And so that you should relate in the ears of your son and your son’s son that I have mocked Egypt’ (10:2) In this verse, Hashem is telling Moshe the purpose ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
Moshe was told to “come to Pharoah” in order to bring upon him the final three plagues [1]. It has been pointed out that the word “bo” (meaning “come”) ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
One of the most distinctive aspects of the Ten Plagues was the persistent refusal of Pharaoh to recognize the error of his ways and accept that the G-d of the Jews ..
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BS”D Redemption–The Main Thing Rabbi Yeheskel Lebovic What’s the Main Thrust? In this week’s Parsha of Bo (Ex. 12:12) G-d states: : “I will pass ..
Written by Sholtiel Lebovic
Hashem tells Moshe “Bo El Pharoh” which translates as “Come to Pharoh”. Shouldn’t he have said “Go to Pharoh”? This teaches ..
Written by Benjamin Rose
The opening pasuk of our sedra seems a bit strange at first glance. It reads ‘and HaShem said to Moshe ‘come to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart ..
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The Gematria of Vov and Aleph (the first two letters of Voera) = 7, because there are 7 plagues in that sedra, The gematria of Beis and Aleph (the first two letters ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
The Ba’al HaTurim notes that the word (& sedra) ‘Bo’ has the gematria of 3, which is the same number of plagues that are in the sedra (locusts, ..
Written by D Fine
Not so many years ago, London had its great fog. [Manchester has a mini version of this each morning.] Basically, the fog was so thick that darkness descended on London ..
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And they (Israelites) emptied Egypt. (12:36) The Israelites were commanded by G-d to request treasures from the Egyptians so that could leave Egypt with wealth as promised ..
Written by Yehuda Katz