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#637: Useless Labor

#637: Useless Labor

Talmud on Parashat Shemot, Shemot/Exodus 1:11

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A detention cell in the Vorkutlag, a prison camp in Siberia

Shemot/Exodus 1:11

וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים לְמַעַן עַנֹּתוֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָם וַיִּבֶן עָרֵי מִסְכְּנוֹת לְפַרְעֹה אֶת־פִּתֹם וְאֶת־רַעַמְסֵס׃

So they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor; and they built garrison cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.

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