Purposes of the Egyptian Bondage

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  • Israelite exile and free choice
    • Had free choice – Ran, Akeidat Yitzchak, Abarbanel (Approach #3)
    • No free choice – Bavli Sotah
  • Egyptian enslavement and free choice
    • Had free choice – Rambam, Meiri, Ran
    • No free choice – Tanchuma, Shemot Rabbah, Raavad
  • Purpose of the Plagues
    • Educate the Israelites – Ralbag, Ma'asei Hashem
    • Educate the Egyptians and the world – Sifre Devarim, Ma'asei Hashem
  • Attributing sins to the Avot
    • Yes – Three Amoraic opinions in Bavli Nedarim, Vayikra Rabbah, Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan), Tanchuma, R. Yochanan b. Zakkai in Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (Higger), Ramban
    • No – Netziv
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