say: For the babies who were drowned in the Nile – Blood! Blood! Blood!
[We spill a drop of wine for the plague of blood at this time.]

Reader 3: But Pharaoh was unmoved by this plague, and hardened his heart…

Reader 4: So Moses and Aaron met Pharaoh again and said, “Let my people go, that they
may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your
country with frogs. The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into
your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your
servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls. The
frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”

Reader 1: Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in
the sight of his servants Aaron lifted up the staff and the frogs came up and
covered the land of Egypt.

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