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I always wondered how were there any survivors from makas arov?
Animagi
They locked thedoors tight.
i think everyone had the question but we’re all too embarressed to ask it
????? ????? ??? ???????.. ????? ?????? ?? ???
At HaShem’s direct command anything will happen.
Like your answer, L Froggie
Rabbi Deutsch wrote and excellent book called let my nation go (live?) where he writes the story of yetzias mitzrayim in the form of a novel but based on medrashim. It is such an excellent book and makes it so alive and real. I hope to get a chance to read his chapter on the makka of arov again and tell you if he has anything that answers your question.
WIY:
I’m not saying anything. Actually I had no time for other makkos, I was totaly intent on my own special one… jumping into ovens…
There are a lot of medrashim on these makkos. Many say the animals wreaked havoc on people too, while not totally decimating them. ???? ???? means total obliteration of the land, place. Reading their ancient accounts available to us today, suggest that what the Torah writes explicitly, was actually far, far worse.
Rabbi Miller zt”l writes, the name of the makko is orov – mixture. Had a band of tigers been let loose, folks could have sought some sort of relief, alleviation. Same with a pack of lions, elehpants. HaShem sent a MIXTURE of rabid, wild animals, each one competing, clashing with his mates-at-work, each one contesting with the multitudes of other types and lifestyles. This is what caused total chaos, pandemonium, general destruction.
But Little Froggie, you sure came back to have some more fun during Arov?!
SiDi™
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