Moses is commanded to redeem the Children of Israel from slavery in Egypt but Pharoah refuses. אף על פי שמנאן בחייהן בשמותן, חזר ומנאן במיתתן [אחר מיתתן], להודיע חבתן שנמשלו לכוכבים, שמוציאן ומכניסן במספר ובשמותם, שנאמר (ישעיהו מ כו) המוציא במספר צבאם לכולם בשם יקרא: Now all those descended from Jacob were seventy souls, and Joseph, [who] was in Egypt. The sound is slowly driving me to the edges of madness. Shemot – Exodus; Jewish Text Art Challenge Galleries. That is to say: Prepare yourselves for this. [From Sotah 11a, Exod. It is a custom among religious Jewish communities for a weekly Torah portion, popularly referred to as a parashah, to be read during Jewish prayer services on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Divrei Torah, inspiration, ethics and stories for all ages. זו מרים שפועה ומדברת והוגה לולד כדרך הנשים המפייסות תינוק הבוכה. 1/20/2020 – Parshat Va’era. Every הָבָה [found in the Torah] is an expression of preparation and readiness. By MJL. Let us act shrewdly regarding what to do to them. In the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), Parashah Shemot has six "open portion" (פתוחה ‎, petuchah) divisions (roughly equivalent to paragraphs, often abbreviated with the Hebrew letter פ ‎ (peh)). וַיָּ֤מָת יוֹסֵף֙ וְכָל־אֶחָ֔יו וְכֹ֖ל הַדּ֥וֹר הַהֽוּא: The children of Israel were fruitful and swarmed and increased and became very very strong, and the land became filled with them. About OTS; Our Impact; Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander; Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin; OTS Directorate; What We Do. Dvar Torah Parshat Shemot (Yiddish Text) Dvar Torah Parshat Va'eira - 24 Tevet (Yiddish Text) Dvar Torah Parshat Va'eira (Yiddish Text) Dvar Torah Parshat Bo (Yiddish Text) Dvar Torah Yud Shevat (Yiddish Text) Dvar Torah Parshat Beshalach (Yiddish Text) Why was Moshe chosen to redeem the people of Israel from Egypt? 1/27/2020 – Parshat Bo. מִסְכְּנֹתעָרֵי. Personalities of the Bible. Education. The text on this page contains sacred literature. What then does this teach us? Pharaoh then demands that all Israelite baby boys be killed at birth. Search Metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search archived websites Advanced Search. These are the names of the children of Israel, who came to Egypt with Jacob: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 12/17/2020 – Parshat Mishpatim. January 09, 2021. Share. וַיֵּיטֶב, bestowed goodness upon them. He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we are. Heb. [From Sotah 11a]. ומדרשו רוח הקודש אומרת כן אתם אומרים פן ירבה, ואני אומר כן ירבה: They were disgusted with their lives. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. אף עליהם גזר. More. לא היה מקפיד אלא על הזכרים, שאמרו לו אצטגניניו שעתיד להוולד בן המושיע אותם: The midwives, however, feared God; so they did not do as the king of Egypt had spoken to them, but they enabled the boys to live. Please do not deface or discard. Excerpted from Rabbi Shmuel Goldin’s ‘ Unlocking The Torah Text: An In-Depth Journey Into The Weekly Parsha- Shemot ’ co-published by OU Press and Gefen Publishers. As the Targum renders: קִרְוֵי בֵיתאוֹצָרָא, cities of storehouses], and similarly, Go, come to this treasurer (הַסּוֹכֵן) (. High Schools; Women’s Programs One says: He was really new, and the other one says: His decrees were new. בכל מה שהם נותנין לב לענות, כן לב הקב"ה להרבות ולהפריץ: so did they multiply and so did they gain strength: Heb. Parashat Shemot Self-Study Vered Hollander-Goldfarb, Conservative Yeshiva Faculty. His sons were killed and his other sons were scolded. The Hebrew title for the book comes from the opening phrase of the book: "Now these are the names (shemot) of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob" (Exodus 1:1). בְּפָרֶ. : 1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household: : ב רְאוּבֵן שִׁמְעוֹן, לֵוִי וִיהוּדָה. תרגום הראשון וקיימא והשני וקיימתין, לפי שלשון עברית לנקבות רבות, תיבה זו וכיוצא בה, משמשת לשון פעלו ולשון פעלתן, כגון (שמות ב יט) ותאמרנה איש מצרי, לשון עבר, כמו ויאמרו לזכרים, ותדברנה בפיכם (ירמיהו מד כה) לשון דברתן, כמו ותדברו לזכרים. [It means, however,] so did they multiply and so did they gain strength. Now what was the tax? כל הבה לשון הכנה והזמנה לדבר הוא, כלומר הזמינו עצמכם לכך: With