The Plague of the Firstborn Explained

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The Plague of the Firstborn Explained

A closer look at the plague of the death of the firstborn on five different levels understanding.

Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin is the official Chabad emissary to downtown Brooklyn, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Avraham in Brooklyn Heights, New York and Dean of Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy. He is the author of the books, “Thank You God for Making Me a Woman", "Letters of Light", "By Divine Design", and "Guardian of Israel", and the co-author of "The Rabbi & The CEO".

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sherry D USA March 14, 2026

How to address the10th passover plague when young children are at the seder? Reply

Rabbi Aaron Raskin Bklyn hts March 16, 2026

in response to sherry D:

The previous Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitschok, explained that children can handle these challenging issues like death, etc. much better than adults. If I was you, I would just say it the way it was. We celebrate Passover because God passed over the homes of the Jewish people when he slayed the first born of the Egyptians. Reply

James Vancouver, canada April 10, 2025

is it possible to retrieve transcripts of these presentations? I am currently not circumstanced to watch/listen to video/audio thus reading it will be easier Reply

Chabad.org Staff May 1, 2025

in response to James:

Very sorry but we don't have transcripts available yet. Reply

Zuzana Belgium April 4, 2021

Praise to You, Lord our G-d, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the Universe, Who brings forth bread from the Earth - yes, even the bread for soul from His servants.

Thank you so very much, Rabbi, for your blessed words. May God blesses you mightily for all light you shared with us! Reply

Rabbi Raskin Bklyn Hts April 5, 2021

in response to Zuzana :

Thank for watching, please share it with a friend.

May G-d continue to shower his blessings upon you! Reply

Zuzana Belgium April 6, 2021

in response to Rabbi Raskin:

Thank you very much, Rabbi. I do share it and all my friends love it as well as me. It is so deep and beautiful! I love Hashem's wisdom. Nothing compares to His wisdom and revelation!
Be blessed, Rabbi! Reply

Anonymous December 22, 2019

Where's the mp3? Reply

Rabbi Raskin Bklyn hts December 30, 2019

in response to Anonymous:

We don’t have MP3
We do have a podcast? Reply

Mary R Schaefer HARVARD April 6, 2019

This is a great teaching I've never heard about spoken before. Reply

Rabbi Raskin Bklyn hts May 7, 2019

in response to Mary R Schaefer:

Thank you for your kind words.
May G-d bless you with a healthy Summer. Reply

The Plague of the Firstborn Explained