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relates that “Israel saw the great hand which the Lord laid upon the Egyptians, and the people
revered the Lord and they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses.” It reasons that if
they suffered ten plagues in Egypt, they must have been made to suffer fifty plagues at the Sea.

Rabbi Eliezer says: How does one derive that every plague that G-d inflicted upon the
Egyptians in Egypt was equal in intensity to four plagues? It is written: “He sent upon them his
fierce anger, wrath, fury and trouble, a band of evil messengers.” Since each plague was
comprised of 1) wrath, 2) fury, 3) trouble and 4) a band of evil messengers, they must have
suffered forty plagues in Egypt and two hundred at the Sea.

Rabbi Akiva says: How does one derive that every plague that G-d inflicted upon the Egyptians
in Egypt was equal in intensity to five plagues? It is written: “He sent upon them His fierce
anger, wrath, fury and trouble, a band of evil messengers.” Since each plague was comprised of
1) fierce anger 2) wrath 3) fury 4) trouble and 5) a band of evil messengers, they must have
suffered fifty plagues in Egypt and two hundred and fifty at the Sea.

Where Is Moshe In The Haggadah? - Jacob Kupferman (7th Grade)

In the Haggadah Moshe’s name is only wri en down once, in Maggid. This brings up a ques on:
why is Moshe’s name only wri en down once in the en re Haggadah?

There are a few answers to this ques on from various sages but the one I enjoyed and thought
to be the most intriguing is an answer from the Chafetz Chaim. His answer was that Moshe
asked God to not be men oned out of humility. God granted him his wish by only men oning
his name once. Similarly, the Gemara (Pesachim 114b) states that we do not men on Moshe’s
name when telling over the story of Yetziat Mitzraim because it was said and wri en by Moshe
and he did not want to write so much about himself. From this we can learn to follow in
Moshe’s footsteps, to not false adver se yourself as greater than your peers, and to remain
humble and modest.

The Qualities Of A Leader - Nitzan Chen (6th Grade)

Moshe Rabbeinu was the leader of the Jews. He started off as a baby in a basket which floated
in the Nile River. Then the princess found him and raised him as a son. A few years later, he
killed an Egyp an and ran away. Then he defended a few girls, and their father offered him to
stay, and they gave him a job as a shepherd. Then he saw a bush which was on fire and it was
Hashem who told him to be the leader. Why was Moshe chosen to be the leader? Moshe was a
shepherd, and he was kind and humble to even animals and you can imagine how kind and
humble he would be to humans! You might think that a leader has a big ego, and is a bragger,
but Moshe was a humble and kind person and that’s what a leader is, a humble, kind, and
caring person.

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