the people [of Israel]. קצו בחייהם. Torah Reading. וְכַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ יְעַנּ֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כֵּ֥ן יִרְבֶּ֖ה וְכֵ֣ן יִפְרֹ֑ץ וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: In whatever [way] they set their heart to afflict [them], so was the heart of the Holy One, blessed be He, to multiply [them] and to strengthen [them]. Post: In parashat Vayakhel, Shemot 35:35: 35. בְּיַלְדְכֶן, like בְּהוֹלִידְכֶן. Shuva Yisrael Celebrates Engagement of Rabbi Yoel Pinto, shlit”a; The One & Only Way to Be Spared from Harm; Corona – is there something that we should learn from this plague? Of the seven conjugations, three have a dagesh, and four do not. “Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. וַיֵּ֥יטֶב אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֑ת וַיִּ֧רֶב הָעָ֛ם וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ מְאֹֽד: Heb. word and the next word, all on the same line of text. 2 Parashat Shemot is the beginning of the Book of Exodus, the beginning of our grand narrative as a nation, our people becoming enslaved in the land of Egypt by a new king who knows not Joseph. The people fell back and stood at a distance. But [this clause comes] to inform you of Joseph’s righteousness. (But they [the Egyptians] did not understand that upon the whole world He would not bring [a flood] but He would bring it upon one nation In an old Rashi manuscript.) He, the Joseph who tended his father’s flocks, is the same Joseph who was in Egypt and became a king, and he retained his righteousness. The story of the child with the Hebrew name Tuvia (or Avigdor), who later became the Egyptian called Moshe. At the heart of our Parasha is one of the most emotionally charged human dramas in history, before which the greatest plays of Shakespeare pale. As the Israelites stand rooted at Sinai, yet another major foundation of their eternal heritage is divinely laid. וכן (ישעיהו כב טו) לך בא אל הסוכן הזה, גזבר הממונה על האוצרות: which were originally unfit for this, and they strengthened them and fortified them for storage. וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל פָּר֧וּ וַיִּשְׁרְצ֛וּ וַיִּרְבּ֥וּ וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ אֹתָֽם: A new king arose over Egypt, who did not know about Joseph. וכן (יחזקאל יג יט) ותחללנה אותי אל עמי, לשון עבר חללתן, כמו ותחללו לזכרים: So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, that you have enabled the boys to live?". These are the words of Civil War general George Tecumseh Sherman. He sees a burning bush and hears God speak to him. And it is as if it were written: and we will depart from the land, and they will take possession of it. והלא הוא ובניו היו בכלל שבעים, ומה בא ללמדנו, וכי לא היינו יודעים שהוא היה במצרים, אלא להודיעך צדקתו של יוסף, הוא יוסף הרועה את צאן אביו, הוא יוסף שהיה במצרים ונעשה מלך ועומד בצדקו: Now Joseph died, as well as all his brothers and all that generation. Isaiah 27:6 - 28:13; 29:22 - 29:23. Excerpted from Rabbi Shmuel Goldin’s ‘Unlocking The Torah Text: An In-Depth Journey Into The Weekly Parsha- Shemot ‘ co-published by OU Press and Gefen Publishers. Please do not deface or discard. Parshat Shemot Shabbat, 25 Tevet, 5781. קצו בחייהם. וַיְהִ֗י כָּל־נֶ֛פֶשׁ יֹֽצְאֵ֥י יֶֽרֶךְ־יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב שִׁבְעִ֣ים נָ֑פֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵ֖ף הָיָ֥ה בְמִצְרָֽיִם: Now were not he and his sons included in the seventy? 2/10/2020 – Parshat Yitro. Our Rabbis, however, interpreted [i. e., depicted Pharaoh] as a person who curses himself but ascribes his curse to others. Rabbah 1:8] Since the Torah does not say: The king of Egypt died, and a new king arose, it implies that the old king was still alive, only that his policies had changed, and he acted like a new king. Following the ten plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea, Moses leads the people to Mt. Parshas Shemos (5765) Be'eros . [From Sotah 11b] [The word וַתְּחַיֶּיןָ is found in verse 17 and again in verse 18.] Unfortunately, Moshe’s action does not seem to be effective in reducing the affliction of the Jewish people. