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What are two meanings for the word בחרט?

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סודר- scarf

כלי אומנות הצורפיו- engraving tool

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Who made the עגל?

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ערב רב
מיכה
אהרון

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Why does rashi think that it’s impossible that אהרון made it?

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Because he was working so hard to stall them from making the עגל so he wouldn’t just change his mind and make it

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Why throughout the making of the עגל does rashi repeat that the ערב רב made the עגל?

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Because they came from מצרים where כישוף was normal, so it makes sense that they were using it to make the עגל

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Why were some of the babies put to death by being put in a wall?

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Because it’s better for them to die innocent and get עולם הבא

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How did מיכה make the עגל?

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He threw a plate that said עלה שור into the fire that was supposed to be used to bring Yosef’s bones up

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What was responsible for making it alive and for shaping

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כישוף made it alive

Micha shaped it

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Why does the passuk blame אהרון then?

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He was in charge of בנ״י

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Why does the passuk use the word מסכה?

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The גמטריא of מסכה is 125 which is the amount of gold that was in the עגל

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How do we know that חור was killed?

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Wasn’t mentioned in the Perek
Aharon built a מזבח
The passuk said that they was שפיחות דמים

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How did אהרון delay the building of the עגל?

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Built a מזבח but already had one so they didn’t need one
Built by himself so it took a long time
Told them that the holiday will be tomorrow so that they will be “well rested”

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וירא אהרון

What did he see?

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He saw that it was alive and that the satan was successful

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Why wasn’t the chag today?

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Because he wanted to wait until Tom bc Moshe will be back then
Saw because of חור who was killed that if they stop doing what they wanted, they will kill him too

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What does לצחק show?

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גילוי עריות

שפיכות דמים

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How do we know that the Jews did ע״ז?

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They were killed
Said that they brought קרבנות to the עגל
Hashem said לך רד because Moshe was only there for the Jews, but they were no longer deserving of it

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Why is Hashem upset with everyone if only some of them did ע״ז?

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Nobody protested or tried to stop them

כל מי שיש בידו למחות ואינו מוחה מעלה עלון הכתוב כאילו הוא חטא

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Why did Hashem say to Moshe to leave Him alone if he didn’t even say anything yet?

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He was hinting to Moshe that if he davens, He won’t destroy them

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ואם לא בריתי יומם ולילה חוקות שמים וארץ לא שמתי

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If not for My Torah kept day and night, I would not have created the world

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What’s the purpose of non- Jews?

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To upkeep the world

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So why wasn’t the Torah just put at the beginning of creation?

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He was waiting for someone to want to connect with Him

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What are the two meanings for ויצר?

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קשירה-tied scarf

צורה-engraved with a goldsmith’s tool

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How did the world exist with the Torah?

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אדם- נח-> אדם

נח- אברהם-> נח

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Why wasn’t the Torah given to Adam?

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He didn’t earn it.

People wouldn’t learn Torah or recognize Hashem if it was given then

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Why was Abraham different from all the צדיקים before him?

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He recognized Hashem and spread his name.

