English: “With mortar and with bricks\ldots” — Rava said: At first with mortar and bricks, and afterward with all field labor.
On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.
Type of Learning
Custom — sequential reading of the list of labors.
What Is Learned
Chazal teach that the oppression was graduated: the Egyptians acclimated Israel to labor by beginning with brick-work and only later imposing the full range of field service.