#490: Leprosy vs. Boils: Let's Get Ready to Rumble!

Midrash Aggadah on Parashat Va'Era, Ex. 9:10

Boils as depicted in the Toggenburg Bible, Switzerland, 1411

Exodus/Shemot 9:10

וַיִּקְח֞וּ אֶת־פִּ֣יחַ הַכִּבְשָׁ֗ן וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה וַיִּזְרֹ֥ק אֹת֛וֹ מֹשֶׁ֖ה הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה וַיְהִ֗י שְׁחִין֙ אֲבַעְבֻּעֹ֔ת פֹּרֵ֕חַ בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃

So they took soot of the kiln and appeared before Pharaoh; Moses threw it toward the sky, and it cau…