Israelite children were saved but also because Egyptian children were killed. Fretheim argued that thus reminds Israel at what cost Israel's firstborn were redeemed. Fretheim nonetheless considered it doubtful that child sacrifice was in view. Commandments According to Sefer ha-Chinuch, there are 9 positive and 11 negative commandments in the parashah: Courts must calculate to determine when a new month begins. To slaughter the Passover lamb at the specified time To eat the Passover lamb with unleavened bread (, matzah) and bitter herbs (maror) on the night of the fourteenth of Nisan Not to eat the Passover meat raw or boiled Not to leave any meat from the Passover lamb over until morning To destroy all leavened bread on the 14th of Nisan To eat unleavened bread (, matzah) on the first night of Passover Not to find chametz in your domain seven days Not to eat mixtures containing chametz all seven days of Passover An apostate must not eat from the Passover lamb. A permanent or temporary hired worker must not eat from it. Not to take the paschal meat from the confines of the group Not to break any bones of the Passover lamb An uncircumcised male must not eat from it. To set aside the firstborn animals Not to eat chametz all seven days of Passover Not to see chametz in your domain seven days To relate the Exodus from Egypt on the first night of Passover To redeem the firstborn donkey by giving a lamb to a Kohen To break the neck of the donkey if the owner does not intend to redeem it In the liturgy Reading the Passover Haggadah, in the magid section of the Seder, many Jews remove drops of wine from their cups for each of the ten plagues in to show their joy is lessened due to the suffering of the Egyptians. Also in the magid section, the Haggadah quotes to elucidate the report in that "the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand." The Haggadah cites for the proposition that God took the Israelites out of Egypt not through an angel, not through a seraph, not through an agent, but on God's own. Also in the magid section, the Haggadah quotes to provide the question of the wicked son and quotes to answer him. And shortly thereafter, the Haggadah quotes to answer the simple child and