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history (a history full of vil-
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Pharaoh, King of Egypt. It
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river.
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gards Egyptians of biblical
times.
The Midrash mentions
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how, when the Egyptians
finally met their just des-
serts, as they were swept
away by the resurgent
waters of the Sea of
Reeds (not the "Red Sea"
which is simply a mis-
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translation), the angels
began singing praises to
God. He, however, turned
to them in anger as it
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hands are drowning, and
you have the audacity to
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recite songs of praise?"
Judaism is not vindictive
in this regard. In fact we can
see this in one of the pro-
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visions of Jewish Law. One
of the prayers praising God
is
the Hallel (which liter-
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ally means "praise"), re-
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cited on all joyous occasions.
As a rule, there are two
different Hallel ar-
rangements, the "entire
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"half Hallel," in which two
paragraphs are omitted. In
general, the "whole Hallel"
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then recites the "half Hal-
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The reason, our sages tell
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us, is that Passover cannot
be-a-complete -holiday, be-
cauee it meant the death of
the Egyptians. And re-
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In Deuteronomy 23:8 we
are told "you shall not abhor
an Egyptian, because you
were a stranger in his land."
In other words, you owe him
a debt of gratitude for the
fact that he let you stay in
his land! And surprising as
this may seem, the different
commentators all explain
that this is indeed the case.
Thus Rashi, the prince
of medieval commen-
tators, notes: "You shall
not abhor them even
though they threw your
males into the river, the
reason being that they
served as a place of ref-
uge for you when you
were in sore straits" (i.e.
when the sons of Jacob
came down during the
period of famine).
It is for this reason, too,
that the Torah allows a
third-generation Egyptian
convert to "come into the
congregation of God," while
not even the "10th genera-
tion" of Edomites or Moab-
ites may do so.
-We frail mortals have a
tendency to remember the
good that we did to others,
while at the same time re-
membering every hurt and
slight that anyone ever did
to us. At this Passover time,
which is the time when we
think of our freedom, which
We won at so great an ex-
pense, we should think of
the Jewish way oflooking at
others.
If Passover teaches us
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