🐸🔥 The Ten Plagues with Incredible Midrashim & Fun Twists! | TORAH FOR KIDS AI

A very very long time ago in the far away land of Egypt, there was a famous king. His name was Pharaoh. And Pharaoh was a wicked king, but also a little bit strange. According to Khazal, Pharaoh was as small as a dwarf, about half a meter tall, and he had a very long beard, also half a meter long. Yes, really, a beard so long that sometimes two servants had to stand next to him just so it wouldn't drag on the floor. But despite his impressive beard, Pharaoh refused to free Bet Israel from their glavery. And then Hashem sent Egypt 10 plagues. Chazal explained that the plagues did not come randomly. They came measure for measure. Midach Mida exactly according to what the Egyptians had done to B is. And there is an interesting midrash that says that when a plague arrived, its name would appear on the bodies of the Egyptians. So everyone immediately knew. Oh no, which plague is this now? Plague of blood. One morning the Egyptians woke up and discovered something very strange. The Nile, the great river of Egypt, had turned completely into blood. The water became red, the fish died, and no one could drink. One Egyptian looked at his hand and saw written on it blood. And he shouted, "Oh no, even my hand knows." But why blood? The Abarbanel explains something shocking. The Egyptians threw the Jewish babies into the Nile as it says, "Every son that is born, you shall throw into the river." So measure for measure the river itself turned into blood and in midrash toim bubber something amazing is told. If a Jew and an Egyptian filled water together the Jew would get water and the Egyptian blood even if they drank from the same cup. The Egyptian drank blood and the Jew drank water. One Egyptian tried to be clever and said, "Fine, I'll just buy water from you." Rabbi Ain says in Midrashim that the Egyptians had to buy water from the Jews for a lot of money. So, Bet Israel even became rich from this plague. But the smell of the river was so terrible that even after the plague ended, the Egyptians still couldn't drink from it for many days. And Pharaoh, he just fixed his beard and said, "I'm not letting them go." The plague of frogs. Then came the second plague. The Nile began to shake. And according to Rabi in the Midrash, at first only one frog came out, but what a frog as big as a crocodile. The Egyptians tried to hit it, but every hit caused more and more frogs to come out of it. Suddenly, there were frogs in the kitchen, in the bed, inside the pots, and even in the soup, and even inside the cups. According to Countress Matyami Hashul Chan, the frogs even jumped into ovens and fire. And when they jumped into the fire, the Zohar Hakadosh says it was as if they said the verse, "We came through fire and water, and you brought us to abundance, and they even sang songs to Hashem." The Balmau of Ashamesh writes that the frogs constantly sang praises to Hashem. And Pharaoh didn't know what was worse, the frogs or their singing. The Zohar Hakadosh also explains why frogs because Pharaoh thought that B is praised Hashem all day. So now the frogs praised Hashem day and night. And Pharaoh said enough, enough with this choir. plague of lice. Then came a small plague, but very, very annoying. The dust of Egypt turned into tiny lice. Shemote says that the Egyptians were covered in lice up to their knees. They tried digging into the ground, but even a cubit deep, there was no dust left, only lice. Why did this happen? Shimotra Rabbah explains, "The Egyptians forced P is to be street sweepers. So now there was no more dust to sweep. Everything turned into lice." And Midrash adds another reason. The Egyptians didn't let the Jews bathe or wash their clothes, so now everyone was scratching. One Egyptian said to his friend, "I'm itching everywhere." His friend said, "Check if it's written on your hand." He looked and said, "Yes, it says lice, plague of wild animals." And then wild animals came. Lions, leopards, bears, wolves. The Midrash Hagadul explains why the Egyptians used to send Jews into the desert and say, "Bring us animals for our wars." So now the animals came by themselves, but to Egypt. And Yelkuch Shimoni tells a funny story. An Egyptian gave a Jew 10 of his children to watch. On the way, a lion came, took the first one. Then a leopard came, took the second, then a bear, took the third, then a wolf, took the fourth. When the Jew came back alone, the Egyptian asked, "Where are my children?" The Jew answered, "Sit. I'll make you a calculation." The lion came and took the first. The leopard came and took the second. The bear came and took the third. The wolf came and took the fourth. The Midrash also says that some Egyptians locked their doors. But then a creature from the sea came with a very long arm and opened the door from the inside and the animals came in. Plague of livestock. Then came a terrible disease for animals. But why the animals? The Abarbanel explains that the Egyptians would harness Jews to plows instead of animals so their animals wouldn't get tired. So now the animals of Egypt died. And Midrash Hagadul adds that the Egyptians forced the Jews to take care of their animals. So now that ended too. And for P Israel, not even one animal was harmed. plague of boils. Then came painful itchy soores. Midrashada explains why. Because the Egyptians worked b Israel so hard that they didn't even have one minute to scratch. So now the Egyptians scratched endlessly. And the magicians, Shimot Rabbaz says they suffered the most because they were the ones who gave Pharaoh the bad ideas. Plague of hail. Then giant hail fell from the sky. Yal Kuchimoni explains that the Egyptians used to throw stones at Ben Israel. So now stones came down on them from the sky. And Midash Hagadul says something amazing. Each hailstone was made of two layers on top fire on the bottom ice. And the kakar adds pharaoh once said, "Who is Hashem that I should listen to his voice?" So now Hashem made him hear terrifying thunder and lightning so that he would listen. plague of locusts. Then millions of locusts came. Shemotra explains that the Egyptians forced Ben Israel to plant their fields. So now the locust ate everything. The Ababanel adds that the Egyptians also stole the Jews crops. So now that ended too. And Midrash Hagadul tells something funny. The locust even ate clothes, jewelry, things inside the house. And the Egyptians tried to salt locusts in jars to eat them. But when the plague ended, even the locust in the jars disappeared. Plague of darkness. Then came darkness. But not normal darkness. Darkness you couldn't move in. Midrash Hagodal explains why the Egyptians would place a candle on the head of a tired Jew and say, "If the candle falls, we will kill you." So now they themselves could not move. And Yaluchimoni says they were stuck in place and they couldn't even find food. Plague of the firstborn. Then came the final plague. All the firstborn of Egypt died. The gleakar explains why because Hashem said bene Israel is my firstborn. And the Egyptians tried to harm Benet Israel. So now their firstborn were struck and the plague came exactly at midnight because the Egyptians used to wake Ben Israel for work in the middle of the night. And then after all the plagues, Pharaoh with his long beard finally said, "Get up. Leave Egypt." And so the 10 plagues ended. The plagues that showed Egypt. Then Hashem runs the world. And Pharaoh with his long beard finally understood that he cannot fight against Hashem. He called Ben Israel and said, "Leave my people." And so Ben Israel left slavery and began their journey to freedom. But the story doesn't end there. From then until today, Am Israel remembers the great miracles Hashem did for us in Egypt. Every year on Leila Seda, we tell this story again. We sing, ask questions, and tell the children about the 10 plagues. And we learn something very important that Hashem runs the world with measure for measure. Meaning, just as a person treats others, that is what eventually comes back to them. Whoever does good receives good, but whoever hurts Hashem's children and does them harm, in the end, Hashem makes sure justice is done. And that's why we remember this story every year. To always remember that Hashem protects his people and helps those who do good. And if you ask, they say that on that night, Pharaoh finally found a use for his long beard to wipe his tears.