For full text in Hebrew and English, click here: Exodus 10:1-13:16
In this Torah portion, God sends the eighth and ninth plagues, locusts and darkness, but Pharaoh still refuses to free the Israelite slaves. God tells Moses that the 10th plague will be killing all the firstborn Egyptians. God commands each Israelite home to slaughter a lamb and spread the blood on their doorposts, in order to protect their firstborns. After the death of the firstborn, Pharaoh demands that the Israelites leave.
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 The ninth plague was darkness. |
Text Studies |
Social Action and Environmentalism |
| Body & Soul Religion Rabbi Neal J. Loevinger, KOLEL |
Collective Punishment Adina Gerver, AJWS |
| Keeping Faith Rabbi Donald Weber, Union for Reform Judaism |
Pharaoh’s Courtiers Rabbi Dorothy Richman, AJWS |
| What’s in a Miracle? Rabbi Avi Weinstein, Hillel |
Return to the Homeland Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, AJWS |
| Released Into Jewish Time Alana Joblin Ain |
The Mark of Liberation Rabbi Toba Spitzer, socialaction.com |
| Taking Notice in Our Time Rabbi Shaul Judelman, Canfei Nesharim |
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From the Denominations |
Pluralism and Outreach |
| Ready for Renewal Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish University |
Equal Before God Rabbi Shimon Felix, Bronfman Youth Fellowships |
| The Darkness Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, Jewish Theological Seminary |
Come, My Pretty Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Big Tent Judaism |
| Defining Service of God Rabbi Avraham Fischer, Orthodox Union |
Learning Through Teaching Yossi Ziffer, UJA-Federation of New York |
| Does One Crime Justify Another? Rabbi Suzanne Singer, Women of Reform Judaism |
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| Parshat Bo Challah Julie Seltzer |
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| Family Stories Torah for Topics for Today |
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Avraham
Pronounced: AHVR-rah-ham, Origin: Hebrew, Abraham in the Torah, considered the first Jew.
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Haftarah
Pronounced: hahf-TOErah or hahf-TOE-ruh, Origin: Hebrew, a selection from one of the biblical books of the Prophets that is read in synagogue immediately following the Torah reading.
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Torah
Pronunced: TORE-uh, Origin: Hebrew, the Five Books of Moses.
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