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muman613:
Shalom JTF Readers,

It is Wednesday and this is the usual time I post the first of the 'Video Study' threads for the week. This week I have been off from work, and I have to work Thursday and Friday so I may be busy for the next few days (before Shabbat).

This week we read the awesome portion called 'Bo', a portion which contains the final three mega-plagues which smote the Egyptians (including the locusts, darkness, and death of firstborn). This portion begins the portions which contain numerous commandments counted among the 613...

This portion establishes the Jewish holiday of Passover, commanding the remembrance of the Yetziat Mitzrayim/Leaving Egypt (Exodus).. Also we are told about the command of Tefillin...


--- Quote ---http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3250/jewish/Bo-in-a-Nutshell.htm

The last three of the Ten Plagues are visited on Egypt: a swarm of locusts devours all the crops and greenery; a thick, palpable darkness envelops the land; and all the firstborn of Egypt are killed at the stroke of midnight of the 15th of the month of Nissan.

G‑d commands the first mitzvah to be given to the people of Israel: to establish a calendar based on the monthly rebirth of the moon. The Israelites are also instructed to bring a “Passover offering” to G‑d: a lamb or kid is to be slaughtered, and its blood sprinkled on the doorposts and lintel of every Israelite home, so that G‑d should pass over these homes when He comes to kill the Egyptian firstborn. The roasted meat of the offering is to be eaten that night together with matzah (unleavened bread) and bitter herbs.

The death of the firstborn finally breaks Pharaoh’s resistance, and he literally drives the children of Israel from his land. So hastily do they depart that there is no time for their dough to rise, and the only provisions they take along are unleavened. Before they go, they ask their Egyptian neighbors for gold, silver and garments—fulfilling the promise made to Abraham that his descendants would leave Egypt with great wealth.

The children of Israel are commanded to consecrate all firstborn, and to observe the anniversary of the Exodus each year by removing all leaven from their possession for seven days, eating matzah, and telling the story of their redemption to their children. They are also commanded to wear tefillin on the arm and head as a reminder of the Exodus and their resultant commitment to G‑d.
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Let us start our video study with the latest post from Rabbi Richman of the Temple Institute:

muman613:
The great Rabbi Levi Chazan talks about the portion of Bo:

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A couple of short insights from Rabbi Heschel Finman with the 'YouParsha'...

muman613:
Rabbi Trugmans 1hr talk on Parsha Bo...

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Rabbi Chaim Miller on the 'Chassidic Zone' of the weekly portion..

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