- What are the consequences for those who practice genocide?
- When human beings cannot stop massive injustice, who/what will intervene (note “Eyl nekamot hofiah”)? (See Psalm 94)
- Was the punishment of the Egyptians equal to the crime (i.e. the killing of the first born compared to the killing of all male Hebrew infants upon birth and/or being cast into the Nile)?
- Does the text specifically state “God killed the firstborn” — and/or does it so imply?
- Why is the word “vemeyt” (“will die”) used by text and not “veharagti” — “I will kill?”
- Why are the firstborn females excluded?
- Why is the word “tzaakah” (a shout of privation) used and not “zeakah” (a cry of ultimate pain asking for relief) – see Exodus 2:23?
- Was this punishment “just?”
- Why is there no reply from B’nai Yisrael when Moses tells them what will happen?
