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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 39:32 & 43 – Tabernacle Completed

March 12, 2024

The Book of Exodus chapters 25 – 40 are mainly devoted to the description and building of the Tabernacle. In chapter 39 we are told about its completion.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags commandments, Moses - Moshe, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 35:2-3 – Observing Shabbat

March 5, 2024

God gave to Moses the commandment to build the Tabernacle. Now Moses is going to tell the Jewish people about this task. But first, he tells them to observe Shabbat.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags commandments, Shabbat, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 30:17-21 – The Laver

February 26, 2024

After giving the Torah, God commanded the Jewish people to build the Tabernacle. In these verses we learn how the priests needed to wash before they could perform their duties in the Tabernacle.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags commandments, priest - kohen, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 28:12 and 28:29 – Their Names

August 9, 2024February 20, 2024

The High Priest was required to wear 8 special garments when he served in the Temple. Attached to those garments were stones engraved with the names of the 12 tribes of Israel.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags High Priest - Kohen Gadol, tabernacle - mishkan, Yom Kippur

Exodus 25:22 – The Meeting Place

February 13, 2024

Exodus Chapter 25 begins the instructions God gave to Moses about the building of the Tabernacle.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Moses - Moshe, prophet, Rashi, tabernacle - mishkan

Exodus 21:4 – The Slave

February 8, 2024

We find numerous mentions of slaves in the Bible. Some verses even require a person to become a slave and permit another person to buy him.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags marriage, theft

Exodus 19:9 – Purpose of the 10 Commandments

March 5, 2024January 30, 2024

One of the best known passages in the Bible is the Ten Commandments. In this article I explain Exodus 19:9 and what it teaches us about the purpose of the 10 Commandments.

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Categories Hashkafa, Shemot - Exodus Tags commandments, Daat Mikra, Moses - Moshe, Mount Sinai - Har Sinai, prophet

Exodus 14:4 – The Hard Heart

January 30, 2024January 22, 2024

Before the splitting of the sea, God told Moses that he would harden Pharaoh’s heart. This article looks closely at why God would harden Pharaoh’s heart at that time.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Daat Mikra, miracle, Moses - Moshe, Pharaoh - Paro

Exodus 10:24-25 – After the Darkness

August 8, 2024January 17, 2024

The Plague of Darkness was the 9th of the ten plagues that God unleashed against Egypt. After the darkness ended, Pharaoh seemed ready to free the Jewish people.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Daat Mikra, Moses - Moshe, Pharaoh - Paro, Rabbi Sorotzkin, sacrifices - offerings

Parshat Pekudei Summary

March 27, 2025February 24, 2022

Parshat Pekudei is the 11th and final parsha in Sefer Shemot (also known as Exodus).

This parsha is verses Exodus 38:21 – 40:38, or a total of 92 verses.

Here is a brief summary for each aliyah.

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Categories Shemot - Exodus Tags Moses - Moshe, tabernacle - mishkan
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