This is being submitted erev shabbos here in Yerushalayim. I gather that it won’t get posted until after Shabbos.
Why was makkas Bechoros done by Hashem rather than through an agent?
R’ Bechaya: Were a malach have been the one to carry out the job, then Klal Yisroel as wll would have been killed. As the amount of rachamim needed to spare the Jews from an identical fate could only have been administered by HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
Arizal: The tumah of mitzrayim was so strong, that were a malach to enter mitzrayim, it would become contaminated by the tumah. Therefore it was only HaKadash Baruch Hu who had the capability of performing such an act.
If this gets posted before Shabbos, Then Good Shabbos to all. If not, I’d just like to wish everyone a Gut Moed.
(72, please count this as my Motzei Shabbos D’var Torah, and please don’t sign me up for anything else this week).