Passover Footnote

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Passover Footnote
Mark Kleiman

No matter what anybody tries to tell you, there is absolutely no basis, either textual or traditional, for translating עֲבָדִים הָיִינוּ, לְפַרְעֹה בְּמִצְרַיִם (Avodim hayyinu l'pharoh b'mitzyrayim) as "We were guest-workers for Pharaoh in Egypt."

Hag samayach!