D.A.F.'s Moadim section

1) To be first -

What was the significance of this plague against the firstborn, as the final and ultimate Makah against Egypt?

2) Protests -

Pharaoh's servants tried to persuade him to let Yisrael go, prior to the plague of locusts (Shemos 10:7). If so, why didn't the firstborn do the same before Makas Bechoros?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 11:5:152:1

3) A great scream -

What is the significance of the "great scream" that took place in Egypt that night (11:6)?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 11:6:2:1

4) Unprecedented -

Why specifically in this plague, does the Torah emphasize that such had never happened before, and would never happen again?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 11:6:3:1

5) Timing -

Did the Bechoros die instantaneously, at the stroke of midnight?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:29:152:1

2. Mafteach to Shemos 12:31:1.02

6) Scope -

In addition to the firstborns, who else did this plague strike?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:30:2:1

2. Mafteach to Shemos 12:31:1.02:1

7) Even the dead -

What happened if the firstborn of an Egyptian family had already died?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:30:2

2. Mafteach to Shemos 12:30:2.1

8) One survivor -

Was there any Egyptian firstborn who survived this plague? How is this derived?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:29:3:1

2. Mafteach to Shemos 12:29:3.1:1

3. Mafteach to Shemos 12:29:3.4:1

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