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ שִׁפְרָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פּוּעָֽה: Heb. 972-2-9937300; Fax 972-2-9931298; Rechov HaYeshiva 1, Alon Shevut, Gush Etzion 9043300 פרסומי הישיבה And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt; with Jacob, each man and his … - בתי כהונה ולויה ומלכות שקרויין בתים. Love it? ואל תשיבני וילך, וישב, וירד, ויצא, לפי שאינן מגזרתן של אלו, שהרי היו"ד יסוד בהן, ירד, יצא, ישב, ילך, היו"ד אות שלישית בו: Now it took place when the midwives feared God, that He made houses for them. This na… 14:18-25. Heb. Click here for text. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. נתחכמה מה לעשות לו. הָבָה. In this week’s Torah portion, we find Aaron having the worst day ever. Sinai where they receive God’s Torah (Law) and Berit (Covenant). וחד אמר, שנתחדשו גזרותיו: [means that] he acted as if he did not know about him. Moses then tells the people many detailed rules:. So are מוֹלִיד and מְיַלֵּד. However, the text does not record the names given by man to any of the animals. Search Metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search archived websites Advanced Search. כל הבה לשון הכנה והזמנה לדבר הוא, כלומר הזמינו עצמכם לכך: With the people [of Israel]. וַיְהִ֗י כָּל־נֶ֛פֶשׁ יֹֽצְאֵ֥י יֶֽרֶךְ־יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב שִׁבְעִ֣ים נָ֑פֶשׁ וְיוֹסֵ֖ף הָיָ֥ה בְמִצְרָֽיִם: Now were not he and his sons included in the seventy? בְּפָרֶ. Plop. בְּיַלְדְכֶן, like בְּהוֹלִידְכֶן. The text on this page contains sacred literature. כהונה ולויה מיוכבד, ומלכות ממרים, כדאיתא במסכת סוטה (סוטה יא ב): And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you shall cast into the Nile, and every daughter you shall allow to live.". Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. [From Sifrei, Ha’azinu 334]. [Rashi on Sotah 11a]. וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֶל־עַמּ֑וֹ הִנֵּ֗ה עַ֚ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רַ֥ב וְעָצ֖וּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ: Get ready, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they increase, and a war befall us, and they join our enemies and wage war against us and depart from the land.". And they embittered their lives with hard labor, with clay and with bricks and with all kinds of labor in the fields, all their work that they worked with them with back breaking labor. Read the full text of Parshat Shemot with interlinear Hebrew/English. והיכן משולות לחיות, גור אריה (בראשית מט ט), זאב יטרף (שם כז), בכור שורו (דברים לג יז), אילה שלוחה (בראשית מט כא), ומי שלא נכתב בו הרי הכתוב כללן (בראשית מט כח) ויברך אותם, ועוד כתיב (יחזקאל יט ב) מה אמך לביא: God benefited the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very strong. Articles on the weekly Torah portion, parsha, from beginner to advanced levels. [From Exod. Adar – Shoshanat Ya’akov; Shemot – Exodus . And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt; with Jacob, each man and his household came: וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יְמָה אֵ֣ת יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ וּבֵית֖וֹ בָּֽאוּ: And these are the names of the sons of Israel: Although [God] counted them in their lifetime by their names (. לעם. Rabbah 1:8] Since the Torah does not say: The king of Egypt died, and a new king arose, it implies that the old king was still alive, only that his policies had changed, and he acted like a new king. The text flows like a Star Wars prologue. Sh'mot Text Study. Text. Parashat Shemot Self-Study Vered Hollander-Goldfarb, Conservative Yeshiva Faculty. Commentary on Parashat Shemot, Exodus 1:1 - 6:1 Samaria, the capitol of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, was destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BCE. Shiur on Parshat Shemot By Reuven Wolfeld "Silver goblet and golden cup of Mitzvot" Wednesday 30th December 2015 Saved by Elchanan Berkovitz For Everyone Einstein Messages Text Conversations It is not water dripping on my head in some form of urban-myth Chinese torture. January 18, 2017 ~ gabrielseed. Haftarah. The first (Shemot 2:1-10) documents his birth and the circumstances through which he comes to Pharaoh's house; the second (ibid. לַמְיַלְּדֹת. Its midrashic interpretation is, however: The Holy Spirit says this: You [Pharaoh] say, Lest they multiply, but I say, So will they multiply. Through this tiny “rupture” in