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What is the definition of God?
A being who we can't see who controls everything.
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ויטל אשל בבאר שבע | Why does it say Eshel and not Etz.
``` א-אכילה- Gave people's to eat ש-שתיה- Gave people's to drink ל-לינה or לבמה- Escort out and sleep ```
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Why wasn't אברהם given the Torah?
He was waiting for witnesses.
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What are the 3 presents that Hashem gave us?
הרבה ארבה את זרעך-I will make your children very many והקיומית את בריתו ביני ובינך ובן זרעך אחריך... להיות לך לאלוקים- I will set up my promise to be for you a god-closest relationship in the world איתו את הארץ הזאת-I will give the land to everyone because it will belong to you
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What are the three hardships in ברית בן הבתרים?
גרות עבדות עניו
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Why was Abraham giving such a terrible promise?
When Hashem promised the land Abraham asked במה אדע כי ארישנה
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Which 4 people's never sinned?
בנימין עמרם ישי כלאב
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אין צדיק בארץ אשר יעשה טוב ולא יחטא
There is no tzadik who Only does good
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משפט ה׳ אמת צדיק יחדיו
Everything Hashem says is true. | Abraham was afraid the cna'anim wouldn't b kicked out
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Why did they say היש בה עץ אם עין if they already knew that there were trees?
He wanted to know if the כנענים had a merit to stay in the land and if a צדיק died.
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Why are his children being punished? Doesn't the punishment seem out of proportion? And in Torah all of the punishments fit and fix the crime.
The result of lack of amunah is large. They are compared to seeds so whatever damage they do affects us. This was fixed by galut
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How did galut fix the שמץ דק דק של חוסר אמונה ?
מצרים= כור הברזל | They were put there to burn away the impurity and build up amunah
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How does suffering in מצרים build up amunah?
יסורין ממקרין- suffering purifies a person | If you don't have amunah you would excuse the neis to be part of nature
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מקבל יסורין באהבה
Hashem gives us problems because He loves us
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Why did avrahams children get punished?
Because Hashem knew that they are the generation that would get the Torah and He wanted them to be purified
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Why do we want to discourage ppl from being Jews?
We don't believe their soul is doomed like Christians do
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Who are חסידי אומות העולם?
They are non jewish people who keep שבע מצוות בני נח
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Why did Hashem put the שבע מצוות בני נח in the world?
To keep law, order and peace
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Explain ע״ז
Anyone who's alive has to serve Hashem and not anyone else be He sustains everyone
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What's שפיחות דמים
Murder | Hashem is the only one who can control life
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What's גילוי עריות?
Adultery/ gay
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Who is אור לגויים
בנ״י
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Why do non Jews hate us?
We remind them of Hashem
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What are the three thingies of paraoh
עבדות מילדות כל הבן הילוד היאורה תשליחוהו
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איש וביתו | Two things that we learn from this
Came down with wives (didn't want to do adultery) | Came down with all their stuff- ready to stay
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Why was yaakov afraid to go down to mitzraim?
Lack of spirituality, children will assimilate
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Why does it say the Yosef was in mitzraim if he was part of the count of the seventy (2)
Hashem loves us and puts their names in Torah multiple times | Before they were alive, now they're not. Their neshama is alive (stars)
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Why are we compared to stars?
Counts stars in the morning and at night by number and name (night=alive) Counted seventy when alive and dead
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Why was Yosef so much greater than every other tzadik?
He had so many bad things surrounding him and he didn't do any of it
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What does שמות בני ישראל הבאים symbolize and stand for?
שביה | Captivity
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Why were we redeemed (7)
``` Didn't change names Didn't change clothes Didn't change language They didn't do adultery They didn't speak ל״ה (informers) Dam pesach and milah Women ```
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What does the abarbanel answer to the question why are there six לשונות
פרו- all able to have babies (not barren) s וישרצו- many at a time וירבו- everyone survived ויעצמו- all strong and healthy במאד מאד- they were able to feed the kids bc of money
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How were the Jews different from regular slaves?
They owned themselves and their own stuff
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What's מצריים. נוטריקון
מצר ים Confinement of 50. 7 times 7= 49+1 Highest level of spirituality
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How did the new generation have a different attitude?
Stopped doing milah, went to circuses and theaters, did idol worship
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From where do we learn איש את שיקוצי עיניהם לא השליחו
Aharon the navi told them to throw away their idols
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How do we fix the contradiction of not having Jewish pride and keeping their idols?
They can be mitzrim and Jews at the same time until they contradict
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איך נרמז בפסוק | חיבתו של ישראל
ואלה שמות בנ״י | Hashemite counted them when they were alive and dead- writes names a second time
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איך נרמז בפסוק | נעשה מלך ועומד בצדקו
ויוסף היה במצרים | It's the same Yosef. He was a tzadik even though he had bad influences
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איך נרמז בפסוק | לא היו בהם דלתורין
שבעים נפש | They were like one
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איך נרמז בפסוק | Promised to pay the Jews
