Parshas Shemos 5784

Last week we completed the first book of the Torah, Bereshit – Genesis, and this week we begin the second book Shemot – Exodus. Nachmanides in his preface to sefer Shemot explains that Genesis is called the book of creation,…

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Parshat Shemot 5783

Shemot תשפג              This coming Shabbat we begin reading the second book of the Torah, Sefer Shemot, the book of Exodus. The רמב"ן (Ramban) Nachmanides, calls this second book ספר הגאולה - “The Book of Redemption.” Despite Moshe and Aharon receiving most of the attention (along with Hashem!) for freeing…

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Parshat Shemot 5782

Shemot תשפב             This week begins the second book of the Torah, Shemot - Exodus, which opens with the Jewish people’s slavery and redemption from Egypt and concludes with the completion of the Tabernacle.             As the story commences, Pharaoh had just decided to reduce…

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Parshat Shemot 5781

Parshas Shemos A New Book Begins:  What’s the book called? We finished the book of Genesis and are embarking on the second book of the Torah; The Book of Exodus.  In this book, we encounter the first era of persecution…

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