Vaeira 8:4 · EXTRA 1 — the frogs shall come up on you EXTRA

Parashas Vaeira · Side page (no TT primary unit)

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּקְרָ֨א פַרְעֹ֜ה לְמֹשֶׁ֣ה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֗ן וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַעְתִּ֣ירוּ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְיָסֵר֙ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים מִמֶּ֖נִּי וּמֵֽעַמִּ֑י וַאֲשַׁלְּחָה֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְיִזְבְּח֖וּ לַיהֹוָֽה׃

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Plead with GOD to remove the frogs from me and my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to GOD.”

Chabad.org — 8:4

Source Citation

Shemos Rabbah 8:2 — EXTRA.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

ועלו הצפרדעים —\ldots אפילו בתנורים.

English: “And the frogs shall come up” — \ldots even into the ovens.

On the midrash / in context: Complements the TT unit on 7:28; the midrash stresses the total invasion of private space.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal emphasize that no private space was spared from the frogs.