Video Study for Parshat Bo : Exodus from Mitzrayim

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Shalom JTF readers,

This weeks portion contains the conclusion of the ten plagues and the leaving of the Children of Israel from bondage in Egypt. The people are commanded concerning the Passover offering and to prepare to leave, the death of the firstborn Mitzrim, and the command to redeem the firstborn of Am Yisrael... Also we find the commandment for Tefillin in our portion.

From Chabad's 'Parsha in a Nutshell' @ 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.

As always I start with the latest video posted by Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple Institute:

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And here is Rabbi Levi Chazen on Bo.

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Rabbi Chazen looks a lot like an old friend of mine. He also had a southern type speech pattern... I miss my friend David. He would host Shabbats at his home, and my father even attended one of his Succot meals in his Sukkah.

Anyway, memories...


Rabbi Maimon has a new 1/2 hr shuir on the the parsha.

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