D.A.F.'s Moadim section

1) אז רוב נסים הפלאת בלילה -

Conceptually speaking, why did Makas Bechoros take place specifically at night? The Exodus itself took place by day!

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:12:2

2) גר צדק נצחתו כנחלק לו לילה -

What event does this refer to? What is the significance of the night being "split" on Avraham's behalf?

1. Mafteach to Bereishis 14:15:2:3

3) וישר ישראל למלאך ויוכל לו לילה -

What is the meaning of Yaakov's struggle with the angel? How was Yaakov able to overcome his opponent?

1. Mafteach to Bereishis 32:25:5.1

2. Mafteach to Bereishis 32:26:1

4) זרע בכורי פתרוס מחצת בחצי הלילה -

But in Bamidbar (3:13, 8:17), the Torah writes, "b'Yom Hakosi Kol Bechor" - which implies that it was day!

1. Mafteach to Shemos 12:29:152

5) חילם לא מצאו בקומם בלילה -

Who woke up the Egyptians in the middle of the night?

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

6) שנאה נטר אגגי -

What is the root of Amalek's eternal hatred for Yisrael?

1. Mafteach to Shemos 17:8:3:1

7) תאיר כאור יום חשכת לילה -

What does night represent? How is "illuminating the night" a central theme of the Yom Tov of Pesach?

1. Insights to Pesachim 3:2

2. Mafteach to Shemos 12:3:6.3:2, letter c and answer 3b

3. Parasha-Page for Pesach 5756 section V

בחוץ לארץ פיוט זה נאמר בלילה הראשון:	In the Diaspora, this poem is for the first night:
וּבְכֵן, וַיְהִי בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה.	And so, it happened at midnight!
אָז רוֹב נִסִּים הִפְלֵאתָ בַּלַּיְלָה, בְּרֹאשׁ אַשְׁמוֹרֶת זֶה הַלַּיְלָה. גֵר צֶדֶק נִצַּחְתּוֹ כְּנֶחֶלַק לוֹ לַיְלָה, וַיְהִי בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה.	Then, many miracles did You wondrously do at night, at the first of the watches, this night. A righteous convert did You make victorious when it was divided for him at night [referring to Avraham in his war against the four kings - Genesis 14:15 - and it happened at midnight!
דַּנְתָּ מֶלֶךְ גְּרָר בַּחֲלוֹם הַלַּיְלָה, הִפְחַדְתָּ אֲרַמִּי בְּאֶמֶשׁ לַיְלָה. וַיָּשַׂר יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמַלְאָךְ וַיּוּכַל לוֹ לַיְלָה, וַיְהִי בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה.	You judged the king of Gerar [Avimelech] in a dream of the night; You frightened an Aramean [Lavan] in the dark of the night; and Yisrael dominated an angel and was able to withstand Him at night [Genesis 32:25-30], and it happened at midnight!
זֶרַע בְּכוֹרֵי פַתְרוֹס מָחַצְתָּ בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה, חֵילָם לֹא מָצְאוּ בְּקוּמָם בַּלַּיְלָה, טִיסַת נְגִיד חֲרֹשֶׁת סִלִּיתָ בְּכוֹכְבֵי לַיְלָה, וַיְהִי בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה.	You crushed the firstborn of Patros [Pharaoh, as per Ezekiel 30:14] in the middle of the night, their populace they did not find when they got up at night; the attack of the leader of Charoshes [Sisera] did You sweep away by the stars of the night [Judges 5:20], and it happened at midnight!
יָעַץ מְחָרֵף לְנוֹפֵף אִוּוּי, הוֹבַשְׁתָּ פְגָרָיו בַּלַּיְלָה, כָּרַע בֵּל וּמַצָּבוֹ בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה, לְאִישׁ חֲמוּדוֹת נִגְלָה רָז חֲזוֹת לַיְלָה, וַיְהִי בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה.	The blasphemer [Sancheriv, whose servants blasphemed when trying to discourage the inhabitants of Jerusalem] counseled to wave off the desired ones, You trounced his corpses at night [II Kings 19:35]; Bel and his pedestal were bent in the pitch of night [in Nevuchadnezar's dream in Daniel 2]; to the man of delight [Daniel] was revealed the secret visions at night, and it happened at midnight!
מִשְׁתַּכֵּר בִּכְלֵי קֹדֶשׁ נֶהֱרַג בּוֹ בַלַּיְלָה, נוֹשַׁע מִבּוֹר אֲרָיוֹת פּוֹתֵר בִּעֲתוּתֵי לַיְלָה, שִׂנְאָה נָטַר אֲגָגִי וְכָתַב סְפָרִים בַּלַּיְלָה, וַיְהִי בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה.	The one who got drunk [Balshatsar] from the holy vessels was killed that very night [Daniel 5:30], the one saved from the pit of lions [Daniel] interpreted the scary visions of the night; hatred was preserved by the Agagite [Haman] and he wrote books at night, and it happened at midnight!
עוֹרַרְתָּ נִצְחֲךָ עָלָיו בְּנֶדֶד שְׁנַת לַיְלָה. פּוּרָה תִדְרוֹךְ לְשׁוֹמֵר מַה מִּלַיְלָה, צָרַח כַּשּׁוֹמֵר וְשָׂח אָתָא בֹקֶר וְגַם לַיְלָה, וַיְהִי בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה.	You aroused your victory upon him by disturbing the sleep of night [of Achashverosh], You will stomp the wine press for the one who guards from anything at night [Esav/Seir, as per Isaiah 21:11]; He yelled like a guard and spoke, "the morning has come, and also the night," and it happened at midnight!
קָרֵב יוֹם אֲשֶׁר הוּא לֹא יוֹם וְלֹא לַיְלָה, רָם הוֹדַע כִּי לְךָ הַיּוֹם אַף לְךָ הַלַּיְלָה, שׁוֹמְרִים הַפְקֵד לְעִירְךָ כָּל הַיּוֹם וְכָל הַלַּיְלָה, תָּאִיר כְּאוֹר יוֹם חֶשְׁכַּת לַיְלָה, וַיְהִי בַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה.	Bring close the day which is not day and not night [referring to the end of days - Zechariah 14:7], High One, make known that Yours is the day and also Yours is the night, guards appoint for Your city all the day and all the night, illuminate like the light of the day, the darkness of the night, and it happened at midnight!

AT NIGHT

AVRAHAM

YAAKOV

MAKAS BECHOROS

HAMAN

ILLUMINATING THE NIGHT