The weekly Torah portion of Shemos (Exodus 1:1-6:1)
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Did Pharaoh know Moshe was Jewish?
The Torah describes how when Moshe was pulled from the river, Pharaoh's daughter exclaims that this is a Hebrew child (per the simple reading of Shemos 2:6).
Moshe then grew up in Pharaoh's household as a son to Pharaoh's daughter. Does anyone speak…
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First Pesukim of Shemos
Sefer Shemos opens up with listing Yaakov's sons' names, the fact that they all died, and the fact that the Jews multiplied so rapidly.
My question is: We know most of this already. Why is it repeated? Their names are mentioned several times…
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What does תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה mean?
Exodus 1:10:
הָבָה נִתְחַכְּמָה לוֹ פֶּן יִרְבֶּה וְהָיָה כִּי תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם הוּא עַל שֹׂנְאֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם בָּנוּ וְעָלָה מִן הָאָרֶץ
The pharaoh was worried about what the growing Israelite nation might do when תִקְרֶאנָה…
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Seeming discrepancies in 7th portion of Shemos?
First, Moshe and Aharon go to Paroh and Rashi says that they didn't have to slavery work amd the proof is they came and went to Paroh. Then Paroh told the taskmasters not to provide stubble for the bricks and
the Jewish foremen went to Paroh to…
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Why did the midwives deserve such a great reward, they only did what they had to
At the begining of parashat Shemot, Par'o ordered to the midwives to kill male newborns of Benei Yisrael: Exodus 1, 17:
וַתִּירֶ֤אןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶת-הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֣א עָשׂ֔וּ כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ן מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ…
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