“And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:”
'When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labor on us — the cruelty and oppression are rehearsed; memory of suffering grounds the gratitude that follows. The 'hard labor' (avodah qasha) was state slavery under Pharaoh.
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