Sh'mot

Exodus 1:1-6:1

In this Torah portion, the new Pharaoh does not remember Joseph. Fearing their rise in population, Pharaoh makes the Israelites his slaves. Pharaoh then demands that all Israelites baby boys be killed upon birth. Moses' mother puts her son in a basket in the river and he is saved by Pharaoh's daughter. When he is an adult, Moses kills an Egyptian who was beating his Israelite slave. Moses flees to Midian and marries Tzipporah. God appears before Moses in a burning bush and tells him to free the Israelites from slavery. An apprehensive Moses returns to Egypt, where he and his brother Aaron demand that Pharaoh free the Israelite slaves. Pharaoh refuses and God promises to punish him.

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Moses' mother put him in a basket in the river

Text Studies	Social Action and Environmentalism
Birthings and Beginnings Hannah Graham, Hillel	A Burning Within Sam Berrin Shonkoff, AJWS
Evolving Name of God Rabbi Jordan Cohen, KOLEL	Our Burmese Sisters Carol Towarnicky, AJWS
Pharaoh Didn't Know Joseph Rabbi Daniel Moskovitz, Union for Reform Judaism	Life of the Oppressed Rabbi Joshua Gutoff, socialaction.com
	The Book of Names Udi Hammerman, Canfei Nesharim

From the Denominations	Pluralism and Outreach
These are the Names Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish Unversity	Becoming a Leader Rabbi Shimon Felix, Bronfman Youth Fellowship
Symbolic Names Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, JTS	The Torah's Accessibility Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Jewish Outreach Institute
Bumpy Road to Redemption Rabbi Avraham Fischer, Orthodox Union	Political & Religious Power Rabbi Irwin Kula, CLAL
	Seeing the Broader Picture Yossi Ziffer, UJA-Federation of New York
Multimedia	Leadership & Trust Erica Brown, Partnership for Jewish Life & Learning
Parashat Sh'mot Quiz Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies	Believing the Exodus Story Rabbi Carol Balin, Women of Reform Judaism
Parashat Sh'mot Challah Julie Seltzer
Parashat Sh'mot for Families Torah for Families