the killing of all the first-born. >> moses instructed the jews to sacrifice a lamb and to paint its blood on their doors so that the angel of death would know who was jewish and who wasn't. this is where the term "passover" comes from. >> and pass over that house. >> right. >> reporter: the seder is a time where jews are encouraged to ask questions. especially the children. >> how do you wrestle with that? what does it mean? >> there are a lot of ways to wrestle with it. you can wrestle with the political ramifications. freedom never comes easy. it has never historically come easy. wars never end easily. people do not obtain rights easily. but it says in the talmud that when we divorce justice from mercy that is pure evil. so it was unquestionably just to free slaves. and it's unquestionably right to be merciful. but it certainly seems in the tenth plague like mercy has been divorced from justice. whatever we think about the egyptian enslavers, we must
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