the text, the Midrash provides us with a rich story of the brilliance of Miriam, the courage of Yocheved and the other wives, and a story of the rekindled love of two elderly people who are about to give the Jewish people the greatest leader they will ever have, Moshe. Therefore, on that day he issued a decree also upon the Egyptians, as it is said: Every son who is born, and it does not say: who is born to the Hebrews. Torah reading, Haftarah, links to audio and commentary. Enter your email address to get our weekly email with fresh, exciting and thoughtful content that will enrich your inbox and your life. The midrash Shemot Rabbah 2:3 explains that God chose Moshe because of an incident which happened when he was serving as a shepherd for his father-in-law Yitro. But then Joseph died. See Rashi on preceding verse. But the Israelites were fertile and prolific; they multiplied and increased very greatly, so that the land was filled with them. A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. Shemot (שמות) is both the title for the second book from the scroll of the Torah and the title of the first Torah portion therein. כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ, lit., so will they multiply and so will they gain strength. Joseph was there waiting for them. The parsha of Shemot is dedicated by Shoshana Shinnar in honor of the Flatbush Women’s Tefillah. Speaking from the burning bush, God commands Moshe to return to Egypt and deliver the following message to Pharaoh: “The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has encountered us. 1/13/2020 – Parshat Shemot. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and discovered and raised by Batyah, Pharaoh’s daughter. Of the seven conjugations, three have a dagesh, and four do not. Jewish Texts ; Jewish History ; Jewish Culture ; Holocaust ; Israel ; Great Jewish Books ; Quizzes ; FAQ ; Trending Topics: Online Event Guide; Hanukkah During Covid; Say Kaddish Daily Online; Today’s Daf Yomi; Blogs ; Donate ; Parashat Shemot Quiz. 2/3/2020 – Parshat Beshalach. Our Rabbis, however, interpreted it to mean that they [the Israelites] were like thorns (כקוצים) in their eyes -[from Sotah 11a]. כן רבה וכן פרץ. '” (Exodus 3:14) The name of this Parasha, Shemot, is derived from the first words of the first verse of Exodus: “these are the names.” The next four verses, of course, name Jacob and his sons. No, it is the sound of my eighteen month old daughter throwing macaroni off of her high chair one elbow at a time. The text of the Torah is silent on this question, but the rabbis have offered answers to this question. לא היה מקפיד אלא על הזכרים, שאמרו לו אצטגניניו שעתיד להוולד בן המושיע אותם: The midwives, however, feared God; so they did not do as the king of Egypt had spoken to them, but they enabled the boys to live. Share it! “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM. But [this clause comes] to inform you of Joseph’s righteousness. וְכַֽאֲשֶׁר֙ יְעַנּ֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כֵּ֥ן יִרְבֶּ֖ה וְכֵ֣ן יִפְרֹ֑ץ וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: In whatever [way] they set their heart to afflict [them], so was the heart of the Holy One, blessed be He, to multiply [them] and to strengthen [them]. רב ושמואל חד אמר חדש ממש. ומהו המס, שיבנו ערי מסכנות לפרעה: [I.e., with the burdens] of the Egyptians. פועה לשון צעקה, כמו (ישעיהו מב יד) כיולדה אפעה: And he said, "When you deliver the Hebrew women, and you see on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall put him to death, but if it is a daughter, she may live.". והלא הוא ובניו היו בכלל שבעים, ומה בא ללמדנו, וכי לא היינו יודעים שהוא היה במצרים, אלא להודיעך צדקתו של יוסף, הוא יוסף הרועה את צאן אביו, הוא יוסף שהיה במצרים ונעשה מלך ועומד בצדקו: Now Joseph died, as well as all his brothers and all that generation. And they embittered their lives with hard labor, with clay and with bricks and with all kinds of labor in the fields, all their work that they worked with them with back breaking labor. Rashi classifies the Hebrew conjugations, those that have a dagesh in the second root letter, and those that do not. When you have a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh be freed. [From Sotah 11a]. With hard labor that crushes the body and breaks it. Parashat