Blood on the Doorposts, and the Mezuzah

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January 10 2019
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55min 9s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:
Pesach 
Midrash:
Mechilta 
Parsha:
Bo 

Collections: The Korban Pesach

References: Berachot: 55a ,  Menachot: 32b  

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Why does Hashem demand such apparently disrespectful treatment of blood, in instructing us to place it on our doorposts in Egypt? And how can a message from that historical mitzvah inform our ongoing mitzvah of mezuzah?

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