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Video Study for Parsha Shemot

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muman613:
Shalom my JTF Friends,

I am posting this late in the week because I have been very busy at work after the end-of-year vacation which we were given. This week we begin the first portion of the book of Shemot also known as Exodus. The word Shemot means names, and the parasha begins with the list of the names of the descendants of the 12 tribes who dwelt in Egypt after Joseph died.

This parasha contains the story of the birth of Moses, his early calling to be a savior of the Jewish people, and his fleeing Egypt as a result of his killing an Egyptian slave taskmaster.

There are many incredible lessons which can be learned from this portion. I hope to bring some of these lessons up in some of the videos posted below...

Here is Chabads Parasha in a Nutshell:

http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3233/jewish/Shemot-in-a-Nutshell.htm


--- Quote ---The Children of Israel multiply in Egypt. Threatened by their growing numbers, Pharaoh enslaves them and orders the Hebrew midwives, Shifrah and Puah, to kill all male babies at birth. When they do not comply, he commands his people to cast the Hebrew babies into the Nile.

A child is born to Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, and her husband, Amram, and placed in a basket on the river, while the baby’s sister, Miriam, stands watch from afar. Pharaoh’s daughter discovers the boy, raises him as her son and names him Moses.

As a young man, Moses leaves the palace and discovers the hardship of his brethren. He sees an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, and kills the Egyptian. The next day he sees two Jews fighting; when he admonishes them, they reveal his deed of the previous day, and Moses is forced to flee to Midian. There he rescues Jethro’s daughters, marries one of them (Zipporah), and becomes a shepherd of his father-in-law’s flocks.

G‑d appears to Moses in a burning bush at the foot of Mount Sinai, and instructs him to go to Pharaoh and demand: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.” Moses’ brother, Aaron, is appointed to serve as his spokesman. In Egypt, Moses and Aaron assemble the elders of Israel to tell them that the time of their redemption has come. The people believe; but Pharaoh refuses to let them go, and even intensifies the suffering of Israel.

Moses returns to G‑d to protest: “Why have You done evil to this people?” G‑d promises that the redemption is close at hand.
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Here is Rabbi Richman's lesson from the parasha:

muman613:
Rabbi Nagin on this weeks sidra:

muman613:
Another Rabbi Richman talk...

muman613:
Rabbi Avishai David from Naaleh gives a 10 minute talk on the parasha:

muman613:
The loquacious Rabbi Mizrachi talks for 1 hour and 40 minutes on the Parasha (well, maybe about 20 minutes on the parasha and 1 hour 20 minutes on other things)...

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