We cried out to God and God heard our voice and saw our suffering. God took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm - with great power and with signs and wonders.

The Ten Plagues

As we say the names of each plague (and Rabbi Judah's abbreviation), move a drop of wine from your cup to your plate. We do not rejoice at the suffering of others, so we remove a little bit of joy from our cups for each plague. We are still joyful, but our cups are not quite as full.

דםָ

צפְרֵדְעֵ

כִנִים

עָרוֹב

דבֶרֶ

שְחִין

בָרד

אַרְבֶה

חשֶךְ

מַכַת בְכוֹרוֹת

Dam, Tzefarde'a, Kinim, Arov, Dever, Shechin, Barad, Arbeh, Choshech, Makat Bechorot

Blood, Frogs, Lice, Wild Animals, Cattle Disease, Sores, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, Death of the Firstborn

Rabbi Judah abbreviated them by their Hebrew initials: D'TZACH, ADASH, B'ACHAB

The cups are refilled.

Song: Frogs Here, Frogs There

One morning when Pharaoh awoke in his bed

There were frogs in his bed and frogs on his head

Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes

Frogs here, frogs there, frogs were jumping everywhere!

Rabbi Yose the Galilean said: How does one derive that the Egyptians were struck with 10 plagues in Egypt, but with 50 plagues at the Sea? In Egypt, the Torah states "The magicians said 'It is the finger of God.'" However, of those at the Sea, the Torah states "The Israelites saw the great 'hand' of God." How many plagues did they receive with the finger? Ten! So they must have received five times that from the whole hand.

Rabbi Eliezer said: How does one derive that every plague God inflicted was equal to four plagues? It is written: God sent upon them God's fierce anger: [1] wrath, [2] fury, [3] trouble, and [4] a band of emissaries of evil. Since each of the plagues consisted of those four things, we conclude they were struck by 40 plagues in Egypt and 200 plagues at the Sea.

Rabbi Akiva said: How does one derive that each plague that God inflicted was equal to five plagues? It is written: God sent the plagues upon God's [1] fierce anger, [2] wrath, [3] fury, [4] trouble, and [5] a band of emissaries of evil, therefore they were struck by 50 plagues in Egypt and 250 at the Sea.


haggadah Section: -- Ten Plagues