Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
In This Week’s Parashah: מָה בַּפָּרָשָׁה
Full Parashah Reading: Shemot 6:2-9:35
- God tells Moshe to demand from Pharaoh that he free בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (Benei Yisrael, the Israelites).
- Moshe repeats that he is unable, since he has difficulty speaking. God tells Moshe that his brother, Aharon, will speak for him.
- Moshe and Aharon go to Pharaoh and do what God told them. God turns Aharon’s staff into a snake. Pharaoh calls his magicians, and they do the same thing with their staffs. Aharon’s staff swallows the magicians’ staffs.
- Pharaoh still refuses to listen to Moshe and Aharon. The plagues begin:
1. Blood
2. Frogs
3. Lice
4. Wild Animals
5. Disease
6. Boils
7. Hail
- During each plague, Pharaoh offers to let Benei Yisrael go. But once the plague stops, Pharaoh changes his mind and refuses to free them.
Aliyah #1 (Shemot 6:2-13)
Aliyah #2 (Shemot 6:14-28)
Aliyah #3 (Shemot 6:29-7:7)
Aliyah #4 (Shemot 7:8-8:6)
Aliyah #5 (Shemot 8:7-18)
Aliyah #6 (Shemot 8:19-9:16)
Aliyah #7 (Shemot 9:17-35)
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