It Would Have Been Enough - Pesach's Haggadah Part 6 - Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb

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38 39 of the art school family aud [clears throat] puzzled me for many years because on the surface it's just seems to be a jumble. It doesn't seem to say anything. And um I think I've discovered some of the I think I've discovered some of the deeper aspects. Yosei said, "How does one derive that the Egyptians were struck with 10 plagues in Egypt, but with 50 plagues at the sea?" Now, let's see. 10 plagues in Egypt. Well, that's literal and and exact. But 50 plagues at the sea. Wow. Well, concerning the plagues in Egypt, the Torah states, magicians said to Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God for the lice." They didn't say that. for the lice." They didn't say that. That's however those see the Torah relates Israel saw the great handm laid upon the Egyptians. hand has five fingers. One finger in Egyp in in Egypt and five fingers at the sea. They believed to mo Shem as Moses. How many places receive with a finger? 10. many places receive with a finger? 10. They conclude that 10 place in Egypt where they struck with the finger. They must have made to serve 50 places the sea where they struck with the whole hand. And the [clears throat] reader says, "Really? I mean, isn't these metaph aren't these metaphors, you know, isn't this poetry?" [clears throat and cough] And can you imagine that the finger here and the hand there was meant to tell you that it's five times as much? I mean, why isn't that just the way the Torah expressed

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1. 0:0038 39 of the art school family aud [clears throat] puzzled me for many years because…
2. 4:08his fierce anger. Now notice here your pun your your translator punctuates with a comma, not…
3. 8:15dialogue went on for a week. Mos was objecting everything under the sun for a week.…
4. 12:23how to to respond. That's quite a practical question. So now when you see Rabbi and…
5. 17:00It would have been enough. Of course, he split the sea in order to save us…
6. 21:07miraculous fashion and all the rest had happened in a naturalistic fashion we that would have…
7. 25:11It's not that um that changes the event that was done naturalistically. It's that the very…
8. 29:47are we talking about transgression, crime, failure, evil? That's not this theme of the seder, not…
9. 33:57And the other the other um position is you haven't fulfilled the mitzvah of eating matzah…
10. 38:03popular name of the holiday comes from, Passover, because he passed over our houses. There are…

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