Shemot ("names") Click on the links to display the Scriptures: (audio podcast) Parashat. Torah reading, Haftarah, links to audio and commentary. In the Haftarah read by Ashkenazi Jews this week, Isaiah gives a prophecy concerning Israel, explaining why it fell to its enemies, but also giving hope for a future of redemption . Parshat Shemot: Parallels between Egypt and Germany, Moses and Jacob. p—Parsha P'tuchah (plural, p'tuchot)—A paragraph-like break inspired by the Ruach HaKodesh, still preserved on kosher Torah Scrolls, where there are blank spaces extending to the end of a line of text and the subsequent text does not begin until the next line. Shemot; מרצה Title תקציר סידרה ; Rav Shimon Klein: Birth of a Leader : The Torah includes two stories that describe the early part of Moshe's life. Jacob’s name, Yaacov, comes from the root ekev, which means the heel, since he was born grasping the heel of his brother Esau. Rabbah 1:18]. [From Sotah 11a]. וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ אֶת־הָ֣עִבְרִיּ֔וֹת וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל־הָֽאָבְנָ֑יִם אִם־בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַֽהֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ וְאִם־בַּ֥ת הִ֖וא וָחָֽיָה: Heb. Menu. With hard labor that crushes the body and breaks it. from Sotah 11a]. Rashi on Shemot 3:1 Far away into the desert: To distance himself from theft, that (the sheep) would not graze in other people’s fields. ורבותינו דרשו כקוצים היו בעיניהם: So the Egyptians enslaved the children of Israel with back breaking labor. Context. In this Torah portion, the new Pharaoh does not remember Joseph. You might also like Miriam the Prophetess. God has just given The Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. [From Sotah 11a]. וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ עָלָיו֙ שָׂרֵ֣י מִסִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן עַנֹּת֖וֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָ֑ם וַיִּ֜בֶן עָרֵ֤י מִסְכְּנוֹת֙ לְפַרְעֹ֔ה אֶת־פִּתֹ֖ם וְאֶת־רַֽעַמְסֵֽס: Heb. וכן (ישעיהו כב טו) לך בא אל הסוכן הזה, גזבר הממונה על האוצרות: which were originally unfit for this, and they strengthened them and fortified them for storage. מִסִּים denotes an expression of a tax (מַס), [so מִסִּים denotes] officers who collect the tax from them. : א וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִ֖ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית לֵוִ֑י וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־בַּת־לֵוִֽי:: and married a daughter of Levi: He was separated from her because of Pharaoh’s decree (and he remarried her. וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֶל־עַמּ֑וֹ הִנֵּ֗ה עַ֚ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רַ֥ב וְעָצ֖וּם מִמֶּֽנּוּ: Get ready, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they increase, and a war befall us, and they join our enemies and wage war against us and depart from the land.". וזה חלוק בתיבה שיסודה שתי אותיות ונתן לה וי"ו יו"ד בראשה, כשהיא באה לדבר בלשון ויפעיל הוא נקוד היו"ד בציר"י שהוא קמ"ץ קטן, כגון וייטב א-להים למילדות, וירב בבת יהודה (איכה ב ה), הרבה תאניה, וכן ויגל השארית (דברי הימים ב' לו כ), דנבוזראדן הגלה את השארית, ויפן זנב אל זנב (שופטים טו ד), הפנה הזנבות זו לזו, כל אלו לשון הפעיל את אחרים. Parashat Shemot Self-Study Vered Hollander-Goldfarb, Conservative Yeshiva Faculty. וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ שִׁפְרָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פּוּעָֽה: Heb. וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ אֶת־הָ֣עִבְרִיּ֔וֹת וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל־הָֽאָבְנָ֑יִם אִם־בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַֽהֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹת֔וֹ וְאִם־בַּ֥ת הִ֖וא וָחָֽיָה: Heb. JCast Network. וַיְצַ֣ו פַּרְעֹ֔ה לְכָל־עַמּ֖וֹ לֵאמֹ֑ר כָּל־הַבֵּ֣ן הַיִּלּ֗וֹד הַיְאֹ֨רָה֙ תַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔הוּ וְכָל־הַבַּ֖ת תְּחַיּֽוּן: He issued this decree upon them as well. Parashat Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1). נתחכמה מה לעשות לו. Contact Us [email protected] Tel. The Judaism Site. זו מרים שפועה ומדברת והוגה לולד כדרך הנשים המפייסות תינוק הבוכה. שָׂרֵי מִסִּים, lit., tax officers. Halacha from Parshat Shemot (35) Hashem hears the Jewish