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Parshah Focus
Yocheved, mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, risked her life to save her people. She is honored for her devotion, wisdom, and the legacy of her great children.
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Moses, born to Amram and Jocheved, was hidden from Pharaoh's decree. The princess found him, and he was raised in her palace, where he was called Moses.
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On the origin of the name Moshe (Moses)
How did an Egyptian princess give her adpoted son a Hebrew name?
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As the verse doesn't state what Jochebed's intentions were, the matter is open to speculation.
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Scripture tells us that Moses left Egypt a young man, and yet he comes back an octogenarian. Where was he for all those years?
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The Wonderful Staff
Tzipporah, Yitro’s daughter, married Moses after he pulled a divine staff from the ground, a staff with a history tied to Adam, Noah, and the patriarchs.
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Amram, son of Kehot, led the Jewish people in
Egypt and fathered three of the greatest leaders in Jewish history.
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Moses’ staff figures prominently throughout the story of the Exodus from Egypt and our ancestors’ subsequent sojourn in the desert. But Scripture doesn’t tell us the history of the staff.
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G‑d met Moses in a burning bush, and requested that he become His messenger to take the Israelites out of Egypt.
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Other Parshas
- BOOK OF BERESHIT
- Bereshit
- Noach
- Lech Lecha
- Vayera
- Chayei Sarah
- Toldot
- Vayetze
- Vayishlach
- Vayeshev
- Miketz
- Vayigash
- Vayechi
- BOOK OF SHEMOT
- Shemot
- Va'era
- Bo
- Beshalach
- Yitro
- Mishpatim
- Terumah
- Tetzaveh
- Ki Tisa
- Vayakhel
- Pekudei
- BOOK OF VAYIKRAH
- Vayikra
- Tzav
- Shemini
- Tazria
- Metzora
- Acharei Mot
- Kedoshim
- Emor
- Behar
- Bechukotai
- BOOK OF BAMIDBAR
- Bamidbar
- Naso
- Behaalotecha
- Shelach
- Korach
- Chukat
- Balak
- Pinchas
- Matot
- Masei
- BOOK OF DEVARIM
- Devarim
- Va'etchanan
- Eikev
- Re'eh
- Shoftim
- Ki Teitzei
- Ki Tavo
- Nitzavim
- Vayelech
- Haazinu
- V'Zot HaBerachah
- DOUBLE READINGS
- Vayakhel-Pekudei
- Tazria-Metzora
- Acharei-Kedoshim
- Behar-Bechukotai
- Chukat-Balak
- Matot-Masei
- Nitzavim-Vayelech
- HOLIDAY READINGS
- Rosh Hashanah
- Yom Kippur
- Sukkot
- Shemini Atzeret
- Simchat Torah
- Chanukah
- Purim
- Passover
- Shavuot
- Shekalim
- Zachor
- Parah
- Hachodesh
- Rosh Chodesh
- Fast Days