Parsha 14 of 54 · Sefer Shemos
6 pieces on Parshas Va'eira, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 2 pages
Self-Sacrifice- the antithesis of Egypt This week’s parsha Va’eirah is the next episode in the Bnei Yisrael’s journey out of Egypt. The parsha begins with Hashem continuing to reveal himself to Moshe. Commentaries such as Rashi explain that Hashem was…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 2 pages
This week’s parsha marks the beginning of the plagues that befell the Egyptians. In each plague there is a counter action to a trait exuded by the Egyptians. The story that took place with redemption from Egypt is also a foreshadow of our being redeemed from…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 1 page
This week’s Parsha is Vaeira, the beginning of the Jews leaving exile. The Parsha begins by recounting the hardship the Jews were under and that Hashem will fulfill his end of the promise to reprieve the Jews of their difficulty. Rashi explains on the first…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 2 pages
Keeping in line with last week's theme, I want to read the pesukim of this week’s parsha in the context of our time, showing how, in the current era that we live in, as tricky as it may be, we should be hopeful of the outcome, the arrival of Mashiach. I…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 1 page
This week’s parsha is Vaeirah, highlighting the first seven plagues brought upon Egypt. The first plague, blood, targeted the water resources and the Nile River, handicapping Egyptian society. In the second Posuk, Hashem tells Moshe that He only revealed…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 3 pages
This week’s Parsha, Vaeira, begins the process of Moshe and Ahron pushing, at the instruction of Hashem, for the Jews to be taken out of Egypt. Hashem told Moshe that Pharaoh would be stubborn and, therefore, cause many plagues to befall him and his people.…
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