## Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration

###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 1
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/1)

יניח הכוס מידו ויגלה אֶת הַמצות.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
*The wine cup is put down and the matzot are uncovered.*


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 2
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/2)

צֵא וּלְמַד מַה בִּקֵּשׁ לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי לַעֲשׂוֹת לְיַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ: שֶׁפַּרְעֹה לֹא גָזַר אֶלָּא עַל הַזְּכָרִים, וְלָבָן בִּקֵּשׁ לַעֲקֹר אֶת־הַכֹּל. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי, וַיֵּרֶד מִצְרַיְמָה וַיָּגָר שָׁם בִּמְתֵי מְעָט, וַיְהִי־שָׁם לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל עָצוּם וָרָב.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
צֵא וּלְמַד GO [to the verse]
AND LEARN
what Laban the Aramean
sought to do to our father Jacob:
Pharaoh condemned only the boys to death,
but Laban sought to uproot everything,
as it is written:
“AN ARAMEAN SOUGHT MY FATHER'S DEATH,
AND HE WENT DOWN TO EGYPT
AND RESIDED THERE,
JUST A HANDFUL OF SOULS;
AND THERE HE BECAME A NATION –
LARGE, MIGHTY, AND GREAT.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 3
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/3)

וַיֵּרֶד מִצְרַיְמָה – אָנוּס עַל פִּי הַדִּבּוּר. וַיָּגָר שָׁם. מְלַמֵּד שֶׁלֹא יָרַד יַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ לְהִשְׁתַּקֵּעַ בְּמִצְרַיִם אֶלָּא לָגוּר שָׁם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה, לָגוּר בָּאָרֶץ בָּאנוּ, כִּי אֵין מִרְעֶה לַצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר לַעֲבָדֶיךָ, כִּי כָבֵד הָרָעָב בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן, וְעַתָּה יֵשְׁבוּ־נָא עֲבָדֶיךָ בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶן.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND HE WENT DOWN TO EGYPT” –
Compelled by what had been spoken.
“AND RESIDED THERE” –
From this, learn that our father Jacob went down
not to be absorbed into Egypt,
but only to reside there for a time.
As it is said:
“They said to Pharaoh,
‘We have come to *reside* in this land,
for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks,
for the famine is heavy in the land of Canaan;
and now, if you please,
let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.’”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 4
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/4)

בִּמְתֵי מְעָט. כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: בְּשִׁבְעִים נֶפֶשׁ יָרְדוּ אֲבוֹתֶיךָ מִצְרָיְמָה, וְעַתָּה שָׂמְךָ יְיָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם לָרֹב.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“JUST A HANDFUL OF SOULS” –
As it is said:
“Your ancestors were but seventy souls
when they went down to Egypt –
and now the LORD has made you
as many as the sky has stars.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 5
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/5)

וַיְהִי שָׁם לְגוֹי. מְלַמֵד שֶׁהָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מְצֻיָּנִים שָׁם. גָּדוֹל עָצוּם – כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל פָּרוּ וַיִּשְׁרְצוּ וַיִּרְבּוּ וַיַּעַצְמוּ בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד, וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ אֹתָם.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND THERE HE BECAME A NATION” –
From this, learn that Israel was distinct there.
“LARGE, MIGHTY” –
As it is said:
“And the children of Israel were fertile,
and they swarmed,
and grew *more and more numerous*
and strong, and the land was filled with them.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 6
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/6)

וָרָב. כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: רְבָבָה כְּצֶמַח הַשָּׂדֶה נְתַתִּיךְ, וַתִּרְבִּי וַתִּגְדְּלִי וַתָּבֹאִי בַּעֲדִי עֲדָיִים, שָׁדַיִם נָכֹנוּ וּשְׂעָרֵךְ צִמֵּחַ, וְאַתְּ עֵרֹם וְעֶרְיָה. וָאֶעֱבֹר עָלַיִךְ וָאֶרְאֵךְ מִתְבּוֹסֶסֶת בְּדָמָיִךְ, וָאֹמַר לָךְ בְּדָמַיִךְ חֲיִי, וָאֹמַר לָךְ בְּדָמַיִךְ חֲיִי.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND GREAT” –
As it is said:
“I let you *grow wild* like meadow plants,
and you grew and matured and came forth in all your glory,
your breasts full and your hair grown,
and you were naked and exposed.”
*Some add:*
“And I passed by you
and saw you wallowing in your own blood –
and I said to you, ‘In your blood, live!’
and I said, ‘In your blood, live!’”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 7
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/7)

