The Torah Portion of SHEMOT (שְׁמוֹת — Hebrew for “names,” the second word of the parashah) is the thirteenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Shemot (Exodus).[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemot_(parashah)

This parashah tells of growth and enslavement of the Children of Israel in Egypt, the rescue of Moses as a baby from Pharaoh’s edict to kill all Hebrew male babies, Moses flees Egypt to Midian and becomes a shepherd under Jethro, Moses encounters God at the burning bush, then Moses returns to Egypt.


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Parsha Summary for Parshas Shemot

Torah.org / Rabbi Aron Tendler

Parsha Q&A – Parashat Shemot

Ohr Somayach

I Will Be What I Will Be

Jerusalem Lights / Rabbi Chaim Richman

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Women As Leaders

Aish / Rabbi Lord Jonathon Sacks

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A Special Step-Mother

Torah.org / Rabbi Yisroel Ciner

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