As each plague is said, some people dip their pinky in the wine (or grape juice.) We do this because we are happy for our freedom, but sad for the Egyptian's pain.
Hebrew | English | What | Why |
דם | Blood | All of the Egyptian’s water turned to blood | The Egyptians forced the Jews to carry their water |
צפרדע | Frogs | Frogs jumped all over Egypt, croaking loudly | The Egyptians screamed at the Jews non-stop |
כינים | Lice | Every bit of dust turned to lice that would bother the Egyptians | The Egyptians made the Jews clean their dirty, dusy places |
ערוב | Wild Beasts | Wild animals arrived and killed many of the Egyptians | The Egyptians amused themselves by making the Jews catch wild animals |
דבר | Animal Sicknesses | All the animals that were left in the fields died | The Egyptians forced the Jews to care for their cattle |
שחין | Boils | The Egyptians got painful boils all over their bodies | The Egyptians beat the Jews until they got boils and blisters |
ברד | Hail | Hail made of both fire and ice damaged the Egyptians’ crops | The Jews had to plant the Egyptians crops |
ארבה | Locusts | Big starving grasshoppers ate all the plants | The Jews also had to guard the fields, and prevent damage |
חושך | Darkness | Egypt turned so dark that you could feel the darkness, and the Egyptians froze in place | The Egyptians threw the Jews into dark dungeons and pits |
מכת בכורות | Death of the First Born | The first borns of all the Egyptians- humans and animals- died | G-d loves the Jews like his first born, and the Egyptians hurt and killed the Jews |