וַיָּרֵעוּ אֹתָנוּ הַמִּצְרִים וַיְעַנּוּנוּ, וַיִתְּנוּ עָלֵינוּ עֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה. וַיָּרֵעוּ אֹתָנוּ הַמִּצְרִים – כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: הָבָה נִתְחַכְּמָה לוֹ פֶּן יִרְבֶּה, וְהָיָה כִּי־תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם־הוּא עַל שֹׂנְאֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם־בָּנוּ, וְעָלָה מִן־הָאָרֶץ.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND THE EGYPTIANS DEALT CRUELLY WITH US
AND OPPRESSED US,
AND IMPOSED HARD LABOR ON US.”
“THE EGYPTIANS DEALT CRUELLY WITH US” –
As it is said:
“We must act wisely against [this people],
in case it grows great,
and when we are called to war
they may join our enemies,
fight against us,
and rise up to leave the land.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 8
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/8)

וַיְעַנּוּנוּ. כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים לְמַעַן עַנֹּתוֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָם, וַיִּבֶן עָרֵי מִסְכְּנוֹת לְפַרְעֹה אֶת־פִּתֹם וְאֶת־רַעַמְסֵס.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND OPPRESSED US” –
As it is said:
“They placed taskmasters over [the people]
to *oppress* them under their burdens;
they built store cities for Pharaoh:
Pithom and Raamses.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 9
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/9)

וַיִתְּנוּ עָלֵינוּ עֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה. כְּמָה שֶֹׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיַּעֲבִדוּ מִצְרַיִם אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּפָרֶךְ.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND IMPOSED HARD LABOR ON us” –
As it is said:
*“The Egyptians enslaved the children of Israel*
with *heavy labor.”*


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 11
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/11)

וַנִּצְעַק אֶל־יְיָ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵינוּ, וַיִּשְׁמַע יְיָ אֶת־קֹלֵנוּ, וַיַּרְא אֶת־עָנְיֵנוּ וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵנוּ וְאֶת־לַחֲצֵנוּ.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND WE CRIED OUT TO THE LORD,
GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS,
AND THE LORD HEARD OUR VOICE,
AND HE SAW OUR OPPRESSION
AND OUR LABOR AND SLAVERY.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 12
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/12)

וַנִּצְעַק אֶל־יְיָ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵינוּ – כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיְהִי בַיָּמִים הָרַבִּים הָהֵם וַיָּמָת מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם, וַיֵּאָנְחוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן־הָעֲבוֹדָה וַיִּזְעָקוּ, וַתַּעַל שַׁוְעָתָם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים מִן הָעֲבֹדָה.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND WE CRIED OUT TO THE LORD,
GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS” –
As it is said:
“It came to be, as a long time passed,
that the king of Egypt died,
and the children of Israel
groaned under the burden of work,
and they *cried out,*
and their plea rose to God from amid the work.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 13
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/13)

וַיִּשְׁמַע יְיָ אֶת־קֹלֵנוּ. כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיִּשְׁמַע אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נַאֲקָתָם, וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּרִיתוֹ אֶת־אַבְרָהָם, אֶת־יִצְחָק וְאֶת־יַעֲקֹב.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND THE LORD HEARD OUR VOICE” –
As it is said:
“And God *heard* their groans,
and God remembered His covenant
with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 14
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/14)

וַיַּרְא אֶת־עָנְיֵנוּ. זוֹ פְּרִישׁוּת דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּדַע אֱלֹהִים.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND HE SAW OUR OPPRESSION” –
The separation of husband from wife,
as it is said:
“And God saw the children of Israel,
and God knew.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 15
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/15)

וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵנוּ. אֵלּוּ הַבָּנִים. כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: כָּל־הַבֵּן הַיִּלּוֹד הַיְאֹרָה תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּ וְכָל־הַבַּת תְּחַיּוּן.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND OUR LABOR” –
[The killing of] the sons,
as it is said:
“Throw every boy who is born into the river,
and the girls let live.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 16
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/16)

וְאֶת־לַחֲצֵנוּ. זֶה הַדְּחַק, כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְגַם־רָאִיתִי אֶת־הַלַּחַץ אֲשֶׁר מִצְרַיִם לֹחֲצִים אֹתָם.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND SLAVERY” –
The forced labor that was pressed down on them,
as it is said:
“I have seen the *slavery*
that Egypt forced upon you.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 17
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/17)

וַיּוֹצִאֵנוּ יְיָ מִמִצְרַיִם בְּיָד חֲזָקָה, וּבִזְרֹעַ נְטוּיָה, וּבְמֹרָא גָּדֹל, וּבְאֹתוֹת וּבְמֹפְתִים.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND THE LORD BROUGHT US OUT OF EGYPT
WITH A STRONG HAND AND AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM,
IN AN AWESOME HAPPENING,
WITH SIGNS AND WITH WONDERS.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 18
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/18)

