Parshat Bo

Hailey M. ‘18

Parsha PowerPoints Presents

Why only three plagues in one parsha?

• Rav Wolfson explains that the locust, darkness and death of the first born plagues are different because they are beyond nature, so they should be separated from the rest.

• The gematria for Bo is three to show the three plagues it mentions.

Again…

Moshe and Aaron came to pharaoh and said let my people

go! And pharaoh said no!

Plague #8 - LocustsPlague #8 - Locusts““If you refuse to let them go, I am going If you refuse to let them go, I am going to bring locusts into your land,” Moshe to bring locusts into your land,” Moshe

said.said.

They obscured the view of all the earth, They obscured the view of all the earth, the earth became darkened, and they ate the earth became darkened, and they ate all the vegetation of the earth and all the all the vegetation of the earth and all the fruits of the trees, which the hail had left fruits of the trees, which the hail had left

over, and no greenery was left in the trees over, and no greenery was left in the trees or in the vegetation of the fields or in the vegetation of the fields

throughout the entire land of Egypt.throughout the entire land of Egypt.

Bye, Bye, Locusts…

Hashem reversed a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and threw them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained within all the borders

of Egypt.

And there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness will become darker.

Then there was thick darkness over the entire land of Egypt for three days. They did not see each other, and no one rose from his place for three days, but for all the children

of Israel there was light in their houses.

… And Hello, Darkness

During the darkness, all of the Jews went into the Egyptians’ houses when no one could look and they borrowed the jewels and treasures from them.

Rosh Chodesh Nissan

Hashem pronounced after the darkness that this month will be the head of the monthsand the first of the months of the year.

Moshe said to the entire community, “On the tenth of this month, let each

one take a lamb for each parental home, a lamb for each household.

But if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest

neighbor will take according to the number of people, each one

according to one's ability to eat.

How to sacrifice

You will have a perfect one year old, male lamb and take it either from the sheep or from the goats. And you will keep it for inspection until

the fourteenth day, and the entire congregation of Israel will slaughter it in the afternoon. Then you will take some of the

blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they will eat

it.

Now what?Now what?

I will pass through the land of Egypt on this night, and I will smite every

firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal and the blood will be

for you for a sign upon the houses where you will be, and I will see the

blood and skip over you, and there will be no plague to destroy you when I

smite the firstborns of Egypt.

Plague #10 – Death of 1st Born