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Bo: Sforno's Counterintuitive Take on Korban Pesach and Makkas Bechoros

January 07, 2022 Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss Season 6 Episode 33
Machshavah Lab
Bo: Sforno's Counterintuitive Take on Korban Pesach and Makkas Bechoros
Show Notes

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (1/7/22), in our aptly named "Chumash Exploration," we took up two very basic questions: (1) Who carried out the Plague of the Firstborn? (2) What is the purpose of the Korban Pesach? The average Jew who has attended Pesach sedarim would probably have ready answers to both of these questions. That's where Sforno comes in. His commentary on the events of the night of the 15th of Nisan flips our understanding on its head, and in doing so, paves the way for a revolutionary new understanding.  
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מקורות:
הגדה של פסח
שמות ד:כב-כג יב:יב-יג,כב-כג; יג:יא-טז
תהלים עח:מט-נא
ספורנו - שמות ד:כג; יא:ט; יב:יב-יג,כב-כג,כז; יג:טו
מכילתא דרבי ישמעאל שמות יב
ספורנו - במדבר ג:יג
תרגום אונקלוס - שמות יב:יג; יג:כג
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