וַיּוֹצִאֵנוּ יְיָ מִמִּצְרַיִם. לֹא עַל־יְדֵי מַלְאָךְ, וְלֹא עַל־יְדֵי שָׂרָף, וְלֹא עַל־יְדֵי שָׁלִיחַ, אֶלָּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בִּכְבוֹדוֹ וּבְעַצְמוֹ. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְעָבַרְתִּי בְאֶרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה, וְהִכֵּיתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מֵאָדָם וְעַד־בְּהֵמָה, וּבְכָל־אֱלֹהֵי מִצְרַיִם אֶעֱשֶׂה שְׁפָטִים, אֲנִי יְיָ.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND THE LORD BROUGHT US OUT OF EGYPT” –
Not through an angel,
not through a seraph,
not through any emissary.
No, it was the Holy One, His glory, His own presence.
As it is said:
“I shall pass through the land of Egypt on that night;
I shall kill every firstborn son in the land of Egypt,
man and beast,
and I shall pass judgment on all the gods of Egypt:
I am the LORD.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 19
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/19)

וְעָבַרְתִּי בְאֶרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה – אֲנִי וְלֹא מַלְאָךְ; וְהִכֵּיתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ־מִצְרַים. אֲנִי וְלֹא שָׂרָף; וּבְכָל־אֱלֹהֵי מִצְרַיִם אֶעֱשֶׂה שְׁפָטִים. אֲנִי וְלֹא הַשָּׁלִיחַ; אֲנִי יְיָ. אֲנִי הוּא וְלֹא אַחֵר.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“I shall pass through
the land of Egypt on that night” – I and no angel.
“I shall kill every firstborn son in
the land of Egypt” – I and no seraph.
“And I shall pass judgment on all
the gods of Egypt” – I and no emissary.
“I am the LORD” – It is I and no other.


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 20
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/20)

בְּיָד חֲזָקָה. זוֹ הַדֶּבֶר, כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: הִנֵּה יַד־יְיָ הוֹיָה בְּמִקְנְךָ אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׂדֶה, בַּסּוּסִים, בַּחֲמֹרִים, בַּגְּמַלִים, בַּבָּקָר וּבַצֹּאן, דֶּבֶר כָּבֵד מְאֹד.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“WITH A STRONG HAND” –
This refers to the pestilence,
as it is said:
“You shall see the *hand* of the LORD
among your cattle in the field,
among your horses and donkeys and camels,
in the herd and in the flock,
bringing harsh, heavy pestilence.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 21
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וּבִזְרֹעַ נְטוּיָה. זוֹ הַחֶרֶב, כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְחַרְבּוֹ שְׁלוּפָה בְּיָדוֹ, נְטוּיָה עַל־יְרוּשָלָיִם.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM” –
This refers to the sword,
as it is said:
“And His sword was drawn in His hand,
*stretched out* over Jerusalem.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 22
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וּבְמוֹרָא גָּדֹל. זוֹ גִלּוּי שְׁכִינָה, כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: אוֹ הֲנִסָּה אֱלֹהִים לָבוֹא לָקַחַת לוֹ גוֹי מִקֶּרֶב גּוֹי בְּמַסֹּת בְּאֹתֹת וּבְמוֹפְתִים וּבְמִלְחָמָה וּבְיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה וּבְמוֹרָאִים גְּדוֹלִים כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה לָכֶם יְיָ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם בְּמִצְרַיִם לְעֵינֶיךָ.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“IN AN AWESOME HAPPENING” –
This refers to the revelation of His Presence,
as it is said:
“Has any god ever tried to come
and take a nation out of the midst of another,
with trials
and with signs
and wonders,
in war
and with a strong hand,
with an outstretched arm,
inspiring *great awe,*
as the LORD your God has done all this
for you in Egypt,
before your eyes?”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 23
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/23)

וּבְאֹתוֹת. זֶה הַמַּטֶּה, כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְאֶת־הַמַּטֶּה הַזֶּה תִּקַּח בְּיָדְךָ, אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה־בּוֹ אֶת־הָאֹתוֹת.

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“WITH SIGNS” –
This refers to the staff,
as it is said:
“Take this staff in your hand,
and with it you shall perform the *signs*.”


###### Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 24
[Pesach Haggadah, Magid, First Fruits Declaration 24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Pesach%20Haggadah/s/Magid,_First%20Fruits%20Declaration/r/24)

וּבְמֹפְתִים. זֶה הַדָּם, כְּמָה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְנָתַתִּי מוֹפְתִים בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ —

**Koren Publishers, Jerusalem, 2013:**
“AND WITH WONDERS” –
This refers to the blood,
as it is said:
“I shall make *wonders*
in the sky and on the earth –