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Shemot – Exodus

This book begins with the Jewish people enslaved in Egypt. God chooses Moshe / Moses to bring His people out of Egypt. After the redemption He gives His people the Torah and commands them to build the Tabernacle.

Exodus 15:26 – God Heals

January 29, 2026

The Jewish people needed water to drink. They arrived at Marah, but the bitter water was undrinkable. God sweetened the water for them.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags commandments, Egypt - Mitzraim, Ibn Ezra, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi

Exodus 12:2 – The First Month

January 22, 2026

God tells Moses and Aaron to designate “this month” as the “first month.” Ramban explains which month this is and why it doesn’t have a name.

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Categories Rosh Chodesh, Shemot - Exodus Tags Egypt - Mitzraim, Megillat Esther, Moses - Moshe, Passover - Pesach, Ramban - Nachmanides

Exodus 7:3 – Pharaoh’s Hard Heart

January 15, 2026

Several verses in Exodus disclose that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not free the Jewish people. Then why did God punish Pharaoh? Ramban explains.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Egypt - Mitzraim, Moses - Moshe, Pharaoh - Paro, plagues, Ramban - Nachmanides, Repentance - Teshuva

Exodus 38:21 – The Reckoning

March 27, 2025

The Jewish people are building the Tabernacle. Then the Torah interrupts the narrative of the building to do some accounting.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Holy Temple, Moses - Moshe, Rabbi Hirsch, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 31:1-3 and 35:30 – Bezalel

March 20, 2025

In Exodus chapters 25 – 30 God commands Moses about building the Tabernacle and its furnishings. In Exodus 31:2 God designates Bezalel as the man who will perform the work.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags altar - mizbeach, ark, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 29:20 – Blood on the Ear

March 5, 2025

Why did God command Moses to take some blood from a ram and dab it on the ear, thumb, and big toe of Aaron and his sons?

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Aaron - Aharon, Adam and Eve, Moses - Moshe, priest - kohen, Rabbi Hirsch, Rabbi Sorotzkin

Exodus 25:18 – Cherubs on the Ark

February 27, 2025

Why were there two cherubs on the Ark cover? What are cherubs? What do they look like and what do they do?

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags angels - malachim, ark, Rabbi Hirsch, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 23:20 – The Angel

February 27, 2025February 20, 2025

God called Moses up to Mount Sinai. There He taught Moses the Torah. He also taught him what will happen after the people leave Mount Sinai.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags angels - malachim, Daat Mikra, Golden Calf, Joshua - Yehoshua, Moses - Moshe, Rabbi Hirsch, Rambam - Maimonides, Ramban - Nachmanides, Rashi

Exodus 18:11 – Now I Know

February 13, 2025

Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, came to meet the Jewish people camped at Mount Sinai. Moses told him everything that had happened to them in Egypt and at the Sea.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Egypt - Mitzraim, Jethro - Yitro, Malbim, Rabbi Hirsch, Ramban - Nachmanides

Exodus 14:13-14 – Stand Still Be Silent

February 5, 2025

God is escorting the Jewish people out of Egypt. He directed them to camp by the sea. But Pharaoh is chasing after them with 600 chariots.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Egypt - Mitzraim, miracle, Moses - Moshe, Ramban - Nachmanides
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