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Torah Portion -
Vaeira
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Written by Daniel Sandground
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Parashas Vaeira
This week’s parasha sees the start of the plagues against Egypt, and how many of those plagues are mentioned in this week’s sedra? ... Just look at the gematria of the first two letters of the parasha… וארא/Vaeira))… ו = 6 and א = 1… and so to this weeks sedra includes the first seven plagues… cute I know!
The sedra starts with Hashem’s final instructions to Moshe with the use of the name ‘elokim’ which implies justice, which of course our redemption and the plagues against Egypt was the epitome of. We also see that
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Torah Portion -
Vaeira
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Written by Rafi Jager
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This week's parsha contains the majority of the 10 plagues. But why 10? Surely, God could have affected the exodus with two or three spectacular strikes, or even in one fell swoop! Is this overkill - no pun intended - or what?
The sages present numerous ideas on this issue: The 10 plagues, they say, correspond to the 10 commandments, or to the 10 utterances with which God created the universe. Or that God conducted a classic military campaign, as the plagues attacked Pharaoh on land, sea and earth, destroying Egypt's gods, economy and land.
Here is another thought
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Torah Portion -
Vaeira
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Written by Rafi Jager
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After providing us with the lineage of the tribe of Levi, the Torah informs us, "These are Aaron and Moshe to whom Hashem said, 'Bring out the Children of Israel. . .'" (6:26). This means to say that the same Aaron and Moshe who were just mentioned in the lineage of Levi are the men who went before Pharaoh.
Many of the commentators are bothered by the fact that Aaron's name is mentioned before Moshe'. Throughout the Torah, except where their lineage is described (where the eldest always takes precedence), Moshe' name is listed before Aaron's. Even in the following verse Moshe is mentioned first. It is unlikely that the Torah is simply trying to be fair, allowing for Aaron to receive some of the spotlight, because if that were correct
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Torah Portion -
Vaeira
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Written by d fine
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After the plague of frogs, Pharaoh calls in Moshe and begs him to get HaShem to remove the frogs (wouldn't you if you could not make cholent because there was a frog in your crock pot?). Interestingly, Pharaoh asks that the frogs be removed 'tomorrow' (8:6). Why not now/today? Explains the Ibn Ezra that Pharaoh thought that a constallation thingy (!) had brought the plague of frogs, and perhaps the frogs were going to leave today anyway. So he asked Moshe to remove the frogs tomorrow, just in case the frogs would up and go today so Pharaoh could
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Torah Portion -
Vaeira
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Written by Shema Yisrael
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........but they (Israelites) did not heed Moses, because of shortness of breath and hard work. (6:9) The Torah enumerates 2 reasons why the Israelites were not capable of listening to Moses.Only G-d is privy to know exactly these 2 reasons,otherwise many assumptions can be made as to why. The Torah is very specific.As onlookers we might assume the worst about the enslaved Israelites, namely lack of faith or dullness of mind or whatever other negative possibilities.Yet the Torah not only gives us 1 reason ,but 2. Wouldn't one reason be sufficient? By the mere fact that the Torah gives us 2 reasons is very significant? I would like to propose,
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