people (5) Moshe and Aharon (5) Moshe Convinces the Jewish People (6) Moshe in Midyan (8) Moshe's Anonymous Parents (10) Moshe's Empathy for the Jewish People (16) Moshe's Refusal to Go To Egypt (14) Moshe's Speech Impediment (3) Moshe's Tzara'as (4) Oveview of Sefer Shemot (19) על כרחנו. Moshe’s initial attempt to convince Pharaoh to let the people go seems to end in failure. This Pharaoh was worried that the Israelite nation was too mighty. As the Targum renders: קִרְוֵי בֵיתאוֹצָרָא, cities of storehouses], and similarly, Go, come to this treasurer (הַסּוֹכֵן) (. Read on 9 January 2021 (25 Tevet 5781) in the Diaspora. Heb. This is an expression similar מוֹלִידוֹת, [meaning] causing to give birth, but there is a light form and there is a heavy form, similar to שׁוֹבֵר, breaks, and מְשַׁבֵּר, shatters, דּוֹבֵר, says, and מְדַבֵּר, speaks. EMBED (for … Since it is more difficult to pronounce the letters with the dagesh, those conjugations are referred to as the heavy form, and those without the dagesh are referred to as the light (קַלִּים) [Sefer Hazikkaron]. Sign up for free; Log in; BECOMING MOSES - Parshat Shemot Item Preview podcast_parshanut-podcast_becoming-moses-parshat-shemo_1000399009566_itemimage.png . The English-speaking world calls this book Exodus. ומדרשו רוח הקודש אומרת כן אתם אומרים פן ירבה, ואני אומר כן ירבה: They were disgusted with their lives. Parshat Shemot: Living the Ideals of Chesed and Social Justice – A Necessary Requirement for Leaders. וַתִּירֶ֤אןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֣א עָשׂ֔וּ כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ן מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת־הַיְלָדִֽים: They provided water and food for them. Select a portion: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Haftarah Complete. וכן (יחזקאל יג יט) ותחללנה אותי אל עמי, לשון עבר חללתן, כמו ותחללו לזכרים: Kabbalah, Chassidism and Jewish Mysticism. שלא היו ראויות מתחלה לכך ועשאום חזקות ובצורות לאוצר: But as much as they would afflict them, so did they multiply and so did they gain strength, and they were disgusted because of the children of Israel. Simply consigning the Israelites to servitude, however, is hardly enough for this wicked Pharaoh who, The parashah is preceded by Vayeḥi (Genesis 47:28-50:26); parashat … כתרגומו. The text on this page contains sacred literature. וַיָּ֤מָת יוֹסֵף֙ וְכָל־אֶחָ֔יו וְכֹ֖ל הַדּ֥וֹר הַהֽוּא: The children of Israel were fruitful and swarmed and increased and became very very strong, and the land became filled with them. And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt; with Jacob, each man and his household came: וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יְמָה אֵ֣ת יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ וּבֵית֖וֹ בָּֽאוּ: And these are the names of the sons of Israel: Although [God] counted them in their lifetime by their names (. לשון מס, שרים שגובין מהם המס. He, the Joseph who tended his father’s flocks, is the same Joseph who was in Egypt and became a king, and he retained his righteousness. Along with their children, 70 souls in total went down into Egypt. [Rashi on Sotah 11a]. וַיִּקְרָ֤א מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֔ת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ן מַדּ֥וּעַ עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ן הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת־הַיְלָדִֽים: And the midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are skilled as midwives; when the midwife has not yet come to them, they have [already] given birth.". Our Rabbis, however, interpreted [that Pharaoh said], Let us deal shrewdly with the Savior of Israel [thus interpreting לוֹ as to him] by afflicting them [to die] with water, for He has already sworn that He would not bring a flood to the world. וחד אמר, שנתחדשו גזרותיו: [means that] he acted as if he did not know about him. Parshat HaShavua Yeshivat Har Etzion PARASHAT SHEMOT by Rav Moshe Aberman "The king of Egypt died ... and the Jews cried out, and their beseeching rose up to God ... And God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov" (2:23-24). Plop. ומהו המס, שיבנו ערי מסכנות לפרעה: [I.e., with the burdens] of the Egyptians. [From Exod. מספקות להם מים ומזון. 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