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Parashat Bo 5765
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Questions on the Daf:

     Read Rav Elon's introductory D'var Torah.

1.  a) For how many years were the Jewish people enslaved in Egypt?
     b) Find out how long Hashem had originally told Avraham
         the Egyptian exile would be and why it was shorter in the end.

2.  How does Rav Elon explain that the night of the last plague
     was a night of redemption (becoming free) not only for the Jews
     but also for the Egyptians?

3.  What does the Midrash teach us about what happened in Egypt
     in the four days following the tenth of Nissan, while the Jews
     were preparing to leave?

4.  What does Rav Elon tell us is the important lesson
     that we learn from those events in Mitzrayim?

Now read the story, 'A Florida Vacation.'

5.  What happened in the story that made the children feel
     embarrassed?

6.  What advice did Mr. Cohen say will always help us
     not to feel embarrassed when we do mitzvot in public?

7.  Who wrote the Shulchan Aruch?

Now look elsewhere in the Daf to find answers to the following questions.

8.  To what is the series of 10 plagues being compared in the
     "Questions and Answers" section of the Daf?

9.  Is it better to give tzedaka to someone who is already poor
    or to someone who needs help to prevent them becoming poor ?

10.  Once you know the correct answer to this, can you explain
       why that would be the law?

11.  Which event happened first, Chanukah or Purim?

12.  Who lived earlier, Rashi or Rambam?
       Find out the full name of each of these great rabbis.

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