“Blood, and fire and pillars of smoke”

[“Before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes, I will set wonders in the sky and on the earth. . . blood, fire and pillars of smoke: The sun shall turn to darkness and the moon into blood.” Joel 3:3]

Another interpretation of Deuteronomy 26:8 is: “strong hand” indicates two plagues; “out-stretched arm” indicates two more plagues; “great awe” indicates two plagues; “signs” indicates two more plagues because it is plural; and “wonders” two more plagues because it is in the plural. This then is a total of Ten Plagues.

These are the ten Plagues that the holy one, blessed be he, brought upon Egypt.

Blood,

Frogs,

Lice,

Beasts,

Cattle Plague

Boils

Hail

Locusts

Darkness

Slaying of First Born

Rabbi Yehuda would assign the plagues three

mnenomic signs:

DTz”K AD”Sh BACh”B


haggadah Section: -- Ten Plagues
Source: Free Siddur Project, adapted