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‫ ְו ֵאלוּ ֵהן‬, ‫ֵאלּוּ ֶﬠ ֶשׂר ַמכּוֹת ֶשׁ ֵה ִביא ַה ָקּדוֹשׁ ָבּרוּ הוּא ַﬠל ַה ִמּ ְצ ִרים ְבּ ִמ ְצ ַרים‬

These are the Plagues that the Holy one, blessed be He, brought upon Egypt:

                                                                                                                 Blood - ‫ָדּם‬
                                                                                                            Frogs - ‫ְצ ֵפ ְר ֵדּע‬

                                                                                                                  Lice - ‫ִכּ ִנים‬
                                                                                                              Beasts - ‫ָﬠרוֹב‬
                                                                                                     Cattle Plague - ‫ֶדּ ֶבר‬

                                                                                                                 Boils - ‫ְשׁ ִחין‬
                                                                                                                  Hail - ‫ָבּרד‬

                                                                                                          Locusts - ‫ַא ְר ֶבּה‬
                                                                                                          Darkness - ‫ח ֶשׁך‬
                                                                                 Slaying of First Born - ‫ַמ ַכּת ְבּכוֹרוֹת‬

Where The 10 Plagues Really Necessary? - Coral Yeudai (9th Grade)

As we know, Hashem performed ten plagues over the people of Egypt to try to force Pharoah to
let the Jewish na on go and be free. This is the reason our teachers gave regarding why the
plagues occurred. But why did Hashem need to u lize them to get what He wanted? Hashem
can perform any miracles! Hashem could have simply found an easier and faster way for the
Jews to escape. So why did Hashem go plague a er plague, when it created an ongoing series of
wreckage?

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