Image: Edward Poynter painting,1867 : Israel in Egypt Public Domain
This week we begin to read the book of Shemot (sh-MOHT.) It is also known by its Greek name, Exodus. In many ways, this is a familiar tale, but if we read carefully, new details and puzzles will emerge from almost every chapter.
Some divrei Torah on the opening parashah of Shemot:
Blood on the Line by Rabbi David Kasher
Shiphrah, Puah, Phyllis, Rebecca, and Liz by Rabbi Laura Novak Winer
The Making of Moses by Rabbi David Kasher
The Mother Who Bore 600,000 by Rabbi Stephen Fuchs
Why Pharaoh felt Threatened by Rabbi Amy Eilberg
Speaking Out, Even When it is Hard by G-dcast
Holding Out for a Hero? by Rabbi Marci Bellows
and two of my own:
Shabbat shalom!
