## Midrash BeChiddush on Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration

###### Midrash BeChiddush on Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 21:1
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**ובזרוע** נטויה זו החרב בא להודיע לנו איך הכם שאעפ"י שכתוב הנה יד ה' הויה. וכן אצבע אלקי' היא לא היה בידו ממש כמ"ש במלאכי השרת נתן אצבעו בהם ושרפם. אלא היה ע"י חרבו חרב נוקמת.

**Midrash BeChiddush, translated by Rabbi Mark B. Greenspan, Oceanside, N.Y. 2024:**
**וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ נְטוּיָ֔ה “And with an outstretched arm,” (Deut. 26:8) This refers to the sword.”** (Hag.) This comes to inform us how God smote them. Even though the *Torah* states, “then the hand of *Adonai* will strike,” (Ex. 9:3) and, ““This is the finger of God!” (Ex. 8:15) there was nothing in God’s hands. It is similar to what is written about the ministering angels who placed their finger on them and burned them up. So too, God’s (proverbial) sword was a sword of retribution.