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 83 The Passover Haggadah

Sennacherib’s hosts didst thou shame by night; Babylon's god fell in the dark of night; Daniel was shown the king’s dream of the night;

It came to pass at midnight,

Drunken Belshazzar was killed that same night; Daniel was saved from the lions’ den at night; Hateful Haman wrote letters in the night;

Il came to pass at midnight.

Thou didst triumph in the king's sleepless night; ‘Thou wilt help those who ask: “What of the night?” Thou wilt respond: “Morning comes after night”;

It came to pass at midnight.

Hasten the bright day which is without night; Most High, proclaim that thine are day and night; Set guards about thy city day and night;

Brighten as day the darkness of the night;

May it come to pass at midnight.

concerning which we read: “The seeret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night” (Daniel 2:19).

wip 2a Tone King Belshazzar drank out of the vessels which had been taken away from the holy templ. that night Belshazzar was slain (Daniel 53, 20). nivb omnya mp Daniel who intorpreted the frightening visions of the night was saved from the den of lions (Daniel 6:17-20). ux Haman the Agagite. . . (Esther 3:1, 12-13; 6:1). nbvyn ap Taw? that is, on behalf of the people of Israel waiting for deliverance and asking: ‘When will the black night of the galuth come to an end?” (Isaiah 68:3; 21:11-12). by ov ov xo (Zechariah 14:7) that is, not. day succeeded by night, but at evening there shall be Light crx wr ary ny’ ny, referring to an eternal, glorious day of light which shall arrive at a time known only to the Lord.

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