פרך- פה רך
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למלא | אין צדיק בארץ(5)
אשר יעשה טוב ולא יחטא
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למלא | המוסר עצמו על ישראל (3)
זוכה לכבוד וגדולה
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בקשר למה הזכרנו | יסורין ממקרין
Mitzraim is compared to an iron furnace and we were sent there to be purified like gold
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בקשר למה הזכרנו | ויאכלו וישתו
The elders took personal pleasure in the shchina
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Which maccot were not seven days long?
חושך Extra day at splitting of sea מכת בכורות Middle of night
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How long were the warnings?
3 weeks
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Which maccot didn't have a warning?
כינים שחין חושך
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According to the ramban, why not?
Only got warning when involved death
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According to the malbim, why not?
Punishment for ignoring the warning of the first two
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According to the malbim, what did דצך עדש באח prove
דצך- לברר מציאות ה- shows that hashem exists עדש- שה׳ משגיח בארץ- hashem watches the land באח- ה׳ בעל יכולות מאין כמוהו- master of a biology and there's no one like Him
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According to the sforno, what do they prove?
דצך- כח ה׳ על היסודות הכבדים- power of water and land עדש- כח ה׳ על בעלי חיים- in charge of animals and people באח- כח ה׳ באויר- power in the sky בכורות- to punish the mitzrim and to take the Jews out
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According to the ramban, if hashem was the one who hardened paroahs heart, what was his sin? (2)
If paroah let them go, it would be like tshuva, but he was too late to do that. Hashem want paroah to recognize Him,not hate the maccot
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Why was dam the first?
Hashem separated them from their god
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What did paroah think when the macca of dam came?
You brought כישוף into a land that was already filled with it
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What two maccot did Moshe not do bc the water protected him as a baby?
Dam | Sfardea
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Which maccah? | אצבע אלקים היא
כינים
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Why couldn't Moshe do the maccah of cinim?
The dust protected the mitzri that he killed and all the dust turned into it
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Which maccah? והפליתי ביום ההוא את ארץ גושן
ערוב
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Which maccah didn't stay and why?
ערוב | So that they won't benefit from them
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Which maccah? | יד ה במקנך אשר בשדה
דבר
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Which maccah? | אבעבועות פרח באדם ובבהמה
שחין
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What two נסים took place in maccat שחין
Was able to hold two handfuls | Was able to throw to cover the entire land
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What maccah was a נס בתוך נס
ברד
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Which maccah? | לעשות רצון קונם עשו שלום ביניהם
ברד
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Which maccah? | חטאתי הפעם ה׳ הצדיק ואני ועמי רשעים
ברד
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Which maccah? | ויאכל את כל עשב הארץ ואת כל אשר השאיר הברד
ארבה
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Which maccah? | עזבו בסוף המכה... אף המלוחים
ארבה
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What maccah? | וכסה את עין הארץ
ארבה
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Which maccah did paroah say | רק צאנכם ובקרכם יצג
חשך
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Why this maccah? (Rashi) (2)
The mitzrim wouldn't see the Jews die | The Jews would look for their stuff
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Why were the oldest animals killed?
They worshipped them
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What does it mean when it says | אין בית אשר אין שם מת (2)
Every oldest one even not bchor | There was שטופי זמה
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What question does the אור החיים have on the ברית and the answer?
Shouldn't it be זרעך יהיה גר? | Separating what's going to happen for sure ודאי and on condition על תנאי
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Did the Jews have to leave?
No. But they have to get the Torah
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Where do we get the number 190 from?
חשב את הקץ | 400-210=190
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When was the gerut counted from
2048
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Where do we get 86 and 116
When the avdut lasted
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Why couldn't יצחק leave eretz yisrael ?
Because he was a Korban Oleh. He went to פליטין but that is in eretz yisrael. And he was also a ger in Gerar.
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Where was Jacob ger in?
חרן ומצרים
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Did a new pharaoh actually arise?
Yes or no
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Who had the attribute of kafio tova?
Pharaoh
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What did hashem say to pharaoh when he said מי ה׳ אשר אשמע בקו?
He will bring the maccot and to show him who hashem is.
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Who are the advisers of pharaoh?
יתרו בלעם איוב
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What were benei yisrael called for the first time?
The עם
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What is the root of all of pharoh's fears?
פן ירבה
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Why didn't pharoh just kill or exile them right away?
He had other slaves, he didn't need them. It was good for they economy to keep them. he didn't want to get rid of them all, he just didn't want so many of them.
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Why did paroah want to physically hurt benei yisrael?
He didn't want them to have children. You have to be physically fit to grave children.
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What did paroah give the nation instead of a monetary tax?
Labor tax
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How many people did עבודת פרך ?
600,000
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Why did the פסוק use the word פרך?
To show that he convinced them to do the work. And it was body crushing labor.

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