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<mekorot><multilink><a href="TanchumaVayetze9" data-aht="source">Tanchuma</a><a href="TanchumaVayetze9" data-aht="source">Vayetze 9</a><a href="Tanchuma" data-aht="parshan">About the Tanchuma</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanShemot1-10-14" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanShemot1-10-14" data-aht="source">Shemot 1:10-14</a><a href="RambanShemot5-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 5:4</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RBachyaShemot1-10" data-aht="source">R. Bachya</a><a href="RBachyaShemot1-10" data-aht="source">Shemot 1:10</a><a href="R. Bachya b. Asher" data-aht="parshan">About R. Bachya b. Asher</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelShemot1" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot1" data-aht="source">Shemot 1</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink>, perhaps Seforno,  <multilink><a href="RSRHirschShemot1-11-14" data-aht="source">R. S"R Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschShemot1-11-14" data-aht="source">Shemot 1:11-14</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch</a></multilink></mekorot> | <mekorot><multilink><a href="TanchumaVayetze9" data-aht="source">Tanchuma</a><a href="TanchumaVayetze9" data-aht="source">Vayetze 9</a><a href="Tanchuma" data-aht="parshan">About the Tanchuma</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanShemot1-10-14" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanShemot1-10-14" data-aht="source">Shemot 1:10-14</a><a href="RambanShemot5-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 5:4</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RBachyaShemot1-10" data-aht="source">R. Bachya</a><a href="RBachyaShemot1-10" data-aht="source">Shemot 1:10</a><a href="R. Bachya b. Asher" data-aht="parshan">About R. Bachya b. Asher</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelShemot1" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot1" data-aht="source">Shemot 1</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink>, perhaps Seforno,  <multilink><a href="RSRHirschShemot1-11-14" data-aht="source">R. S"R Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschShemot1-11-14" data-aht="source">Shemot 1:11-14</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
<point><b>"וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים"</b></point> | <point><b>"וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים"</b></point> | ||
| − | <point><b>"וַיַּעֲבִדוּ מִצְרַיִם אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּפָרֶךְ"</b> – According to these sources the word "מִצְרַיִם" refers to individual Egyptians | + | <point><b>"וַיַּעֲבִדוּ מִצְרַיִם אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּפָרֶךְ"</b> – According to these sources the word "מִצְרַיִם" refers to individual Egyptians.  This verse represents a worsening of the oppression as lay Egyptians were given permission to take Israelites as their personal slaves.</point> |
| − | <point><b>"וּבְכׇל עֲבֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה"</b></point> | + | <point><b>"וּבְכׇל עֲבֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה"</b> – Abarbanel asserts that this refers to working the lands of individual Egyptians.  The State sponsored bondage focused instead on building.</point> |
| − | <point><b>Where did the Israelites live?</b></point> | + | <point><b>Where did the Israelites live?</b> This position raises the possibility that while many Israelites might have lived in private homes in Goshen, others might have lived with their masters in Egypt proper.</point> |
<point><b>Borrowing from neighbors</b></point> | <point><b>Borrowing from neighbors</b></point> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
Version as of 01:29, 20 April 2016
Nature of the Bondage
Exegetical Approaches
Slaves to the State
Slavery in Egypt was State sponsored and involved serving Paroh rather than acting as house slaves to individual Egyptians..
Sources:Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, Rashi, R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Ralbag, HaKetav VeHaKabbalah, Shadal, R. David Zvi Hoffmann
"וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים"
"וַיַּעֲבִדוּ מִצְרַיִם אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּפָרֶךְ"
Slaves to the Sate and to Individuals
Not only were the Israelites conscripted to work for Paroh, but in addition any Egyptian who so desired was free to enslave an Israelite to work for them personally.
"וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים"
"וַיַּעֲבִדוּ מִצְרַיִם אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּפָרֶךְ" – According to these sources the word "מִצְרַיִם" refers to individual Egyptians. This verse represents a worsening of the oppression as lay Egyptians were given permission to take Israelites as their personal slaves.
"וּבְכׇל עֲבֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה" – Abarbanel asserts that this refers to working the lands of individual Egyptians. The State sponsored bondage focused instead on building.
Where did the Israelites live? This position raises the possibility that while many Israelites might have lived in private homes in Goshen, others might have lived with their masters in Egypt proper.
Borrowing from neighbors
